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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,”…

Zee Hindustan ran video of Baloch girl with machine gun as ‘Panjshir, Afghanistan’

Kinjal7th September 2021

On September 6, the Taliban claimed the complete seizure of Panjshir province, the last remaining region in Afghanistan resisting the Islamist extremist organisation’s control. Against this backdrop, several videos were…

India Today, Aaj Tak run news on Ahmad Massoud based on fake Twitter handle

Priyanka Jha7th September 20217th September 2021

In a recent ‘breaking news’ segment, India Today claimed that Ahmad Massoud, head of the National Resistance Force of Afghanistan (NRFA), tweeted a photo claiming that a Pakistani Air Force…

Republic, TV9 air video game clips as Pakistani airforce attack in Panjshir, Afghanistan

Pooja Chaudhuri6th September 20216th September 2021

After the Taliban claimed victory over opposition forces in Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan, Republic TV aired an ‘exclusive’ video accessed from Hasti TV alleging it shows the Pakistani Air Force attacks…

Times Now airs video from UK as Pakistani fighter jet in Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan

Pooja Chaudhuri & Aqib Pathan6th September 20217th September 2021

In a September 6 broadcast, Times Now aired a piece of ‘breaking news’ where a video of a fighter jet was broadcast as the “first visuals of a fighter jet,…

Republic Bharat airs image of BSP leader Yaqoob Qureshi as Taliban leader

Archit1st September 20211st September 2021

On August 31, several users on Twitter and Facebook shared an image of a Republic Bharat broadcast, pointing out that the channel erroneously aired a photograph of BSP leader Yaqoob…

Does the video show Taliban ‘hanging’ a body from a helicopter?

Mohammed Zubair1st September 20211st September 2021

The United States completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan on August 30, marking an end to two decades of conflict. The US has reportedly abandoned military equipment and those not dismantled…

Comedy skit carried by media outlets as bride slapping groom for chewing tobacco

Priyanka Jha31st August 2021

Several news channels recently aired a viral video claiming it shows a bride slapping her groom after she saw him chewing gutkha (tobacco) during the wedding ceremony. Aaj Tak aired…

Sudarshan News adds false communal spin to UP incident where a man was attacked

Archit30th August 202130th August 2021

On August 26, a video of four men mercilessly thrashing a man was shared on social media. A Twitter user posted the video and wrote, “Raju was beaten mercilessly by…

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Assam Tribune rejects column critical of BJP & Himanta, asks veteran journalist to ‘focus only on Meghalaya’

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