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    Media analysis

    Abhishek Kumar

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

    12th 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...
    Aaj Tak, NDTV, Times Now, News18 & others ran 4-yr-old video as aerial fight over Jaisalmer
    Shinjinee Majumder

    His name was Qari Mohammad Iqbal. He was not a terrorist.

    9th May 202510th May 2025
    On the morning of May 7, the death of Qari Mohammad Iqbal became the focal point of news segments across media channels. He was labelled a “most-wanted terrorist” and a...
    His name was Qari Mohammad Iqbal. He was not a terrorist.

    No, 22-yr-old man didn’t ‘marry’ 52-yr-old woman; news outlets fell for scripted video

    Vipul Kumar15th December 2022

    Multiple mainstream media outlets recently carried the news that a 21/22-year-old man had married a 52-year-old woman. The ‘reports’ did not have any detail about the newlyweds but had a…

    No, Israeli filmmaker neither took back comments on ‘The Kashmir Files’, nor called it ‘brilliant’

    Kalim Ahmed2nd December 20223rd December 2022

    During the closing ceremony of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa on November 28, jury head Nadav Lapid, an Israeli filmmaker, described the film ‘The Kashmir Files’…

    Victim blaming on social media: How Shraddha murder case exposed the patriarchal core of Right Wing

    Shinjinee Majumder & Mahaprajna Nayak1st December 2022

    Inter-faith relationships between Hindu women and Muslim men have been a sore point for the Indian Right Wing for decades. The alleged defiance of traditional norms and customs by Hindu…

    Aaj Tak, India TV, Jagran fell for Elon Musk’s joke; Twitter didn’t hire back two fired employees

    Abhishek Kumar23rd November 202223rd November 2022

    Right after Elon Musk took over the reins of microblogging site Twitter, the organization carried out large-scale lay-offs. While many social media users made memes poking fun at the development,…

    Old video of Emmanuel Macron being slapped viral again as latest incident

    Kalim Ahmed22nd November 202223rd November 2022

    A six-second-long clip of a civilian slapping French President Emmanuel Macron while he is interacting with the public is viral on social media. One Luke Rudkowski posted the video on…

    Leading media outlets use old photos of Imran Khan claiming them to be of Nov 3 attack

    Kalim Ahmed3rd November 20223rd November 2022

    Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was allegedly shot at during a rally in Wazirabad in Pakistan’s Punjab on Novermber 3. Khan was leading his party members to the capital,…

    Jagran publishes article claiming lighting diyas increases oxygen, then deletes it

    Shinjinee Majumder1st November 20221st November 2022

    In a now-deleted article titled “दीप प्रज्ज्वलन के वैज्ञानिक और आध्यात्मिक पक्ष, जानें ये है फायदे” (Translation: Scientific and Spiritual Aspects of Lamp Lighting, Know These Benefits), Hindi news media…

    ‘Police ka Dandiya’: How Aman Chopra of News18 glorified public flogging of Muslims by Gujarat police

    Shinjinee Majumder15th October 202219th October 2022

    Trigger Warning: Violent visuals. Viewer discretion is advised. In the afternoon of October 4, the residents of Undhela in Gujarat’s Kheda district witnessed a public flogging of 10 Muslim men…

    Media outlets air old image of a crocodile from Costa Rica as Babiya from Kerala

    Abhishek Kumar13th October 2022

    The famed vegetarian crocodile named Babiya, living at the Ananthapura Lake Temple, recently passed away in Kerala’s Kasaragod district. Several news organizations reported the news carrying a picture of a…

    Fact-Check: Did UP electricity dept issue notice only to mosqes & madrasas for stealing power?

    Abhishek Kumar3rd October 20223rd October 2022

    A few days ago, media outlets reported that 400 mosques and madrasas in Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur were operating on stolen electricity. According to these reports, the electricity department issued notices…

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