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Cherry-picked photos, misleading narratives: How Postcard News, India Today got it wrong

Arjun Sidharth30th July 2018

“See the difference…” said a post by Facebook page Postcard English which juxtaposed two photographs- one showed former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and the other showed Prime Minister Narendra…

Times HOW strikes again, hoodwinks WION, Pakistani media and social media users

Arjun Sidharth30th July 2018

“If Pakistan can use Ballot Papers for it’s Elections, why can’t India? Using Ballot Papers instead of EVMs will help save us a lot of Electricity which gets wasted during…

Fact-check: Did Tamil Nadu Dy CM O.Panneerselvam bow before PM Modi?

Jignesh Patel28th July 2018

“This picture will break the hearts of the Bravehearts Tamilians who made the most protected guy in India too scared to drive. He had 2 fly on a chopper, break…

Viral: Article criticizing Gandhi family falsely ascribed to journalist Mark Tully

Jignesh Patel27th July 2018

An article purportedly written by Mark Tully, senior journalist and former Bureau Chief of BBC, New Delhi is circulating on social media. The article is titled “Post No Confidence Motion….

Spot the photoshop – Is there any similarity between the images of PM Modi and Hitler?

Pooja Chaudhuri25th July 2018

Captioned “spot the difference”, an image of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler posing with a child, is placed contiguous with an image of Prime Minister Modi, also with a child, and…

Masquerading as Govt initiatives, scam websites con readers with offers of free bicycles, helmets

Pooja Chaudhuri24th July 2018

“फ्री साईकिल वितरण योज़ना भारत सरकार |सभी लड़के और लड़कियों को मिलेगी मुफ्त में साइकिल सभी साइकिलें 15 अगस्त को बांटी जाएंगी, यहाँ से अपना फॉर्म भरे| http://Bharat-Sarkar.co/साइकिल|विनती:कृपया इस मैसेज को…

Morphed screenshot of Swara Bhasker’s tweet circulated on social media

Jignesh Patel20th July 2018

Actress Swara Bhasker has once again become a target for right-wing trolls on social media. A screenshot of a tweet ascribed to her was tweeted by a user Shash(@pokershash) which has…

Is this Narendra Modi surrounded by world leaders? No, it is a photoshopped image.

Jignesh Patel19th July 201825th July 2018

“Friends जरा इस फोटो को गौर से देखिये, भारत के इतिहास में क्या यह दृश्य देखने को आपकी आँखें तरस गई होंगी” (Friends, look at this photo carefully, it is…

Image of Rahul Gandhi with portrait of Aurangzeb in background viral on social media

Jignesh Patel17th July 2018

An image of Rahul Gandhi captioned “इन देशभक्तों ने यह कौन से देश भक्त की तस्वीर लगा रखी है” (Which nationalist’s portrait have these patriots put up- translated) has been…