A scuffle broke out at the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad on January 6 in which two reporters were allegedly heckled and pushed around by a group of men. Damayanti Dhar,…
Fake quote claiming BJP hacked EVMs attributed to ex-CEC T S Krishnamurthy
“गुजरात और हिमाचल प्रदेश का चुनाव बीजेपी ने ईवीएम हेकिंग से जीता है” (BJP won the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assembly election by hacking EVMs). This is what former Chief…
TOI Fake News: “Roommate of AMU PhD student who joined Hizbul also missing”
Imagine waking up to the news in a national newspaper that you are missing and this could somehow be linked to another person who has joined a terrorist group. A…
Half truths and whole lies – ten times PM Modi misled the nation in 2017
Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a series of claims throughout 2017, many of which turned out to be either untrue or partially true. Here is a list of ten such…
Ravi Shankar Prasad downplays FIR against The Tribune, but what is the truth?
“Government is fully committed to freedom of the press as well as maintaining security and sanctity of Aadhaar for India’s development. FIR is against unknown…”, tweeted Union Electronics & Information…
Was Jignesh Mevani’s press conference “Congress sponsored” as alleged by Republic TV?
‘Cong-Mewani link exposed’ was the headline on Republic TV which alleged that Jignesh Mewani’s press conference held in New Delhi on January 5 at the Press Club of India was…
Thou shalt not mock Anant Ambani: Eight websites delete articles about his speech
Anant Ambani, son of Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani, at an event to mark the 40th anniversary of the Reliance group gave a speech that took social media by storm….
Fake news round-up, December 2017, PM Modi leads the way
The final month of the year was no different when it came to proliferation of fake news. Here is a quick wrap of all the fake stories that did the…
Were Pakistani flags raised during Dalit protest rally in the aftermath of the Bhima-Koregaon incident?
A photograph has gone viral on social media with the claim that it is representative of a Dalit protest. In the photo, bike borne cadres can be seen raising a…
Top fake news circulated on social media in 2017
Social media, although a great platform for dissemination of alternative news and views, is also infamous for circulating and popularising fake news. 2017 was no different as we saw a…