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Sushant Singh Rajput is not dancing with his ‘niece’ in this video, media misreport

Priyanka Jha18th August 2020

Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead in his Mumbai apartment more than two months ago. As time goes by, the media’s obsession with the case is rapidly soaring….

Hindustan Times publishes unverified claim about ‘60,000’ rioters in Bengaluru violence

Pooja Chaudhuri12th August 202013th August 2020

Three people lost their lives in violence that erupted in Bengaluru on Tuesday night after a mob attacked the residence of Congress MLA Akhanda Srinivasa Murthy over a defamatory Facebook…

Air India crash: Manorama News airs simulation clip as cockpit visuals

Pooja Chaudhuri11th August 202012th August 2020

Air India Express flight IX-1344 crashed at Kozhikode International Airport on August 7. Eighteen people died in the mishap and over 150 others were injured. Malayalam channel Manorama News, during…

Media outlet Hindustan shares 9-year-old image from Bangladesh as Bihar floods

Priyanka Jha3rd August 2020

Conditions in northern Bihar remain grim due to the recent floods. Photos and videos of the flooding are being widely shared across social media. A Twitter user posted an image…

Goat “arrested” for not wearing mask in Kanpur? Bizarre media misreports

Pooja Chaudhuri27th July 2020

A bizarre piece of news made headlines on July 27 — a goat was “arrested” by Kanpur police for not wearing a mask. An IANS feed republished by National Herald,…

SP’s Azam Khan did not remark on Ram Mandir: News Track Live, Swarajya misreport

Sam Jawed27th July 202028th July 2020

News portal News Track Live published an article that Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan has declared that he is a ‘Ram bhakt’ and treatened to take his life by…

Coronavirus: Photos, videos viral with false “organ trading of dead bodies” claim

Archit & Kinjal25th July 202027th July 2020

Multiple social media users claimed that organs were missing from the dead body of a patient who died of COVID-19 in Mumbai. On July 20, IBN 24×7 News (archived link)…

Russia’s Sechenov University has NOT ‘completed’ COVID vaccine clinical trials; media misreports

Archit15th July 202015th July 2020

Around July 12, several media outlets from all over the world reported that Russia’s Sechenov University has completed clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccine. These reports also suggested that this is…

Yang Jianli said 100 Chinese died in Galwan? Republic TV, Kapil Mishra share unverified news

Pooja Chaudhuri7th July 202010th July 2020

The latest figure on Chinese casualties in the Galwan Valley, if social media claims are to be believed, is 100. BJP leader Kapil Mishra tweeted a report by an obscure…

IANS, media outlets fall for fake Twitter account of Sushant Singh Rajput’s father

Pooja Chaudhuri6th July 20206th July 2020

News agency IANS tweeted on July 4 that a Twitter account of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s father has surfaced through which he is demanding an inquiry of the Central…

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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