The dark underbelly of YouTube ‘news’ channels: Staged vox pop, planted debates, recurring faces & BJP links
In July, after self-styled godman Premanand Maharaj made some sexist remarks on women who are involved with multiple men, a video of two women’s reaction to the controversy grabbed much attention...
Viral video of South Africa’s Temba Bavuma responding to Bumrah’s ‘bauna’ jibe is AI-generated
A 43-second video of South African cricketer Temba Bavuma making sharp remarks during a post-match presentation was viral after the Indian cricket team’s recent defeat to South Africa in the...
CPI (M) leader and Member of Parliament from Palakkad, Kerala, Mr MB Rajesh has written an open letter to Arnab Goswami which he has posted on his Facebook page. In…
Editorial Introduction Disha Student Organisation from Delhi has alleged that Republic TV while covering the issue of pro-ISIS slogans in Delhi University has aired footage containing Disha’s posters, thus defaming…
On May 24th Southern Railway announced a “unique initiative”. It had decided to expand parcel traffic by commencing transportation of Livestock in parcel vans. As tweeted by Chief Commercial Manager,…
The headline stunned everyone who read it, “Modi stuns opposition! On third anniversary, NDA government cites its negatives in report card”. This was BIG. The Modi government is not particularly…
On 24th May, BJP had announced a plan to gherao Lalbazar in Kolkata on 25th May. “We would do a Lalbazar Gherao because we had demanded the arrest of Tipu…
Seven men were brutally killed in two separate incidents by a mob in a complete breakdown of law and order in Jharkhand on May 18th. Even as the horrific images…
The elections are due in Gujarat, and the BJP government is trying to cash in on every possible opportunity to advertise their work. Even a procedure as routine as hiring…
Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar, the owner of Republic TV and Asianet News, has landed in a soup after retweeting a tweet which passed off an attack by RSS workers…
“TV channels go ballistic without asking us anything”. This is what the Army had said barely two weeks ago when the several news channels had carried an unconfirmed story of…
A beheading video is currently viral on Indian social media accounts including Facebook and Whatsapp. It is being circulated with a message suggesting that it was the video of an…