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Viral: Unrelated, old video claimed to be last video of Kathua rape victim

Arjun Sidharth17th April 201811th July 2018

A video of a young girl is presently being circulated on social media. It is claimed that this video is of the 8-year old who was raped and murdered in…

Old news of 14-year old raped inside mosque in Moradabad circulates as recent incident

Arjun Sidharth16th April 201811th July 2018

A news report is currently being circulated widely by some sections on social media. According to this report, a 14-year old girl was raped inside a mosque by a cleric…

Founder of fake news website PostCard News arrested

Alt News Desk29th March 201830th March 2018

Peddling communally sensitive rumours and fake news cannot be without consequences. Karnataka police has arrested Postcard News founder Mahesh Vikram Hegde under sections 153A, 295A and 120B of IPC. BJP…

NewsX, Jansatta join social media in rumor-mongering over Irrfan Khan’s health

Alt News Desk8th March 2018

Ever since Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan tweeted that he has been diagnosed with a rare disease, rumour mills have been working overtime to speculate about his health. Khan had requested…

February round-up: Mainstream media and their hilarious blunders

Arjun Sidharth6th March 2018

February saw a barrage of fake news and misleading information that circulated widely on social media. This month, the lead was taken by mainstream media houses. A number of prominent…

TRACED: Who floated the false “Forensics report states Sridevi died of heart attack” story?

Alt News Desk28th February 201828th February 2018

“BIG QUESTION: If Sridevi died of accidental drowning who floated heart attack theory?” Times Now asked a very relevant question about the false news that was circulating about Sridevi’s death….

A compilation of Times Now’s experiments with untruth

Sam Jawed13th February 2018

“The pattern of a known fake and out-of-context video being deliberately recirculated multiple times by a selected section of the Indian media is a clear pointer that the objective of…

Serial faker Prashant Patel Umrao spreads fake news about Rajdeep Sardesai’s son

Sam Jawed11th February 201824th April 2018

After senior journalist Rajdeep Sardesai filed a police complaint against lawyer Prashant P Umrao accusing him of spreading fake news on social media, Umrao in his characteristic style launched a…

Times Now wrongly attributes a speech starting with ‘Jai Siya Ram’ to Abu Dhabi Crown Prince

Alt News Desk11th February 2018

Times Now is at it again. This time the fake news is timed with Prime Minister Modi’s trip to the UAE. On the day PM Modi landed in Abu Dhabi,…

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The dark underbelly of YouTube ‘news’ channels: Staged vox pop, planted debates, recurring faces & BJP links

Viral video of South Africa’s Temba Bavuma responding to Bumrah’s ‘bauna’ jibe is AI-generated