Media analysis

Man stoned to death in Dhaka streets: Indian media misidentifies victim as Hindu

Ankita Mahalanobish15th July 2025

This story uses only screenshots and not the actual video in view of the graphic nature of the footage. Multiple Indian media outlets, including PTI, NDTV, Republic, India Today, News…

Media misreport: Islamic flag waved at Muharram rally falsely described as Pakistani national flag

Ankita Mahalanobish10th July 202510th July 2025

After the observance of Muharram on July 6, 2025, a video showing a man seated atop what appeared to be a stack of loudspeakers caught the attention of some news…

Dainik Bhaskar, OpIndia misreport that 300 illegal firearms & 50,000 cartridges seized from Lucknow man

Abhishek Kumar7th July 2025

On June 26, Lucknow police arrested a man named Salahuddin and recovered some weapons, cartridges and equipment used to make illegal weapons. Soon after that, news outlets published reports that…

‘News’ about two-wheelers having to pay toll is not true; TV9 Bharatvarsh, India Today, others misreport

Pawan Kumar27th June 2025

On June 26, several news outlets reported that under new rules by the Indian government, two-wheelers will be required to pay a tax at toll plazas from July 15, 2025….

Language Row: News outlets take down stories, posts on Amit Shah’s controversial English remark

Ankita Mahalanobish25th June 202526th June 2025

Recent remarks by Union home minister Amit Shah on the English language have sparked a controversy. Speaking at a book launch on June 19, Shah said that India is not…

Did Trump make a ‘u-turn’ on his role in the India‑Pakistan ceasefire, as news outlets claimed?

Oishani Bhattacharya24th June 202512th July 2025

Since June 18, several news outlets in India reported that US President Donald Trump did a ‘u-turn’ on his earlier claims that he stopped the conflict between India and Pakistan….

NBDSA orders Times Now Navbharat to take down misleading thumbnail from video on Shimla mosque controversy

Shinjinee Majumder23rd June 202523rd June 2025

The News Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority (NBDSA) has pulled up Times Now Navbharat (TNN) for using a “misleading” thumbnail on one of its broadcast videos from 2024 that was…

News18, TOI, India Today among others misreport that Pak army chief Asim Munir was invited for US Army parade

Ankita Mahalanobish19th June 2025

Amid geopolitical tensions between India and Pakistan, several prominent Indian news outlets, including CNN News18, India Today, CNBC TV18, Times of India, Financial Express, Deccan Herald and Economic Times among…

Operation Sindoor: Grief on the ground, glory on TV screens

Oishani Bhattacharya & Diti Pujara13th June 202521st June 2025

Trigger Warning: The story has details of deaths, including those of minors; reader’s discretion advised. “National media showed what they had to. Our endeavour is to give you our version…

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

Abhishek Kumar12th May 202512th May 2025

Amid escalating tensions between India And Pakistan, a video was aired by the Indian media on May 9 which showed an air defense system foiling aerial attacks in the night…