A set of two photographs of BJP MLA Shivraj Singh Chouhan is viral on social media to claim that the former MP CM had plastered different arms in the morning…
January round-up: Political sniping continues unabated in 2019
January, 2019 turned out to be business as usual for purveyors of misinformation, who used all sorts of tactics to manipulate the views of social media users. Targeting of political…
Alt News exposé: Fake News peddling FB page ‘The India Eye’ and its Gujarat connection
Senior journalist Ravish Kumar had made a speech last year at Press Club, Delhi on the murder of veteran journalist Gauri Lankesh. Soon after, his 10-minute speech was truncated to…
Alt News chronicles the most viral fake news in the run up to Karnataka elections
The assembly election in Karnataka may well represent a watershed moment in Indian politics. Karnataka stands between the Congress party and oblivion as the last big state still within the…
Are you Serious Times Now?
“6 hours after Gujarat loss, Rahul Gandhi was watching ‘Star Wars’ at a cinema hall in Delhi. #AreYouSeriousRahul” Times Now is known for its outrageous hashtags and blatant one-sided reporting…
Media bias in Gujarat elections: An analysis of hashtags used by TV Channels
Indian media has gone on an overdrive from the time that the Election Commission announced the dates of the Gujarat elections. It is not unexpected with Gujarat being Prime Minister…