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    Politics

    Fact-check: Did Darul Uloom Deoband slam TMC MP Nusrat Jahan for celebrating Durga Puja?

    Pooja Chaudhuri9th October 2019

    First-time parliamentarian, TMC’s Nusrat Jahan, recently celebrated Durga Puja with her husband Nikhil Jain in Kolkata. Soon after, news reports by mainstream media flashed headlines stating that a Darul Uloom…

    Politics

    Media misreports: Promotional video on Balakot airstrikes broadcast as “real” footage

    Pooja Chaudhuri4th October 20194th October 2019

    On October 4, the Indian Air Force (IAF) released a promotional video on Balakot airstrike which was carried out in February this year in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror…

    Politics

    Media misreports US Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard as ‘Indian-origin’

    Jignesh Patel21st September 2019

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a seven-day visit to the United States where he will be participating in two round tables with CEOs of American companies. On Septemeber 20,…

    Politics

    Media misreport RTO inspector involved in Bengaluru accident as ‘drunk’

    Arjun Sidharth14th September 201914th September 2019

    On September 12, a RTO inspector in Bengaluru crashed his vehicle into an auto-rickshaw, seriously injuring the driver. Soon after, social media was abuzz with the claim that RTO inspector…

    Politics

    IANS falls for parody account of Raghuram Rajan, several media outlets follow suit

    Pooja Chaudhuri13th September 201914th September 2019

    On September 13, a few media outlets published a story titled – “It’s a sign that you’re hiding real data: Rajan on Goyal faux pas”. The story was on former RBI governor…

    Politics

    HW News ran photoshopped image of an old Aaj Tak promo, clarified later

    Pooja Chaudhuri11th September 201912th September 2019

    On September 10, HW News broadcast a show on journalist Ravish Kumar’s Ramon Magsaysay Award and Tabrez Ansari’s lynching where charges of murder were recently dropped. The show was anchored by Abhisar…

    Politics

    No, Kerala college did not raise Pak flag; media publishes misleading reports

    Pooja Chaudhuri1st September 20193rd September 2019

    A piece of ‘breaking’ news that was published by several media outlets on August 31 informed that the Kerala police booked 30 students (Times Now reported 25 students) of Silver Arts…

    Politics

    Media misreports a video shoot as woman leaving behind her child while talking on phone

    Kinjal26th August 201926th August 2019

    Several news organisations such as Zee News, Navbharat Times, Patrika and Punjab Kesari have published a video which has gone viral on social media. In the video, a woman can…

    News

    Alleged ‘human shield’ incident from 2018 being shared in Pak social media as recent

    Pratik Sinha18th August 2019

    Hamid Mir, a prominent Pakistani journalist and anchor, has shared a video of a group of men sitting in front of vehicles of security forces. The commentary in the video…

    Politics

    Times Now tries fact-checking: Declares Indian parody handle as “Pakistani propaganda”

    Pratik Sinha16th August 201916th August 2019

    As part of its #IndiaRejectPropaganda campaign, Times Now recently announced that it will carry out “extensive fact checks to separate truth from fiction”. One such fact-check analysed a tweet from…

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