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News18 broadcasts 2016 video from Malaysia as Chinese man beats Pakistani driver in Karachi

Pooja Chaudhuri29th June 20202nd July 2020

A video of a man thrashing another with a stick was shared by Twitter user @TheZaiduLeaks which poses as a Pakistani handle. The clip was shared with the claim, “Graphic…

Times Now falls for fake WhatsApp forward listing names of 30 dead Chinese soldiers

Pooja Chaudhuri17th June 202018th June 2020

A military stand-off between Indian and Chinese troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) escalated on the night of June 15 leading to the death of at least 20…

India-China dispute: 43 Chinese soldiers killed? Media outlets and journalists mislead

Pooja Chaudhuri17th June 202017th June 2020

On June 16, the ongoing border dispute between India and China took a critically violent turn as the Indian side reported the death of 20 soldiers in Ladakh’s Galwan Valley….

PIB’s 3 out of 4 ‘fact-checks’ on deaths in Shramik trains are unsubstantiated

Priyanka Jha6th June 20206th June 2020

Recently, the fact-checking wing of Press Information Bureau (PIB) posted multiple tweets declaring news reports on deaths of migrant workers in Shramik trains as false. PIB claimed that the deceased…

Irresponsible media reports spark anger against Muslims and Kerala in elephant death case

Pooja Chaudhuri4th June 20205th June 2020

The death of a pregnant elephant in Kerala after she was allegedly “fed” a pineapple stuffed with firecrackers sparked massive outrage in the country. The tragic incident started trending on…

No, PM Modi did not claim 1 crore coronavirus patients have been treated for free in India

Pooja Chaudhuri2nd June 20202nd June 2020

A screengrab of a broadcast by India TV aired on May 31 has been shared by several social media users. It reads, “प्रधानमंत्री की बड़ी बातें 1 करोड़ कोरोना मरीज़ों…

Fact-checking PIB Fact Check: Did family of mother who died in Shramik train claim she had long-term illness?

Pooja Chaudhuri, Pratik Sinha & Dr Sharfaroz Satani2nd June 20203rd June 2020

The coronavirus outbreak in India has left millions of migrant workers exposed to hunger and homelessness due to an ill-conceived nationwide lockdown imposed by the central government on March 24….

Times Now airs old videos during broadcast on recent India-China border tensions

Pooja Chaudhuri31st May 20201st June 2020

Tensions between India and China escalated after Chinese troops moved into sensitive areas along the Eastern Ladakh border. Times Now aired a broadcast on the skirmish on May 26. “The…

Gopalganj case: OpIndia blames victim’s father, accuses him of lying to give itself a clean chit

Priyanka Jha25th May 202025th May 2020

In an article published on May 9, OpIndia claimed that a 15-year-old boy Rohit was sacrificed in a mosque in Bihar’s Gopalganj. Our investigation found that the story was false….

Gopalganj case: Boy drowns in river, OpIndia claims he was sacrificed in a mosque

Priyanka Jha & Pratik Sinha17th May 202018th May 2020

In an article published on May 9, right-wing propaganda website OpIndia claimed that a mosque sacrificed a Hindu boy in Bihar’s Gopalganj. “A new mosque had been built in the…

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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