A “confidential” document dated April 27, 2025, bearing the emblem of the Pakistan prime minister’s office saying that the PM has been hospitalised in Rawalpindi, made it to several news…
AI clip of man’s narrow escape from lioness viral as real incident; Republic, News18 misreport, later tweak story
Late-night CCTV footage showing a lioness walking on the streets and sniffing a man sleeping on the road before walking away from him has shocked internet users. The video was…
Republic used Indian creator’s satiric reel on prime time; claimed Pakistani civilians were slamming their country
Social media users are sharing a video of a man ridiculing Pakistan’s claims of victory in the recent four-day conflict with India, which was the most serious military crisis between…
Republic, Times, TV9 et al amplified morphed photo of Preity Zinta hugging Vaibhav Suryavanshi
Amid military tensions between India and Pakistan, the managers of the Indian Premier League (IPL) on May 9 announced the postponement of the 18th season of the IPL for a…
Republic uses unrelated image of Istanbul Congress Center as Congress party’s Turkey office, stirs political storm
On a prime-time show on May 15, Republic editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami, who was also hosting the show, claimed that the Indian National Congress (INC) had a registered office in Turkey….
Operation Sindoor: Edited Republic video, old visuals of IAF jet crash used to claim Pak army shot down Indian plane
On May 7, hours after the Indian Armed Forces launched Operation Sindoor to target areas in Pakistan where attacks against India were being planned, a series of unverified visuals were…
Delhi quake: Republic ran unrelated videos, including one from Japan, in its reportage
A 4.0-magnitude earthquake shook New Delhi at 5:36 am on February 17. Within hours, media organisations as well as social media users started sharing a CCTV clip from Pakistan claiming it…
Hate crimes in Haryana, Maharashtra a no-show on Republic; how did the other mainstream news channels fare?
Trigger Warning: Violence In the last week of August, two horrific hate crimes against Muslims — the lynching of 25-year-old Sabir Malik in Haryana and the brutal assault on 72-year-old…
Republic airs Manpad launching video from Myanmar as ‘exclusive’ & ‘authenticated’ visuals from Manipur
A video is going viral on social media in which a boy is seen firing from a man-portable air defense system or MANPADS. This video is being shared with multiple…
Truck that caught fire in Unnao was not headed to Ayodhya Ram Mandir; misreport by Republic, NDTV, Mint et al
Ahead of the Ram Mandir consecration ceremony in Ayodhya on January 22, an image of a truck engulfed in fire has gone viral. According to news reports, a truck carrying…