Media

Media is considered the fourth pillar of democracy. This section presents news and views about the state of Indian media.

News Reports

FactChecker wins an international award for its dubious and faulty hate crime database

K Bhattacharjee - 15 June, 2019

The award was presented to the FactChecker by the Global Editors Network in their Data Journalism Awards for 2019.

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SEBI bars NDTV promoters Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy from accessing Securities Markets and holding management positions for 2 years

OpIndia Staff - 14 June, 2019

In a major jolt to NDTV promoters, Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy, Securities and Exchange Board of India has barred them from accessing Securities Markets and holding any management position in NDTV for the next 2 years

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The silence from the self-proclaimed crusaders of free speech and justice during West Bengal protests is deafening

OpIndia Staff - 14 June, 2019

In the unprecedented crisis taking place in Bengal, the so-called champions of justice and free speech seem to have chosen to turn a blind eye

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AltNews exposes itself, accuses police officer of lying but won’t pull down ‘fact-check’ based on his quotes

Nupur J Sharma - 13 June, 2019

Self-proclaimed fact-check website, AltNews had recently tried to dilute the charges of brutality heaped on the 3-year-old victim in Aligarh.

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How media glossed over the fact that dancers were asked to strip at an Eid celebration and not just any ‘cultural event’

OpIndia Staff - 13 June, 2019

The reportage surrounding this horrific incident in Assam has been nothing short of shameful, to say the least.

Fact-Check

Here is how AltNews fabricated a police quote to downplay the brutality heaped on the Aligarh child victim

Nirwa Mehta - 13 June, 2019

OpIndia asked SSP Kulhary whether he gave any statement to AltNews where he denied that the victim's eyes were not gouged out and her arm was not amputated. SSP Kulhary categorically denied having given the statement

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TMC troll speaks in Bengali on English news channel in response to others speaking in Hindi, despite already knowing that it was a Hindi...

OpIndia Staff - 13 June, 2019

The debate on CNN News18 soon deviated from the main issue of political violence in West Bengal into a war of words between the anchor and Garga Chatterjee over the issue of whether CNN News18 was a Hindi or an English channel.

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While West Bengal burns, Rahul Kanwal conducts a jolly interview with newly elected Trinamool MP Mimi Chakraborty

K Bhattacharjee - 13 June, 2019

Mimi Chakraborty, the newly elected Trinamool MP from the Jadavpur Lok Sabha Constituency, appeared on India Today on Wednesday.

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Senior journalist with The Hindu blames ‘Hindutva culture’ for Muslim men harassing dancers during an Eid festival in Assam

OpIndia Staff - 12 June, 2019

The crime and the humiliation heaped on the dance crew was carried out at an Eid function by Muslim men, however, a journalist from The Hindu deemed it fit to blame 'Hindutva culture' for the crime.

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