Here we go again. In a rush to break the news, multiple news outlets got it wrong and reported Lalu Yadav’s acquittal in the fodder scam case. It was a…
Journalism: The News Minute’s coverage of Paresh Mesta incident
Communal violence erupted in Uttara Kanada district of Karnataka in the first week of December after the body of Paresh Mesta was found floating on a lake in Honnavar town…
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…
BJP MP Pratap Simha falls for Twitter account impersonating Saif Ali Khan’s daughter
“See the level of understanding actor Saif Ali Khan’s daughter is showing, which is lacking in grey haired and bald-headed journos n political pundits” tweeted BJP MP Pratap Simha after…
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav posts fake letter attributed to EC official alleging EVM tampering
Tejashwi Yadav, former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar and son of RJD chief Lalu Prasad put out this letter on the evening of December 17, purportedly written by the Deputy…
BJP MP Kirron Kher posts fake photo of Indian army
Nationalism has been a dominant theme in recent political discourse and a part of this narrative is the eulogisation of the military. The Indian army has stationed soldiers at the…
Is INS Kalvari a product of PM Modi’s ‘Make in India’ as claimed by Defence Ministry?
On December 14 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi officially commissioned INS Kalvari. The first of the Scorpene class of submarines, INS Kalvari was inducted with much fanfare after extensive sea…
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…
“Muslims fed bomb to cow”, fake news peddler ShankhNaad puts out yet another misleading video
‘Muslims fed bomb to cow which blew inside her mouth’, screamed ShankhNaad on its twitter page. The communal rabble rousing website posted a video shot in Vidisha in Madhya Pradesh,…
Paresh Mesta death: Rumour-mongering of brutality sparks tension, Karnataka Police issues stern warning
‘Head cut open’, ‘castrated’ and ‘boiling oil poured on face’ are some of the provocative messages that are doing the rounds on social media to describe 21 year old Paresh…