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.

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Journalists use Nankana Sahib attack to claim CAA does not help persecuted minorities entering India after 2014, here is how they are wrong

OpIndia Staff - 4 January, 2020

Contrary to claims by journalists, CAA helps persecuted minorities from 3 countries entering India after 2014 also

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NDTV shields Muslim rioters, says not 57 but could find only 1 police officer who suffered bullet wounds, UP police calls the lies out

OpIndia Staff - 4 January, 2020

The Uttar Pradesh police took to Twitter to fact-check NDTV and call out their lies on the anti-CAA riots

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Latest media reports about anti-CAA violence in Patna make no mention of Hanuman Temple that was vandalised

OpIndia Staff - 3 January, 2020

Media outlets hardly elaborate on the violence that had taken place during these "peaceful anti-CAA protests" in Patna

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Islamist Rana Ayyub lies blatantly, says Muslims protested ‘peacefully’ wearing religious symbols during anti-CAA riots

OpIndia Staff - 3 January, 2020

Speaking at a news show, Rana Ayyub continued her usual antics to propagate outright lies regarding the anti-CAA riots that have been unleashed by Muslim mobs

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The New Worry of Depleting Journalistic Ethics: Suhasini Haidar lies in her The Hindu oped about India’s diplomatic ties

Nupur J Sharma - 2 January, 2020

Op-ed by Suhasini Haidar argued that with respect to Kashmir, CAA etc, India should take note of adverse reactions

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The Hindu publishes fake news that people will have to show documents for NPR, MHA clarifies it is incorrect and no document will be...

OpIndia Staff - 1 January, 2020

The Home Ministry schooled the Hindu for distorting facts and urged them to reported sensitively to avoid misconception in public domain.

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A year when the country changed fundamentally, but not the media: Top 10 lies spread by the mainstream media in 2019

Editorial Desk - 31 December, 2019

Although the country has changed fundamentally in many ways in 2019, one institution hasn't changed all that much: The Fourth Pillar of our Democracy.

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