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ANI presents RSS-backed event as ‘Muslim community’ celebrating PM Modi’s birthday at Nizamuddin

Pooja Chaudhuri21st September 202027th September 2020

Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated his 70th birthday on September 17, 2020. News agency ANI published a story that same day claiming the Muslim community in Delhi gathered outside the…

Misleading reports claimed Pakistan admitted to Dawood Ibrahim’s presence in Karachi

Archit15th September 2020

On August 22 and 23, several media outlets in India reported Pakistan has admitted that terrorist Dawood Ibrahim is in Karachi. Some of the media outlets that published this report…

Times Now airs FB Live video as ‘secret’ admission by Left-wing activists on Umar Khalid

Pooja Chaudhuri15th September 202016th September 2020

Former JNU student leader Umar Khalid was arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act or UAPA for his alleged role in Delhi riots. After 11 hours of questioning, Delhi Police’s…

ABP News broadcasts clips from PUBG trailer as visuals of upcoming game FAU-G

Aqib Pathan12th September 2020

On September 2, the Indian government banned the popular Chinese action game PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, popularly known as PUBG, for “national security concerns”. The ban came against the backdrop of India’s…

ABP News, TOI fall for fake Twitter account impersonating Rhea Chakraborty’s father

Priyanka Jha10th September 202010th September 2020

On September 9, The Times of India reported that actor Rhea Chakraborty’s father Indrajit Chakraborty was deeply saddened by the news of her arrest. According to the report, her father…

Times Now airs visuals of ‘3 idiots’ shooting point as tourists on Chinese side of Pangong Lake

Pooja Chaudhuri9th September 202011th September 2020

On September 6, Times Now reported that China has thrown open the Pangong Tso Lake to international tourists and domestic tourists as well. “The videos of opening Pangong Tso Lake…

India Today Group, Times Now air old images of PLA cemetery as graves of Chinese killed in Galwan

Pratik Sinha, Pooja Chaudhuri & Mohammed Zubair1st September 20201st September 2020

The deadly face-off between Indian and Chinese soldiers in Galwan valley on June 15 led to the deaths of 20 Indian army men. The casualties suffered on the Chinese side,…

Times Now runs tweet by fake account of Sushant Singh Rajput’s sister as ‘breaking news’

Archit29th August 202029th August 2020

On August 28, Times Now reported on an image posted by Twitter account @iaMeetuSingh which claimed to be the “official account” of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s sister. Rajput was…

News18, Times of India run Indore video as man jumping into floodwater in Pakistan

Pooja Chaudhuri28th August 20203rd September 2020

On its daily show ‘Sau Baat Ki Ek Baat’, News18 India anchor Kishore Ajwani highlighted the ‘failure’ of the Imran Khan-led Pakistani government to control floods caused by heavy downpour…

False claims about Maharani Radhika Raje Gaekwad of Baroda viral on social media

Kinjal20th August 2020

Two different claims about Maharani Radhika Raje Gaekwad of Baroda have been making the rounds on social media recently. The first is that Forbes declared her the most beautiful woman…

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Nagpur factory blast killed 20 on March 1: How did five leading English news channels respond?

Times Now, ABP, Zee, Republic misreport 2020 Beirut video as Iranian missile strike in Dubai