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OpIndia Evening Dispatch: Tuesday, 15th January 2019
The OpIndia Evening Dispatch will catch you up on the day's event even if you have been busy thus far.
After BBC, Scroll uses ‘research’ to make fantastical claims that the research itself does not support
Fake news: In the article titled, "How India Votes: The news media is helping BJP win elections – and the public does not mind", Scroll has used 'research' to make spectacular claims about PM Modi and BJP win, that is not evidenced at all by the research they have cited
Media reported ‘thousands of trees felled ahead of PM Modi’s Odisha visit to make helipad’, turns out, it was a lie
The East Coast Railways Spokesperson has said that no trees were felled to make a temporary helipad for Prime Minister Modi in Odisha, only some shrubs and saplings were removed
OpIndia Evening Dispatch: Monday, 14th January, 2019
The OpIndia Evening Dispatch will catch you up on the day's event even if you have been busy thus far.
Gulf News claims ‘Rahul Gandhi has shed his Pappu image’ based on fake news pulled down by Business Standard
Swati Chaturvedi, an abusive troll who masquerades as a journalist who is known to spread fake news, in an article for Gulf News claimed that Rahul Gandhi had finally shed his 'Pappu' image
Business Standard withdraws article after OpIndia fact-check, when will others show the same ethics?
Business Standard withdraws its story after OpIndia fact-check, however, we are far from this becoming the ethical norm in the media space
OpIndia Evening Dispatch : Sunday, 13th January 2019
The OpIndia Evening Dispatch will catch you up on the day's event even if you have been busy thus far.
Former Supreme Court judge accuses media of running fake news over Alok Verma case
Several media houses reported that they talked to justice Patnaik, but according to justice Katju, only one reporter from Indian Express did so.
BJP member sends defamation notice to Nidhi Razdan for calling him a liar
Nidhi had earlier conducted an entire debate on NDTV based on fake news.
Politicians spread fake news about the 10% reservation bill, further outlandish calculations
Politicians spread misinformation about the economically weaker section reservation bill.
