The official Twitter handle of BJP Bihar shared purported before and after pictures of a stretch of road to depict infrastructural development achieved by the state government in the last five years. While the image on the top showed a damaged road... Read More
Author - Pooja Chaudhuri
Pooja Chaudhuri began her career working as a market research fellow, however, her deep-seated interests in media and a knack for writing led her to the field of journalism. She works in the capacity of a writer at Alt News, actively pursuing media misreports.
The official Twitter handle of the Bharatiya Janata Party tweeted two purported images of the Western Peripheral Expressway. The image on the left intended to depict a barren land, while the photograph on the right attempted to showcase how it was... Read More
On January 13, Congress spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi tweeted a photograph with a child saying that he walked up to her as a fan who has watched her debates. Within hours, a person named Amar K. (@Iamnot_Immortal) claimed that the boy in the picture... Read More
On January 13, MyNation ran a story titled – “Rahul Gandhi dumbfounded in Dubai with little girl’s questions” – where the media outlet claimed that the Congress president was stumped by the questions raised by a... Read More
A video purportedly depicting the printing of Rs 50 and Rs 200 notes is currently viral on social media with the claim that fake Indian currency notes are being manufactured in Pakistan. Several individual users have shared the clip with the caption... Read More
A video of Azam Khan asking voters to vote for BJP is currently viral on social media at the backdrop of SP and BSP alliance in Uttar Pradesh. Co-convenor of BJP Delhi IT and social media cell, Praveen Kumar Dixit, was among those who circulated the... Read More
A video of Rahul Gandhi offering namaz with Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad and a few members of the Muslim community is viral on social media. A Facebook page भारत :An Untold Story shared the video with the caption – “In the... Read More
A Facebook user Sanjay Choudhary recently posted an image of an old man with yellow coloured bags attached to his body, claiming that he was a suicide bomber who was caught by the Indian army. At the time of writing this article, the post had over... Read More
Twitter user Gaurav Pradhan, who has often been found sharing misinformation on social media, tweeted on January 10 that The New York Times said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has caused such damage to Pakistan that it’s akin to the losses... Read More
BJP spokesperson Ashwini Upadhyay recently tweeted a 2013 report by The Times of India and claimed that Sonia Gandhi is richer than Queen Elizabeth-II and the Sultan of Oman. He circulated the claim on both Twitter and Facebook, drawing a combined... Read More