Far-right columnist Madhu Kishwar shared an image of a man surrounded by children. According to the text attached to the photograph, he is a Rohingya Muslim who has no food…
UP: Video of injured, pleading man and woman shared with false, communal claim
#लखनऊ यह घटना #इंटोजा थाना क्षेत्र की कल की है, #शांतिप्रीय_कोम के #इस्लाम,और चार पांच लोग और, इसकी बहन का रेप करने आए इसने रेप नही करने दिया तो इसकी…
Video of man offering namaz in the middle of a busy road is from Malaysia, NOT India
“इस विडियो को गौर से देखें…क्या यह दंगा कराने के मकसद से नमाज नहीं पढ़ रहा (Watch this video carefully..Is he not offering namaz with an intent of inciting a…
False claim: Newly inaugurated bridge by PM Modi collapses in 3 months
West Bengal Congress’s official Twitter handle posted a photograph of a collapsed bridge with the claim that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had inaugurated this bridge just three months ago. “Planned…
ANI misreports PMO granting Rs 30 lakh to ailing Agra girl, several media outlets follow suit
Agra resident Lalita Kumari, 17, has been suffering from aplastic anaemia for the past 19 months. The family required Rs 10 lakh for her treatment, an appeal for which was…
Photo of young girl from BBC footage on Rohingyas shared with false, communal claim
“देश मे बढ़ती हुई मुस्लिम आबादी, भारत को मुस्लिम राष्ट्र बनाने की ओर बढ़ता हुआ कदम है और हमारे कुछ गद्दार नेता भी इस काम मे उनके साथ हैं। समय…
Imran Khan misattributes a quote to Kahlil Gibran, but did media also get it wrong?
On June 19, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan ascribed a quote to Lebanese-American writer and poet, Kahlil Gibran – “I slept and dreamed that life was joy. I woke and…
Unrelated video used to portray the killing of Dalit deputy sarpanch in Gujarat
A video of a man brutally thrashing another man supine on the ground is being shared on social media. Twitter user Aazad Parmar posted the video on June 20 with…
“Watching porn leads to reproduction of more children”: False quote ascribed to Yogi Adityanath
A quote that says – “पोर्न देखने से ज़्यादा बच्चे पैदा होते हैं (Watching porn leads to the reproduction of more children)”, has been attributed to UP Chief Minister Yogi…
Media celebrates PM Modi winning ‘British Herald’ readers’ poll, but what is ‘British Herald’?
The results of a ‘readers’ poll’ by a hitherto unknown website called ‘British Herald’, declaring Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi the most powerful world leader, are being widely shared on…