Saturday, November 2, 2024

Archives of OpIndia

Congress Social Media team caught spreading photoshopped pics

A fake picture of a survey showing PM Modi in poor light was circulated on social media

Newslaundry covers Assam elections – sans facts

A fact-checking site gets its basic facts wrong.

Rectifying Washington Post bias about the Indian Media

Washington Post creates a story on journalism in India based on half-baked data.

The 10 things media won’t shout about Sri Sri’s World Culture Festival

A grand International event took place in Delhi but India media was fixated only on the negatives

Translated: The Editorial on Mother Teresa for which a Marathi newspaper had to apologize

The editorial for which a Marathi daily's editor had to apologize - Not Intolerance

Niti Aayog CEO uses social media to call out The Hindu journalist’s gossip

'absolute falsehood & utter garbage' was the response of the CEO of Niti Aayog to a journalist's claims

Perils of living in the age of instant outrage by media and social media

Quick to Abuse/ defame and late/negligient in apologising is what is driving media these days

When JNU shouted slogans of Azaadi along with Bharat Mata Ki Jai

The left-wing lobby of India that keeps talking about freedom of alternative opinions, is trying to stifle 'Buddha In A Traffic Jam' because of ideological disagreements.

Academics protest over proposal to consider that India didn’t exist at all before 1947

A proposal has been sent to California Board of Education in US to call pre-independence India as ‘South Asia’.

Art of Living Swami accuses Sagarika Ghose of pleading for mercy from Sri Sri for “peddling lies”

Sagarika had misguided viewers by misusing a Sri Sri Interview in 2011

ABP News Editor accuses Radio Mirchi VP of sharing fake video

Fake videos can get people into trouble and a VP of a Radio channel should be careful.

Marathi newspaper apologizes for saying the bitter truth about Mother Teresa

There were no widespread protests, so who pressurized the newspaper?

Meet Dr Manish Pandit, the maker of the Ishrat Conspiracy docudrama – On Media, Ishat and Firstpost

Dr. Pandit reveals all about the Ishrat Jahan docudrama and surrounding controversies.

Police detains man accused of forging RTI query to show anti-Muslim bias of Modi govt

Pushp Sharma, the controversial journalist earlier arrested for extortion, has been picked for questioning.

Bhak Stops Here: The news that made news – February 2016

Analysis of top stories which of February

Why is “Nation-State” Important?

It is better to learn from history than to learn from experience

Twitter abuzz with speculations over Vijay Mallya’s connection with Aakar Patel

On Sunday night, Twitter discovered that Amnesty India's Aakar Patel was connected to Vijay Mallya.

Hatred for Sri Sri grows. Political parties and journalists are editing videos to spread rumors

Haters of Sri Sri are spreading rumors by editing videos and photos of the World Cultural Festival event

Explained – the Marital Rape law debate for the rest of us

The issue of marital rape, and why India is not ready to make it a criminal offense.

Meet the journalism student who almost lost his career for shouting anti-Barkha Dutt slogans

A young graduate of IIMC struggled for his livelihood for years, just because he shouted slogans against Barkha Dutt

Top Lies spread by Indian Media in February 2016

A compendium of media untruths from February 2016

Twitter mob along with twitter india employee bully a 15yr old girl for having an opinion

Jhanvi Behal became a victim of cyberbullying for expressing her views.

Sri Sri speaks to us: World Culture Festival, Intolerance, Beef ban and much more

In a free-wheeling interview, HH Sri Sri Ravi Shankar speaks to us on a variety of issues

What were you doing when you were 28?

What were you doing when you were 28?

Kejriwal shared fake “Pakistan Zindabad” JNU video to target ABVP, will he apologise?

Will action be taken on those who spread falsehoods on social media?

Proud of You, Media!

Indian media continues to surprise us. Many of the earlier analysis of the media was wrong. Glad that they are back to responsible journalism.

Reviving Indian Textbooks: The Barkha files

Barkha Dutt's story was found in textbooks Indian students read

What the courts say in Kanhaiya’s bail order

Bail for Kanhaiya - But Conditions Apply

The EPF mess and how not to bring in a taxation change

The outrage over EPF and the genesis

AAP MLA abuses Modi Govt in public, asks crowd to support an alleged ISIS ideologue

A shocking video of an AAP MLA publically using abusive words for the Modi Government has surfaced out. A video posted on a blog...

The only summary of Union Budget 2016-17 you need to read

This budget presents a believable picture on the numbers and outlines the priority area of government spending without doing anything fancy.

The Indian media ‘Fauxars’ – Awards recognising Faux news

Its time for the Red Maoist Carpet

‘Viral Sach’ fact-checker of ABP News itself becomes a liar

ABP News caught is the lies of "Viral Sach"

SaveOurChildren – an initiative to correct our Education System

An effort to redeem our children's education

Twitterati respond to Rage of the Left Liberal Media

When a magazine saw the Outlook of Indians

An open letter to Rahul Gandhi from an Indian

Rahul Gandhi must face some tough questions

Meet NDTV’s Vishnu Som

Vishnu Som boasts of a chequered past

Rajdeep didn’t declare Dawood a patriot, but he did give a ‘context’ to his terrorism

Rajdeep Sardesai didn’t call Dawood Ibrahim a patriot, but he virtually painted him a victim.

Open Letter to Barkha Dutt from a Social Media Sanghi communal troll

Barkha Dutt's letter is a consortium of lies and half-truths

Lies, manipulations, insults – What Indian media gives to our Army

NDTV and Firstpost were the first to exploit a soldier's death