Media

Media is considered the fourth pillar of democracy. This section presents news and views about the state of Indian media.

News Reports

USA: Public-funded NPR suspends veteran editor Uri Berliner after he writes about media outlet’s political bias, editor resigns

OpIndia Staff - 18 April, 2024

Uri Berliner worked for NPR for 25 years. In an essay, he expalined how NPR has become overtly liberal biased over the years, to the point of neglecting genuine stories and fanning unfounded political allegations.

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Caste-obsessed clown prince outdoes himself: How Rahul Gandhi demanded details of the caste of all passengers from airline honcho, according to reports

OpIndia Staff - 16 April, 2024

Open Magazine reported that the airline chief “found the query strange and bordering on the frivolous. It left him with a sense of disbelief.”

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The Irish Times peddles anti-Modi propaganda in the garb of ‘editorial’, Indian ambassador to Ireland gives befitting reply

OpIndia Staff - 16 April, 2024

While dismissing allegations of political vendetta, Mishra said, "All cases of corruption are pursued strictly as per the established procedure, with availability of usual judicial remedies to the affected parties."

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Congress leaders and supporters spread fake ‘Nielsen-Dainik Bhaskar survey’ predicting INDI Alliance win in elections, the newspaper promises legal action

OpIndia Staff - 13 April, 2024

Several I.N.D.I. Alliance supporters continued to peddle the fake survey even after Dainik Bhaskar categorically called it out as fake news.

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Bloomberg reinvents the ‘EVM hack’ bogey, peddles Andy Mukherjee’s unhinged nonsense without a shred of evidence

Shraddha Pandey - 12 April, 2024

Andy Mukherjee has written an opinion piece in Bloomberg asserting that the electronic voting machines (EVMs) which have been used in elections since 2004 are “rightly” the next port of call for judicial scrutiny.

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Prosecution plays SQR Ilyas’ TheWire interview with Arfa Khanum Sherwani in court: How the interview attempted to influence judicial process in favour of Umar...

Nupur J Sharma - 10 April, 2024

During the hearing, Prasad played a specific interview in open court. The interview was of Umar Khalid's father, SQR Ilyas, with TheWire's Arfa Khanum Sherwani.

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Following tax evasion and FDI questions, BBC transfers newsroom and publishing license in India to a new separate company established by its Indian staff

OpIndia Staff - 7 April, 2024

Notably, this marks the first instance of such a move in the public service broadcaster’s global operations. The development comes less than a year after the BBC faced scrutiny from Indian tax authorities for tax evasion.

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Guardian article claims India was inspired by Jamal Khashoggi murder to kill terrorists in Pakistan, here is how this proves it is a work...

Raju Das - 6 April, 2024

The Guardian article claims that R&AW was inspired to kill enemies abroad after the assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey

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The Guardian publishes dubious report based on Pakistani ‘sources’, claims India is using Jihadis to kill terrorists: How it tried to demonise PM Modi...

Dibakar Dutta - 5 April, 2024

The Indian voters are proud to see that the government elected by them is bullish on anti-terrorism, upholding the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the nation against external threats.

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Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma sends legal notice to Indian Express for defamatory news report, says it makes false claims to target him politically

OpIndia Staff - 5 April, 2024

Himanta Biswa Sarma in his legal notice to Indian Express sent through his lawyer Rajib Borpujari said that CM Sarma’s name appeared on the CBI’s chargesheet in the Sarada Chit Fund Scam case as a witness.

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