Media
Media is considered the fourth pillar of democracy. This section presents news and views about the state of Indian media.
Wikipedia covering up The Wire’s wrongdoings? Meta fiasco wiped off from Wire’s page, Tek Fog allegations removed too
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Wikipedia refused to let Meta Vs The Wire saga to appear on its platform, redirected Tek Fog page to The Wire.
As Rishi Sunak’s Kalava is discussed online, know when a Doordarshan journalist was asked not to let his Kalava be visible on air
Sunak is a practicing Hindu and is the first Hindu, the first non-white PM of the UK. His first address in front of 10, Downing Street after his appointment drew the attention of many in India and abroad to the Kalava, the ritualistic sacred thread worn by Hindus, on his wrist.
Meet Rowaida Abdelaziz, the HuffPost columnist who relies on lies, half-truths and malicious tropes to demonise Hindus in the US
The HuffPost reporter falsely claimed that the Indian Prime Minister was not just stripping Muslims of their citizenship but also building concentration camps.
The Wire suspends its story on the fictitious Tek Fog app after withdrawing the fake Meta story
The Wire suspended the Tek Fog Stories after withdrawing the Meta stories, authored by same reporting teams
Muslim Twitter users abuse journalist Rubika Liyaquat for celebrating Dhanteras, call her ‘begairat insan’
Many Muslim celebrities are on the receiving end of the abuse by hand of Islamists who get angry at them for celebrating Hindu festivals which, according to Islam, is a sin.
The Wire formally retracts its Meta story after it was found to be based on fabricated evidence, to review previous stories done by same...
The Wire was forced to withhold the Meta stories and had decided to do an ‘internal review’ after the reports were found to be completely fake
The Wire ombudsperson Pamela Philipose says the portal took serious missteps in handling the fake Meta story, accuses Meta of tarnishing Wire’s image
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Despite being proven completely fake, Pamela Philipose said that The Wire 'investigation' on Meta was significant
‘Ran 40 servers to defeat ‘BJP IT Cell’, used NIT and IIT infra, formatted devices 2-3 times a day’: Read the claims of The...
Posts by Devesh Kumar on Reddit reveal a lot about his reservations and ideological subscriptions.
‘Even after denial, The Wire continued to lie that I verified Meta email’: Microsoft employee Ujjwal Kumar issues statement on the withdrawn fake story
Ujjwal Kumar wrote a long post on LinkedIn distancing himself from the fabricated claim made by The Wire on their Meta story
Here is why Siddharth Varadarajan was fired from The Hindu
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This is why Siddharth Varadarajan was removed as editor of The Hindu.
