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Zee News used doctored image to claim Aamir Khan married Fatima Sana Shaikh

Archit29th December 202130th December 2021

On December 24, Zee News published a report with the headline, “Ira Khan is fed up with Aamir Khan’s third wife, she said – it’s difficult to handle all this!”…

Media outlets misreport Islamic flag as Pak flag hoisted atop Gorakhpur house

Kinjal23rd November 2021

Zee Hindustan recently reported that a Pakistani flag hoisted on the rooftop of a house in the Chauri Chaura area of Gorakhpur sparked outrage in the locality. Breaking News: गोरखपुर…

Zee Salaam shared old video as pro-India chants during Aus-Pak T20 semi final

Kinjal16th November 2021

On November 11, Australia faced Pakistan in the semifinals of the T20 World Cup, winning the match by five wickets. The match sparked a flurry of activity on Indian social…

U23 World C’ships medallist Nisha Dahiya denies news reports of her death

Archit10th November 2021

On November 10, several media outlets reported that unknown assailants shot dead national level wrestler Nisha Dahiya and her brother at Sushil Kumar Academy in Sonipat’s Halalpur area. This report…

News18 shares video of giant snake caught in crane as Jharkhand; video not from India

Archit26th October 202126th October 2021

A video of a giant snake captured by a crane is widely circulating online. Facebook news page KohramLive, with about one lakh followers, posted the video with the caption, “OMG!…

Media misreports Afghan women’s volleyball player beheaded by Taliban

Archit21st October 202123rd October 2021

The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan is a blow to women’s rights in the country. Many women have taken to the streets to protest against the hard-line regime. Afghan women leaders…

Teacher trashes student for ‘loitering’, Sudarshan News injects false communal spin

Kinjal21st October 2021

Sudarshan News tweeted a video on October 16 that shows a teacher beating a pupil in class. The channel claimed that a Christian teacher in Tamil Nadu brutally beat up…

Int’l and Indian media fall for fake Twitter account in Kabul Uni chancellor’s name

Pooja Chaudhuri1st October 20211st October 2021

A piece of news that made headlines on September 27 around the world claimed that the chancellor of Kabul University Mohammad Ashraf Ghairat said in a tweet, “As long as…

Zee News, among others, airs clipped video to claim Rakesh Tikait ‘threatened’ the media

Priyanka Jha30th September 2021

Zee News Editor-in-Chief Sudhir Chaudhary tweeted a 12-second video of farmer leader Rakesh Tikait and wrote, “Rakesh Tikait’s next target are media houses. Zee News showed the truth, so does…

Assam news outlets misreport 26 ‘Rohingya Muslims’ arrested in Guwahati

Archit14th September 202114th September 2021

Assam-based media outlets DY365, Asom Live 24, and NorthEast Now reported that 26 Rohingya Muslims were arrested in Guwahati with fake Aadhaar cards. “They were planning to move to Delhi,”…

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Aaj Tak, NDTV, Times Now, News18 & others ran 4-yr-old video as aerial fight over Jaisalmer

His name was Qari Mohammad Iqbal. He was not a terrorist.