Media

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

Media

Twitter sends Mahima Kaul, its director, policy for South Asia to appear before the parliamentary committee

OpIndia Staff - 11 February, 2019

Twitter's director, policy, for South Asia, Mahima Kaul, and other officials are to represent the social media giant before the parliamentary committee today.

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Congress mouthpiece National Herald’s group editor mocks Arunachal Pradesh culture

OpIndia Staff - 10 February, 2019

Mrinal Pande, National Herald's group editor, was called out for her callous attitude towards the culture of Arunachal.

Crime

Delhi court orders FIR against Arnab Goswami, Republic TV on Shashi Tharoor’s complaint of ‘stealing’ Sunanda death probe documents

OpIndia Staff - 9 February, 2019

The court has said that police investigation is required to find out how the Republic TV got access to the documents related to Sunanda death case

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Congress attacks Piyush Goyal citing media report, media admits it was fake news

OpIndia Staff - 9 February, 2019

The fake news report by Hindustan Times claimed that there had been a 23% dip in infra funds when in reality, there had been an 8.2% increase.

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Sting operation claims Mamata govt used fake intelligence reports of possible communal violence to deny BJP Rath Yatras in Bengal

OpIndia Staff - 9 February, 2019

India Today's Special Investigation Team in a secret operation has now reportedly found that there was hardly any specific intelligence of any law and order issues at the time of Rath Yatra to justify the ban.

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Mamata Banerjee tries to scuttle Freedom of Press, sends notice to Republic over Kolkata showdown coverage

OpIndia Staff - 8 February, 2019

Republic TV's Arnab Goswami has said that he is ready to go to jail

Media

The Hindu deliberately distorts MoD document to spread Fake News on the Rafale Deal

OpIndia Staff - 8 February, 2019

The Congress President had used the slanted The Hindu report which presented a distorted version of events to claim that Narendra Modi had stolen Rs. 30,000 crores.

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Half-truths and full-lies: How Rahul Gandhi lies (again!) on Rafale to create a false narrative

OpIndia Staff - 8 February, 2019

Rahul Gandhi has been on a lying spree over the Rafale Deal, often repeating his lies over and over again in the hope that one of them will stick given the fact that he has support from the 'pliant media'.

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