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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Mukesh Machkar – editor of late Balasaheb Thackeray’s Marmik – booked for inciting hatred and violence against Brahmin women over Manipur issue: Full details

OpIndia Staff - 25 July, 2023

FIR was registered against Mukesh Machkar - editor of Marathi Cartoon Weekly Marmik - for inciting hatred and violence against Brahmin women over the recent Manipur issue

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Remembering ‘Operation West End’ and how Tehelka magazine framed an Army Major General in false corruption case

Dibakar Dutta - 23 July, 2023

"The alleged use of women, liquor, and money by the reporters to lure the unsuspecting in this whole episode have worked against Tehelka in the long term," wrote Media Ethics Magazine in its case study.

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Delhi HC orders Tehelka, Tarun Tejpal and two others to pay ₹2 crore to retired Maj Gen MS Ahluwalia in defamation case related to...

OpIndia Staff - 21 July, 2023

Tehelka and its journalists Tarun Tejpal, Aniruddha Bahal and Mathew Samuel ordered by Delhi HC to retired Major General MS Ahluwalia in a defamation case

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‘No salary for 17 months to engineers who built Chandrayaan-3’. Read how media and trolls circulated fake and misleading claims

OpIndia Staff - 19 July, 2023

Trolls and media misled readers by insinuating ISRO did not pay Chandrayaan-3 engineers salary for 17 months

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Newslaundry mocks people killed in West Bengal Panchayat poll violence, invents theory that the murders happened due to ‘personal enmity’

OpIndia Staff - 16 July, 2023

Newslaundry's Abhinandan Sekhri gave theory that people wait for elections in states like West Bengal to take revenge over personal annuity

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Panchayat election was a fight for stature, Mamata Banerjee had to show that she is No.1: Rajdeep Sardesai downplays violence in West Bengal

OpIndia Staff - 15 July, 2023

Rajdeep Sardesai then tried to blame the BJP by claiming that violence was at peak in the constituency of Nisith Pramanik, BJP leader and the Minister of State for Home Affairs.

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Opindia’s prophecy comes true as French leftist media unleash anti-India propaganda, vitriol against PM Modi during his visit to Paris

Dibakar Dutta - 14 July, 2023

As PM Modi inks deals with the French government, the leftist ecosystem continues to whine and repeat their same old lies about India.

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Sound of Freedom: Read how the Leftist media lobby in the West is trying to dismiss and defame a movie on child sex trafficking

Shraddha Pandey - 14 July, 2023

Sound of Freedom has been a target of criticism and scrutiny by the leftist media which has accused actor Jim Caviezel of having ties with the QAnon. Despite the lobby, the movie has been a great success.

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