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News outlets leave out torture accused Seema Patra’s BJP connection in their tweets

Shinjinee Majumder & Kalim Ahmed31st August 202231st August 2022

A video of a tribal woman, who worked as a domestic help in Jharkhand, accusing her employers of brutal torture and abuse has surfaced online. In the video, the victim,…

News channels air old video of Pak fans breaking TV sets as visuals after loss to India in Asia Cup

Abhishek Kumar31st August 202231st August 2022

On August 28, India defeated Pakistan by five wickets in the 2022 Asia Cup. Against this backdrop, media channels aired a video of a group of young men destroying a…

Fact-checking Times Now’s dispatch presenting a local politician as a cleric of a Jammu mosque

Kalim Ahmed14th August 202217th August 2022

On August 10, Time Now tweeted a video report by journalist Pradeep Dutta. The entire report is shot within the confinement of a mosque where an alleged cleric of the…

Media channels air an old clip of a landslide as recent visuals from Nashik

Abhishek Kumar22nd July 2022

On July 13, media outlets reported a landslide occurrence near Gujarat’s Saputara region. As per the reports the landslide occurred on July 11 and disrupted the road connectivity to the…

Sudhir Chaudhary on his new show on Aaj Tak featured a quote often falsely credited to Mark Twain

Abhishek Kumar21st July 202222nd July 2022

Two weeks ago, journalist and news anchor Sudhir Chaudhary announced his resignation from his post as CEO of Zee Media to start his own venture. Following this, it was revealed…

Media outlets air scripted video of drunk groom offering varmala to sister-in-law as real incident

Abhishek Kumar20th July 202220th July 2022

A video purportedly from a wedding has gone viral on social media. In the video, the groom, who appears to be in an inebriated state, offers the wedding garland (varmala)…

Media misreports link 2021 IAF rescue operation in Andhra to recent Telangana floods

Abhishek Kumar19th July 2022

On July 13 media reports stated that the rise in water level of the Godavari river triggered widespread floods in Telangana. The low-lying areas are facing the brunt of the…

‘Flood jihad’ – NewsX, other media outlets, journos communalise Silchar floods

Archit11th July 202212th July 2022

While reporting on the Assam floods in June, The Indian Express stated that Silchar — southern Assam’s biggest town and the gateway to the three districts on the bank of…

Media outlets misreport pro-Pak chants raised in MP’s Katni after Muslim sarpanch’s win

Abhishek Kumar6th July 2022

A video is viral on social media. It has been shared along with the claim that pro-Pakistan slogans were raised in Katni, Madhya Pradesh following the victory of a Muslim…

Zee News falsely claimed Rahul Gandhi termed Udaipur murderers ‘children’

Abhishek Kumar2nd July 202230th December 2022

Following the grisly murder of tailor Kanhaiya Lal in Rajasthan’s Udaipur, the police arrested two men from the Bhima area in the Rajsamand district. The accused have been identified as…

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