Media analysis

PFI protest: Media and BJP leaders falsely claim ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans were raised

Mahaprajna Nayak & Shinjinee Majumder25th September 202225th September 2022

On September 22, 2022, in a raid jointly conducted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), Enforcement Directorate (ED) and police in multiple states, over 100 leaders of the Popular Front…

News channels show old, unrelated video as clip of cheetah brought to India from Namibia

Abhishek Kumar22nd September 2022

On September 17, cheetahs brought from Namibia were released at the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh. Since then, social media users and media outlets have been circulating a video…

Are ‘TMC cadres’ seen pelting stones at cops in video shared by BJP leaders after Nabanna march?

Shinjinee Majumder & Indradeep Bhattacharyya19th September 202219th September 2022

Violence erupted during Nabanna Abhijan, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s protest march to West Bengal state secretariat ‘Nabanna‘ on September 13 as police in various parts of Kolkata and the adjoining…

News channels, BJP leaders’ claim that UPA got St. George’s Cross back on Navy flag is false

Abhishek Kumar16th September 202217th September 2022

On September 2, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the new flag of the Indian Navy in Kochi. The St George’s Cross was removed from the erstwhile flag and it was…

Media houses shared unrelated video from MP as sadhus beaten up for child theft in Maharashtra

Kinjal15th September 2022

In the past few weeks, there have been multiple reports of people getting attacked across the country over rumours of child kidnapping. This wave of rumours began circulating after a…

NDTV, Hindustan Times share 4-yr-old video as footage from Sept 11 Papua New Guinea earthquake

Shinjinee Majumder13th September 2022

A video of an earthquake is being circulated widely on social media as footage of the 7.6-magnitude quake that hit Papua New Guinea, an island nation in the southwestern Pacific…

News Nation aired old videos as visuals of destruction caused by typhoon Hinnamnor

Kalim Ahmed9th September 202210th September 2022

Typhoon Hinnamnor has ravaged parts of Japan and South Korea in the last few days. As per ABC News Australia, in Japan’s southern region, more than hundred people were evacuated…

Zee Hindustan gives communal spin to video of elderly woman tortured in Pakistan over land dispute

Abhishek Kumar1st September 2022

A video of a woman being dragged by a man is circulating widely on social media. The footage also shows several people, including some women, holding her by the hair…

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…