Media

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

News Reports

Mischief mongers: Journalists share images of ‘NaMo’ food package being distributed in Noida, insinuate MCC violation

OpIndia Staff - 11 April, 2019

Food ordered from a local store for policemen on election duty, 'Namo Foods' creates a storm on social media as 'journalists' insinuate involvement of BJP and Modi

Politics

Congress does not respond to request for interview with Rahul Gandhi for a week after accusing Doordarshan of bias

OpIndia Staff - 11 April, 2019

On the 4th of April, chief executive officer of Prasar Bharti, which runs Doordarshan, Shashi Shekhar Vempati had written to the Congress requesting an interview with Rahul Gandhi.

Sex and cheap thrills: When ‘The Print’ struggles, Shekhar Gupta pulls a ‘coup’ on journalistic integrity

अजीत भारती - 10 April, 2019

Shekhar Gupta's 'The Print' has now come up with an article that is asking the readers a question 'if Narendra Modi is a sex symbol for village women?'

Media

Rajya Sabha TV accuses The Wire of stealing, illegally possessing and using copyrighted material

OpIndia Staff - 10 April, 2019

Rajya Sabha TV, in its legal notice, has alleged that since the clip used by The Wire had no logo of RSTV, it is bound to be the original clip that Rajya Sabha TV has in its possession.

News Reports

Leaked Google documents reveal aggressive ‘news blacklist’ and manual manipulation of right wing sites

OpIndia Staff - 10 April, 2019

Google has denied the allegations of manually manipulating the search results.

Fact-Check

Times of India spreads fake news, says Meerut student Umam Khanam was “harassed” for “not wearing a BJP cap”

OpIndia Staff - 10 April, 2019

Times of India journalist Piyush Rai has resorted to false propaganda to target the BJP by reporting that the 22-year old Meerut Law College student, Umam Khanam, was suspended after she refused to wear a BJP cap.

Media

Indian Express, Times Now try to defend Kamal Nath, lie that BJP knew about the amount in IT raid in advance

OpIndia Staff - 9 April, 2019

Did BJP's Kailash Vijayvargiya know about the amount in IT raids before the official disclosure made by CBDT?

Media

Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint eulogises a serial fake news peddler and habitual anti-India, anti-Hindu bigot

OpIndia Staff - 8 April, 2019

While trying to portray anti-India, anti-Hindu propagandist CJ Werleman, ThePrint seems to have forgotten that he is also a fake news peddler

Fact-Check

The News Minute uses Hindu “representative name” for Muslim man with four wives who raped his own daughter

OpIndia Staff - 7 April, 2019

However, the TNM soon realised their mistake of propagating fake news and has now edited out its earlier report to change the names of the rape accused father as Ali and uncle of the minor girl has Abdul.

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