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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,…

Fake video of Major Prafulla ‘giving instructions while injured’ is viral on social media

Pratik Sinha27th December 2017

“Major Prafulla giving instructions to his unit though shot and collapsed thereafter“, a video with the aforementioned message is currently viral on social media. It is being claimed that Major…

Sushma Swaraj on a blocking spree on Twitter – Isn’t it unfair to do so as a Minister?

Sam Jawed26th December 2017

External Affairs Minister, Sushma Swaraj has stirred up a twitter storm by blocking some popular right-wing handles on Twitter. The block feature on twitter allows users to block other users…

Was Atal Bihari Vajpayee passenger of India’s first ever Metro as claimed by PM Modi?

Arjun Sidharth26th December 2017

“Hamare liye garv ki baat hai ki 24 December 2002 ko Atal Bihari Vajpayee iss desh ke sabse pehle metro ke passenger bane they” (It is a matter of pride…

Communal rumour mongering in Karnataka by BJP MP Shobha Karandlaje and BJP Spokesperson Tajinder Bagga