Media Fact-Check

When the Media lies, it takes away the people’s right to know. The only way to reclaim that right is to catch them in the act.

Fact-Check

Agra DM schools Priyanka Gandhi for spreading fake news that 28 people died of coronavirus within 48 hours

OpIndia Staff - 23 June, 2020

On Monday, the District Magistrate of Agra fact-checked the claims made by Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Twitter about the supposed deaths of 28 Coronavirus positive people in the past 48 hours.

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Fact Check: Will Davinder Singh walk out of jail after ‘bail was granted’ by a Delhi Court as liberals are insinuating?

OpIndia Staff - 19 June, 2020

Social media was abuzz today after news broke out that suspended J&K DSP Davinder Singh had been granted bail by a Delhi Court.

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Making sense of the tax on parota vs roti debate: Read what the GST authority’s ruling exactly says

OpIndia Staff - 13 June, 2020

The tax order saying parotas are not rotis is applicable only for packaged parotas, and not for regular parota available at restaurants

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Scroll publishes misleading article claiming that Modi govt is actually charging extra for Shramik Special trains, here are the facts

OpIndia Staff - 13 June, 2020

Scroll publishes misleading article on Shramik Special Trains claiming they are costly and they take more time than regular trains

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Fact check: Dalits beaten, tonsured, paraded with shoes around their neck by upper caste men in Lucknow’s Barauli? Here is the truth

OpIndia Staff - 12 June, 2020

The media reports had stated that the Dalit men were beaten, tortured by villagers for stealing from the house of a 'Brahmin man'. The police have denied any caste angle in the case and have stated that the accused were from both upper and lower castes.

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The Wire conveniently ignores facts and misinterprets statements to cast aspersions on Indian Railways’ Shramik Special trains effort

OpIndia Staff - 10 June, 2020

With the Shramik trains ferrying lakhs of migrants home, the Left ecosystem activated its propaganda channels to cast aspersions on the operation.

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Fact check: Dalit boy killed by upper caste men for praying in temple in Amroha? Here are the facts

OpIndia Staff - 10 June, 2020

On Tuesday, social media was abuzz with the reports that a Dalit boy was allegedly killed by upper caste men for praying in a temple.

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News of Chhota Bheem ditching Chutki to marry princess Indumati is fake, clarifies maker of animated show after netizens outrage over ‘betrayal’ by Bheem

OpIndia Staff - 6 June, 2020

Netizens launch #JusticeForChutki campaign after news spread that Chhota Bheem is ditching best friend Chutki to marry princess Indumati

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No, Jyotiraditya Scindia has not ‘removed BJP’ from his Twitter bio: Here is the truth

OpIndia Staff - 6 June, 2020

Media claimed that Jyotiraditya Scindia, the former Congress leader who is now with the BJP, had removed his association with the BJP from his Twitter bio.

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