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Sudarshan News broadcasts fake news about woman murdered in Tahir Hussain’s house

Archit11th March 202012th March 2020

AAP councillor Tahir Hussain has been linked with the murder of IB staffer Ankit Sharma who was found dead in a drain close to Hussain’s house on February 26. Since…

Aaj Tak’s fact-check that alcohol, weed don’t cure coronavirus infection viral with misleading claim

Priyanka Jha5th March 20205th March 2020

On March 4, Facebook page ‘Humans of Hindutva’ shared two images (archive link) of a television screen tuned in to Aaj Tak. In the first image, we can see “Alcohol…

Was Srinagar’s Shankaracharya Temple lit up for Maha Shivratri celebrations after decades?

Archit5th March 20209th March 2020

On the occasion of Mahashivratri, BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya tweeted (archive link) an image of a temple decorated with colourful lights and wrote, “After decades of darkness, Shankaracharya…

How Indian media fooled the nation about a massive discovery of gold reserves

Sam Jawed23rd February 202025th February 2020

The news of discovery of gold mines with 3,500 tonnes of gold reserve in Uttar Pradesh’s Sonbhadra district first broke on the Feb 20th in regional papers. By February 22nd,…

Jamia violence: Student beaten in police lathicharge is not the one who torched bike

Pooja Chaudhuri17th February 202021st February 2020

A video depicting police lathi-charge on unarmed students inside Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) university began circulating on social media since February 15. The lathi-charge took place on December 15 –…

No, China did not seek court’s approval to kill over 20,000 coronavirus patients

Archit7th February 20208th February 2020

Amidst the Coronavirus outbreak, various posts have gone viral on the internet. The latest addition to this list is an article (archive) by the website ab-tc.com. The report’s headline reads,…

People lying on the road as part of an art project in Germany falsely linked to Coronavirus

Archit6th February 2020

Several social media users have shared an image which shows people scattered and fallen on the road. The accompanying claim suggests this is the repercussion of the Coronavirus outbreak in…

Old video of Chinese pres Xi Jinping visiting mosque shared as recent amid coronavirus outbreak

Pooja Chaudhuri5th February 20206th February 2020

A video of Chinese president Xi Jinping visiting a mosque is widely circulating on social media with the claim that he requested the Muslim community to pray for the country…

Old videos shot during African Swine Fever outbreak viral amid Cornonavirus pandemic

Archit5th February 20206th February 2020

Amidst the extensive media coverage of the coronavirus outbreak, two videos (viewer discretion is advised) have gone viral on social media. One of them is a 90-second video which shows…

Video of Indonesian meat market viral as epicentre of coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China

Archit4th February 20206th February 2020

On January 31, Times of India reported India’s first case of the new strain of coronavirus in Thrissur, Kerala. Since then, the disease has been covered extensively in the media….

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Pakistan-flagged oil tanker destroyed in Hormuz? Unrelated video falsely shared

Nagpur factory blast killed 20 on March 1: How did five leading English news channels respond?