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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Media reported ‘thousands of trees felled ahead of PM Modi’s Odisha visit to make helipad’, turns out, it was a lie

OpIndia Staff - 15 January, 2019

The East Coast Railways Spokesperson has said that no trees were felled to make a temporary helipad for Prime Minister Modi in Odisha, only some shrubs and saplings were removed

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Gulf News claims ‘Rahul Gandhi has shed his Pappu image’ based on fake news pulled down by Business Standard

K Bhattacharjee - 14 January, 2019

Swati Chaturvedi, an abusive troll who masquerades as a journalist who is known to spread fake news, in an article for Gulf News claimed that Rahul Gandhi had finally shed his 'Pappu' image

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Business Standard withdraws article after OpIndia fact-check, when will others show the same ethics?

Nupur J Sharma - 14 January, 2019

Business Standard withdraws its story after OpIndia fact-check, however, we are far from this becoming the ethical norm in the media space

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Justice AK Sikri declines honorary judicial position: Here is how lies were spread about his appointment

OpIndia Staff - 13 January, 2019

A K Sikri was nominated for Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal in November 2018, much before any knew that he would representing CJI Gogoi in CBI Director selection committee

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How Business Standard misused Google Trends data to show Rahul ahead of Modi

Abhishek Banerjee - 13 January, 2019

Only with a careful list of filters, I was finally able to get Rahul Gandhi to move ahead of Narendra Modi in Google Trends

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Leftist propaganda websites spread baseless claims about the transfer of ousted CBI Director Alok Verma

Raju Das - 11 January, 2019

Alok Verma had already submitted his response to CVC report on him, hence the select committee need not hear him

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Here are 4 lies being spread about 10% reservation to the economically backward section of society

OpIndia Staff - 9 January, 2019

The Narendra Modi government, in a historic move, introduced the 124th constitutional amendment that paved the way for 10% reservation to economically backward people.

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IndiaSpend misrepresents facts of a case to boost the number of Muslim victims in its database

OpIndia Staff - 8 January, 2019

Swarajya Magazine's Swati Goel Sharma demolishes IndiaSpend's selective reportage on so-called hate crimes.

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The SC verdict on CBI Director is not a ‘blow to the government’, don’t let pliant media fool you

Nupur J Sharma - 8 January, 2019

Alok Verma can't take any major policy decisions, and his term ends by the end of this month

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Purushartha means manhood? Dear Liberals, it’s time you rise above your mickey

K Bhattacharjee - 7 January, 2019

It goes on to show that the elitists in The Telegraph are so detached from the cultural ethos of the Indian nation that they fail spectacularly to translate even a word as well known as 'Purushartha'.

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