Friday, November 15, 2024

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Fact-Check

Misleading ‘facts’ and omissions vis-a-vis religious freedom in an ‘Indian Express’ opinion piece

Guest Author -
Individuals are using mainstream media as a platform to inject fear-mongering and lies among minorities. This must be checked.
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Politics

What do Modi Haters see when they come across photos of his international trips

OpIndia Staff -
Everytime Modi is out for a foreign trip, social media is full of memes and jokes. Here are some more jokes!
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Media

NDTV anchor visits a village to discuss problems of farmers without doing his basic homework

Guest Author -
Abhigyan Prakash criticized Modi for all the problems even without understanding the role of Center and State.
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Sports

Andrew Strauss dominated social media today and here is why

Guest Author -
What did ex-cricket say when they came to know that Kevin Pietersen will not play for England this summer
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Media

American filmmaker shocked after not finding ‘entrails of minorities hanging by trees in India’

Guest Author -
Disclaimer: This post is (obviously) a spoof and not real.
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News Reports

Wife of ex-Congress Minister and journalist defames India at an International event

Rahul Raj -
NDTV editors continue to neglect preliminary investigations on Gajendra Singh's suicide case and make it a political tool
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Fact-Check

Media makes Sadhvi Prachi a BJP MP in spite of being corrected earlier

OpIndia Staff -
Sadhvi Prachi is promoted to the post of BJP MP every time she states a controversy
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News Reports

Deja Alu: Rahul Gandhi is repeating the same tricks expecting a different result

Gaurav -
Rahul Gandhi is trying the same stunts every year expecting a different result
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Opinions

Are we wasting huge money on IITians or are we victims of our myopic perspective?

Rahul Raj -
"Are IITians contributing as much it is expected from them?"
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News Reports

GST – Sorting the Myths from the Facts

Gaurav -
GST is a revolutionary step which will change how we do business in India
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Fact-Check

Indian Express sells a piece of fiction on Doordarshan and Modi as news

Gaurav -
Indian Express fakes another story defaming Modi
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Media

How Indian mainstream media reported #SalmanVerdict

Gaurav -
A satire piece to show how media could have covered Salman's case judgement
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News Reports

US Government funded Christian Evangelical groups reach Nepal to provide relief

Gaurav -
Nepal is the latest go to place for Evangelical groups.
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Media

Prannoy Roy should stop sermonizing about tabloidization of news and look within NDTV

Ullas -
Prannoy Roy spoke while receiving the the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Mumbai Press Club. I explain why his speech was all gas.
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Media

Indian Media reporting half-truths to defame NDRF?

OpIndia Staff -
Indian media misreports Nepal direction to withdraw rescue teams
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Opinions

Modi haters end up denying Indian help in Nepal earthquake rescue operations

Rahul Raj -
The sequence of headlines after the Nepal earthquake which started with "Why is Modi Boasting", modified into “Dalit village wonders, if Modi Govt’s help will ever reach us”, and finally ended up as "Indian Government is not helping at all" tells a lot about the set of people behind these narratives.
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Fact-Check

Rahul Gandhi needs to do his homework on Real Estate Bill

Gaurav -
Rahul Gandhi's intervention on Real Estate Bill has been too little, too late and uninformed
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News Reports

Angry Nepalese trend #GoHomeIndianMedia to protest against insensitive coverage of earthquake

OpIndia Staff -
Fed up with sensationalist and insensitive reporting by the Indian media, citizens of Nepal took to Twitter to express their anger.
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News Reports

Users claiming BJP association spread rumors by trending #GodhraAgain, Party must act against those

OpIndia Staff -
Twitter was flooded with #GodhraAgain hashtag, which had many misleading information and hateful tweets.
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Fact-Check

India Today group spins Shourie interview with Karan Thapar

OpIndia Staff -
Things which Arun Shourie never said get attributed to him by India Today
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News Reports

