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    Politics

    Shinjinee Majumder

    Op Sindoor: As Indian media made false, outrageous claims, PIB looked the other way

    31st May 202531st May 2025
    The second week of May was a busy time for fact-checkers at Union government’s Press Information Bureau (PIB) as it put out 68 fact-checks related to Operation Sindoor. While examining...
    Op Sindoor: As Indian media made false, outrageous claims, PIB looked the other way
    Ankita Mahalanobish

    News outlets first publish, then delete reports based on fake video of Pak’s Ahmed Sharif ‘confirming’ loss of jets

    31st May 2025
    In a viral video, Pakistan’s lieutenant general Ahmed Sharif Chaudhary, who is the director general (DG) of the inter-services public relations (ISPR) for the country’s armed forces, admitted that two...
    News outlets first publish, then delete reports based on fake video of Pak’s Ahmed Sharif ‘confirming’ loss of jets
    basirhat fake images

    The vicious cycle of fake images in Basirhat riots

    Sam Jawed7th July 20177th July 2017

    The scourge of fake news and photoshop is upon us. A morphed image started a riot and now more morphed images are being used to fuel it. We saw tempers…

    Who spread the rumour that Churches and Mosques are exempted from GST?

    Pratik Sinha7th July 2017

    How long can one ignore a problem before it becomes a liability? In recent past, a fake Whatsapp forward that went viral led to lynching of 8 people in Jharkhand….

    Times Now at it again; Video of Kerala Students Union protest termed as a BJP protest

    Sam Jawed5th July 2017

    “BJP, KSU workers protest near Kerala Secretariat against Kerala health minister over the issue of growing incidence of Chikunguniya cases” said the Times Now tweet. The Times Now video on…

    Trolls attempt to manipulate ratings of books authored by Sagarika Ghose and Arundhati Roy

    Sam Jawed4th July 20174th July 2017

    Sagarika Ghose’s new book, “Indira – India’s Most Powerful Prime Minister” had 50 reviews on July 3rd, 44 of which were negative one-star ratings. There is nothing unusual if a…

    Has Adani Group hired social media influencers to defend the company on Twitter?

    Pratik Sinha3rd July 2017

    After the announcement of the new taxation system called Goods and Services Tax (GST), Gautam Adani, the Chairman of Adani Group, applauded GST as a game-changer via his Twitter account….

    Times Now attempts to discredit #NotInMyName protests with incomplete and distorted facts

    Sam Jawed29th June 201730th June 2017

    Times Now, which was exposed last week by Alt news for running a primetime show based on a seven year old photoshopped image has made yet another shocking attempt to incite…

    Supporters spice up PM Modi’s visit to the US with a fake video

    Alt News Desk27th June 201729th June 2017

    Prime Minister Modi concluded a successful trip to the United States. As the Prime Minister of the world’s largest democracy, he got a warm welcome from President Trump at the…

    Babita Phogat’s Twitter account – A case of serial plagiarism

    Pratik Sinha25th June 2017

    In March 2017, controversy broke out over Delhi University student Gurmehar Kaur’s video for peace between India and Pakistan. From Virender Sehwag to Randeep Hooda, multiple people launched a misinformed…

    Ram Nath Kovind v/s Meira Kumar: Media bias in TV coverage of the two candidates

    Sam Jawed24th June 2017

    It’s official! The announcement of Ram Nath Kovind as the BJP and Meira Kumar as the opposition presidential candidate has brought an end to weeks of speculation. In this Kovind…

    Did Ram Nath Kovind say “Islam and Christianity are alien to the nation”?

    Sam Jawed21st June 201721st June 2017

    In 2010, BJP’s presidential candidate, Ram Nath Kovind, who was then a BJP spokesperson, reportedly made a statement: “Islam and Christianity are alien to the nation”. Seven years later, there…

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