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Gopalganj case: OpIndia blames victim’s father, accuses him of lying to give itself a clean chit

Priyanka Jha25th May 202025th May 2020

In an article published on May 9, OpIndia claimed that a 15-year-old boy Rohit was sacrificed in a mosque in Bihar’s Gopalganj. Our investigation found that the story was false….

Gopalganj case: Boy drowns in river, OpIndia claims he was sacrificed in a mosque

Priyanka Jha & Pratik Sinha17th May 202018th May 2020

In an article published on May 9, right-wing propaganda website OpIndia claimed that a mosque sacrificed a Hindu boy in Bihar’s Gopalganj. “A new mosque had been built in the…

Media misreports linking Bareilly violence to Jamaat not taken down a month after police clarification

Pooja Chaudhuri13th May 202014th May 2020

Last month, ABP News anchor Rubika Liyaquat during the show ‘Seedha Sawal’ aired a video of policemen charging a group of men with lathis. She claimed that the police action…

ABP Asmita airs week-old video from Kolkata as visuals of the recent attack on police in Ahmedabad

Jignesh Patel9th May 2020

A mob, frustrated with stringent lockdown rules, pelted stones at policemen in Ahmedabad’s Shahpur area on May 8. The clashes reportedly erupted when cops and paramilitary forces tried to enforce…

OpIndia’s article on ‘yellow journalism’ is a work of plagiarism

Sam Jawed9th May 202012th May 2020

The outrage machinery went into operation soon after Kashmiri photographers, Dar Yasin, Mukhtar Khan and Channi Anand were honoured with the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in feature photography for their coverage…

FIR against Sudhir Chaudhary no badge of honour, ‘jihad chart’ lifted from dubious page

Sam Jawed & Pooja Chaudhuri8th May 20208th May 2020

Zee News editor-in-chief Sudhir Chaudhary tweeted on May 7, “Here’s my Pulitzer Prize for reporting the truth”, and shared a copy of an FIR filed against him. The FIR states…

IANS falls for satire on Pakistani PM Imran Khan reading COVID-19 chart upside down

Jignesh Patel8th May 20208th May 2020

News agency Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) published a report titled, “Imran Khan reads chart upside down, claims Covid curve flattening.” The report claimed that Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan made…

Moneycontrol, News18 misquote economist Abhijit Banerjee on UPA policies, former clarifies

Jignesh Patel7th May 20207th May 2020

On May 4, Finacial news website Moneycontrol.com quoted Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banjeree saying, “The real problem in the short run is that the weak UPA policies were embraced by the…

Dainik Jagran, Punjab Kesari misreport youth in Punjab throws notes laced with spit

Priyanka Jha4th May 20204th May 2020

On April 25, Twitter user Hatinder Singh posted a video report by ‘Daily Post Punjabi’, with the message, “In Phillaur, Punjab, This Man Was Caught Throwing Notes On The Road…

News18 misreports scuffle between police and locals in Kurla as cops manhandled after namaz

Pooja Chaudhuri3rd May 20203rd May 2020

During the May 1 broadcast of News18 Hindi’s debate show ‘Aar Paar’, moderator Amish Devgan played a video of an altercation between locals in a Muslim-dominated area in Kurla Pipe Road and…

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Victim blaming on social media: How Shraddha murder case exposed the patriarchal core of Right Wing

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