The Wire

TheWire is a primarily English language opinion website started by Siddharth Varadarajan, MK Venu and one more random guy. The primary raison d’être of TheWire seems to be to continue getting money from the Anti-modi lobby and old establishment guard after Varadarajan and co were cut off from the gravy train post Modi win. As an example Sid Varadarajan made a lot of money appearing on Rajya Sabha – the kind of money even private channels cannot afford to give to guests. No price for guessing that Rajya Sabha was under Hamid Ansari at that time who has been accused by rAW officers of being a mole and a traitor.

Since the beginning, most of TheWire’s writeups have been focused on Modi and to fuel communal sentiments by fueling paranoia in minority communities based on many false news and manufactured propaganda.

On this page, you can find our collection of some of these propaganda pieces and our rebuttal and fact checks of them.

 

 

 

‘I forgot because of Covid’: How NDTV, propagandists and left-liberals promoted journalist Poonam Agarwal’s lies on Electoral Bonds

Poonam Agarwal admitted to lying about not buying Electoral Bond in 2020 and claimed she "forgot" about it because of Covid.

The Wire withdraws article after claims of discrepancy in electoral bonds list by The Quint’s Poonam Agarwal fall flat: Read about lies and embarrassment

The Wire withdrew an article that quoted Poonam Agarwal to raise aspersions on the electoral bonds list released by SBI.

Far-left propaganda website The Wire stoops to a new low, reaches out to the jihadi outfit Taliban to oppose the CAA

Far-left propaganda website The Wire sought the views of a functionary of the Taliban, a jihadi outfit, to oppose the CAA.

‘Never faced any trouble in getting funds’: Telangana CM Revanth Reddy punctures Arfa Khanum’s attempt to vilify the Centre

Telangana CM Revanth Reddy told Arfa Khanum Sherwani that his government faced no problems in receiving funds from the Centre

Former NDTV anchor Priyanshi Sharma spreads fake news about India on The Wire ironically while complaining about fake news: Details

When OpIndia checked the 'source' of her claim, we found huge discrepancies in the assertions made by Priyanshi Sharma about India topping the list of countries in fake information.

Justice K Joseph objects to ‘Yato Dharmastato Jayah’ as Supreme Court motto, had once equated Catholic Church to preamble of constitution

Speaking at an event organised by The Wire, former Justice Joseph raised objection on the Supreme Court's motto urging CJI to change it

Panel assembles at leftist portal ‘The Wire’ to give clean chit to Islamists of Haldwani, says stone pelting at police doesn’t make them bad

Panel assembled the The Wire gave clean chit to Islamists that attacked police personnel in Haldwani

The usual lies, victim playing begins: After Muslim mob went on a rampage in Haldwani, the online mob, including TheWire, starts shielding on-ground Jihadis

On February 8th, Haldwani, Uttarakhand, erupted in unbridled violence as Muslim mobs went on a murderous rampage.

After The Wire peddles fake news about Predator drone sale, US says partnership with India one of most consequential relationships

"Our partnership with India is one of our most consequential relationships. We work closely with India on our most vital priorities," Matthew Miller emphasised.

US clears sale of MQ-9B drones, Hellfire missiles, bombs, control stations and other equipment to India, The Wire had claimed deal was blocked over alleged Pannun murder plot

Defense Security Cooperation Agency under the United States Department announced the formal approval to sale 31 General Atomics MQ-9B drones along with a large number of missiles and other related…