A 26-year-old veterinary doctor went missing on November 27 near Hyderabad. A day later, her charred body was found at the underpass of a National Highway in Chatanpally village. The…
Media misreports that Pak PM was called ‘welder from Bronx’ by American anchor
A video of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s interview with American television network MSNBC has been massively circulated with the claim that the anchor told the Pakistani PM that he sounds like…
Shashi Tharoor tweets photograph of former PM Nehru in USSR as USA
On September 23, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor tweeted an image of first Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his daughter Indira Gandhi amidst a huge crowd of people. Taking a…
Media misreports: Claims a monk was beaten by Muslim men for praising Yogi Adityanath
An incident of a monk beaten up by two Muslims was reported by two leading Hindi dailies this week. With a photograph of a badly bruised monk, it was reported…
No, West Bengal government did not declare 5-day holiday for Eid
A notification attributed to West Bengal government is doing rounds on social media, claiming that the state has announced a five-day holiday for Eid. Among the first to share it…
Right-wing circulates fake news about ‘commies’ demolishing Rajiv Gandhi’s statue in Tripura
“In 2008, the Commies brought down former PM Rajiv Gandhi’s statue in Tripura with the inspiration of #Lenin, neither their intellectual voices nor @INCIndia had a problem with this”, tweeted…
How do fake news sites like Postcard News flourish? Who provides a helping hand?
Fake news sites do not exist in a vacuum. They need an ecosystem around them that encourages and actively promotes them. Postcard News is one such site that has been…
Viral video: False claim of Naga Sadhu thrashed by Muslims in Uttarakhand
A video of a youth thrashing an elderly man has been shared by several users with the claim that a sadhu was beaten by a Muslim man in Uttarakhand. Below…