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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…

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…

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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