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This is no fringe. TV channels’ attempt at camouflage

Arjun Sidharth26th January 201827th January 2018

The raging controversy over the movie ‘Padmaavat’ and the subsequent violence that erupted across states was the top story for prime time television, and perhaps rightly so. Breakdown of law…

Saddam, Nadim, Firoz, Aamir, Ashraf did not attack the school bus in Gurgaon

Pratik Sinha26th January 2018

“गुड़गांव में स्कूल बस पर पथराव में करणी सेना के सद्दाम, आमिर, नदीम, फिरोज और अशरफ पकड़े गए। (Translation: In the stone pelting case on a school bus in Gurgaon,…

Modi’s speech on MEA website is not Modi’s speech at Davos

Arjun Sidharth25th January 2018

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech at the plenary session of the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland was multifaceted. PM Modi’s speech, laced with extempore, touched upon a wide range…

Fact check: Rahul Gandhi’s claim on wealth inequality in India

Arjun Sidharth24th January 2018

Congress President Rahul Gandhi took a dig at the Government and the Prime Minister when he tweeted the result on a survey on inequality, which showed India in poor light…

Indian media’s attempts to cover up the faux pas in PM Modi’s speech at Davos

Sam Jawed24th January 2018

Prime Minister Modi made a faux pas while addressing the plenary session of the World Economic Forum at Davos. For some reason he wanted to inform his international audience about…

India Today uses 2-year old YouTube video to report Pakistani mortar fire

Arjun Sidharth23rd January 2018

‘Pak stands exposed’. ‘Pak army fires mortar’. ‘Pak Army targets civilians. Here’s the proof’. These were the titles used by India Today when it reported on the evening of January 22…

Fact Check: PM Modi’s claim about improved strength of Indian passport

Sam Jawed22nd January 20182nd August 2019

“Maybe the people who live abroad and those people who keep travelling abroad, they will know the respect that the Indian passport carries today. I don’t think earlier anybody experienced the…

Viral: Fake quote about ‘mothers and teachers’ attributed to Arundhati Roy

Arjun Sidharth22nd January 2018

A quote attributed to writer and activist Arundhati Roy is currently circulating on social media. According to this quote allegedly given by Roy, she is drawing parallels between Islamic terrorism,…

The sham of Republic TV’s Twitter Polls

Sam Jawed22nd January 2018

Republic TV frequently asks its viewers to participate in online polls. One would think that a national TV channel would use this as an opportunity to highlight the critical issues…

Who is ‘orchestrating’ public opinion on Aadhaar?

Arjun Sidharth17th January 201817th January 2018

The Supreme Court has commenced final hearing on the Aadhaar case on January 17. The UID project, which has been at the centre of controversy since its inception has seen…