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Media outlets falsely share old images as Chinese engineers carrying AK-47s in Pakistan

Kalim Ahmed26th July 202126th July 2021

On 14 July, a bus explosion killed nine Chinese workers and four others near a hydroelectric project in Pakistan. Pakistani officials said that the blast could be a terrorist attack….

News18 Kannda uses 2019 image from Bihar floods as aftermath of recent Mumbai rains

Archit23rd July 2021

The ongoing monsoons have caused havoc across the country. Several cities have flooded due to heavy rainfall and as per the July 23 forecast by India Meteorological Department, heavy or…

Amnesty has not ‘backtracked’ on the Pegasus list; media, BJP make false claims

Pooja Chaudhuri23rd July 2021

India Today has claimed that Amnesty International, one of the coordinators of the Pegasus Project, has backtracked on its initial reportage into the Israeli spyware used to target journalists, activists…

Media outlets share photo of IS terrorist as Hizbul commander gunned down in Kashmir

Priyanka Jha13th July 202113th July 2021

Indian security forces reportedly killed Hizbul Mujahideen commander Mehrajuddin Halwai alias Ubaid on the morning of July 7 in an alleged encounter in North Kashmir’s Handwara district. In their coverage…

News18 airs old photos from West Bengal during a show on recent post-poll violence

Priyanka Jha24th June 2021

On June 21, the Calcutta High Court refused the West Bengal government’s plea to stay its order directing the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to probe post-poll violence in the…

Did PM Modi table new vaccine plan prior to Supreme Court criticism?

Archit11th June 202111th June 2021

Since January, the COVID-19 vaccination drive in India has been taking place in three phases. The third phase began on May 1 for adults aged between 18 to 44. PM…

Sudarshan News cherry-picks name of Muslim accused for tampering with COVID test in UP’s Basti

Kalim Ahmed4th June 20214th June 2021

Sudarshan News tweeted a video of a man handing a tube from an RT-PCR COVID test kit to another who fills it with an unused swab. The channel claimed that…

Dainik Jagran’s misleading reports portray mass burials in Prayagraj haven’t risen due to COVID

Archit & Prashant Singh30th May 20212nd June 2021

The second wave of the coronavirus pandemic in India did not only overwhelm an unprepared healthcare system but also choked crematoriums unaccustomed to performing mass funerals. Many of those unable…

BJP leaders share puff piece replete with misinfo to defend PM Modi on COVID crisis

Pooja Chaudhuri11th May 202112th May 2021

An article exalting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic made a sudden appearance on the Twitter timelines of BJP leaders. “PM Modi has been working hard; don’t…

Media falsely reports Ramayana, Mahabharata to be taught in Saudi Arabian schools

Archit3rd May 20217th October 2023

On October 5, 2023, journalist Abhijeet Majumder shared a video report of Zee Media’s WION channel on X (formerly Twitter). The report says that the Ramayana and the Mahabharata will…

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

UAE’s ‘new policy’ for Golden Visas leaves Indian media red-faced: How it all started