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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.

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FIR No. 59: Delhi Police slams The Wire for ‘dull-witted’ fake news report, says journalist was in a ‘frenzy’ to allege ‘bias and discrimination’

OpIndia Staff - 15 May, 2020

The Delhi Police has slammed The Wire for a report where the far-left propagandists had accused the Police and the Judiciary of bigotry against the Muslim community.

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Union Govt asked Twitter to take down a tweet by Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya? Here is what happened

OpIndia Staff - 8 May, 2020

Tejasvi Surya has, of late, has been suffering the brunt of a targeted campaign against him.

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After relentlessly repeating the lie that lynched Sadhus were not Hindus, The Wire silently updates its report to admit they were Hindus

OpIndia Staff - 7 May, 2020

Journalist Swati Goel Sharma has pointed out that The Wire's founder Siddharth Varadrajan, speaking to Newslaundry, had also claimed that sadhus as 'people belonging to nomadic tribes', in an attempt to peddle the narrative that they were not Hindus.

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Journalist with The Wire calls terrorists as martyrs, seen operating close to security forces in Jammu and Kashmir

OpIndia Staff - 6 May, 2020

'The Wire' photojournalist Junaid Bhat's social media feed is replete with intimate details of Army movements and operations

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Following the elimination of Hizbul commander Riyaz Naikoo, here is how liberals are humanising him and singing dirges to the Islamic terrorist

Jinit Jain - 6 May, 2020

As per typical modus operandi adopted by the liberal cabal, insignificant details of terrorists like their characteristic traits, areas of interest, family background, educational qualifications etc. are highlighted to humanise them and whitewash their criminal tendencies

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Samajwadi Party leader Shamim Nomani arrested for abetting suicide of journalist associated with ThePrint and The Wire

OpIndia Staff - 5 May, 2020

Rizwana Tabassum's suicide note blames Samajwadi leader Shamim Nomani for taking the drastic step of ending her life

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Journalist with The Print and The Wire commits suicide in varanasi, suicide note blamed local SP leader

OpIndia Staff - 4 May, 2020

A freelance journalist, Rizawana Tabassum, has committed suicide in Varanasi on Monday.

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Handwara encounter: The Wire refers to slain Pakistani Lashkar-e-Taiba commander and his aide as ‘alleged’ terrorists

OpIndia Staff - 4 May, 2020

While most media outlets had shared the PTI newsfeed of the incident, The Wire decided to give it their own twist. For them, the terrorists who had taken a village family hostage were just 'alleged' terrorists.

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