Media

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

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The Guardian’s ‘investigative article’ has glaring factual errors and picture of a ‘wrong’ terrorist, British publication makes corrections without admitting mistakes

OpIndia Staff - 5 April, 2024

As the Indian readers called out the publication for its factual errors, The Guardian silently corrected the “Pannun’s death” to “Pannun plot”, and removed the wrong photo, without any acknowledgement of the errors.

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Reports claiming significant hikes in prices of medicines are false, misleading and malicious: Union health ministry

ANI - 3 April, 2024

Government dismissed reports claiming that medicine prices will increase by up to 12% and called them false, misleading and malicious.

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AajTak publishes news of 63-year-old Ghanaian priest marrying 12 year-old-girl as ‘Pujari’, changes headline after netizens outrage

OpIndia Staff - 3 April, 2024

Following the outrage, AajTak tweaked the headline removing the word “pujari” and inserting “padri”. However, AajTak’s X post still has the old headline. The said post has received severe criticism from social media users.

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“Mukhtar Ansari was a mafia of conscience”: YouTuber Pragya Mishra sings paeans for convicted gangster since he had no rape case against him

OpIndia Staff - 31 March, 2024

YouTuber Pragya Mishra pontificated that despite being a notorious gangster he was a hero of ideals and a mafia of living conscience as he had no rape cases filed against him.

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Chinese funding case: Delhi Police files over 8,000-page chargesheet against NewsClick and founder Prabir Purkayastha, supplementary chargesheet to be filed soon

OpIndia Staff - 30 March, 2024

NewsClick has been accused of receiving funds to circulate pro-China propaganda and is booked under UAPA Act.

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Guyanese President shuts up BBC ‘journalist’, schools him for lecturing on climate change

OpIndia Staff - 30 March, 2024

Shakur tried to guilt-trip the Guyanese President over the recently discovered oil reserves in the country and questioned his commitment to attaining carbon neutrality.

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Who asked US spokesperson about Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest: Bangladeshi politician-journalist Mushfiqul Fazal Ansarey, columnist at The Wire, and regularly pushing anti-India content

OpIndia Staff - 29 March, 2024

Mushfiqul Fazal (Ansarey) had asked questions to the US Stated Department rep about Arvind Kejriwal's arrested and Congress's allegations that their account were frozen ahead of Lok Sabha Elections

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Karnataka: Congress leader files complaint against Republic TV’s Arnab Goswami and Niranjan for alleged fake news against CM Siddaramaiah, case registered

OpIndia Staff - 29 March, 2024

A case was filed against Arnab Goswami and Niranjan of Republic TV in the SJ Park police station in Bengaluru on Thursday.

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AP Photographer who accompanied Hamas terrorists during 7 October attack wins award from American journalism institute for photo of naked body of Shani Louk

OpIndia Staff - 28 March, 2024

Freelance photojournalist, Ali Mahmud, who accompanied the Hamas terrorists during the 7 October attack in Israel, has won the Team Picture Story of the Year awarded by the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute in the US

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