Arun Shourie is neither 100% right nor 100% wrong

Gaurav -
An analysis of Arun Shourie's interview to Headlines Today
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News Reports

Threatened and boycotted, Muslim family that converted to Hinduism goes back to Islam

OpIndia Staff -
A Muslim family in Agra that had accepted Hinduism has gone back to Islam after facing threats and social boycott.
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News Reports

Strategic Petroleum Reserve – Big Move by Modi Sarkaar

Ullas -
The move is aimed to bear shocks that may arise from sudden and unexpected movements in global prices.
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Fact-Check

Top Lies spread by the Indian Media in April 2015

Gaurav -
With 18 Lies, MSM has outdone itself for the month of April
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Media

Discourse on Newslaundry hits a new low with a Hilarious piece on “Soul Vultures”

Gaurav -
Newslaundry.com uses idiotic arguments to defend Evangelical Soul Vultures
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News Reports

Oops IE did it again! Indian Express spins story on Nepal tragedy too!

Gaurav -
Indian Express is fast becoming the leading MSM outlet to publish half truths and push propaganda
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News Reports

In how many trains must Rahul Gandhi travel, before he is called a man?

OpIndia Staff -
The answer my friend, is blowing in the wind, the answer is blowing in the wind.
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News Reports

The Coming of Age of Smriti Irani

Gaurav -
Highlights of Smriti Irani's passionate fact-filled speech, which did not make news.
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Politics

If Modi gave a Obama-esque speech at a 7 RCR Correspondents Dinner

Guest Author -
What Modi would say if he were to deliver a speech like Obama
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Media

Twitter #HonestJournalism challenge to Sagarika & Rajdeep exceeds 9.5 lacs within a day

Guest Author -
Twitter user @doubtinggaurav challenged Sagarika Ghose and Rajdeep Sardesai. People joined him and the bet amount crossed lakhs within 24 hours.
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News Reports

When Nepal was groaning in earthquake, Christian Missionaries were shamelessly selling Jesus

OpIndia Staff -
Nepal was hit by a massive Earthquake, causing huge damages. Christian Missionaries took no time to propagate Gospel and Jesus.
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News Reports

Massive damage by earthquake in Nepal, here are some latest development and useful resources

OpIndia Staff -
Massive earthquake shakes Nepal. Hope things get normal very soon.
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News Reports

7 Questions AAP must answer, irrespective of Ashutosh’s tears

Gaurav -
AAP can not run away from these questions on Gajendra Singh's unfortunate and unnatural death.
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News Reports

Agra Church attacked by jilted Muslim lover, Media still silent

OpIndia Staff -
Agra Chruch attack turns out be just another case in which Hindus were blamed even when they were not involved.
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Books

Knowing India: Understanding the Right History

Aashish Chandorkar -
A short but an influential list of either forgotten or relatively unknown texts that discuss history suppressed by established authors
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News Reports

Meet Gajendra Singh – the “farmer” who committed “suicide”

OpIndia Staff -
Gajendra Singh, a man who wore many turbans, was a trader, a sarpanch, and an aspiring politician.
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi finally wakes up to Net Neutrality, and still doesn’t make sense

Gaurav -
Rahul Gandhi comes late to the Net Neutrality party, and makes a fool of himself.
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News Reports

The ‘coming of age’ of Rahul Gandhi: 2009 to 2014

Ullas -
Media has spared no effort to see Rahul Gandhi as the crown prince of India
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Opinions

Suicide at AAP’s rally raises many questions about the incident

Gaurav -
The unfortunate death of a person in AAP’s rally needs to be thoroughly investigated by the police.
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Fact-Check

How Scroll and Firstpost falsely blamed Modi for acts of an NGO

Gaurav -
Blatant lies being used to manufacture stories against Narendra Modi.
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Opinions

Karan Thapar’s erudite critique: Get your suit-boot in Order Modi

Guest Author -
With noting to offer, Indian journalists are now talking about Modi's dress sense.
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Media

How Rana Ayyub explains Twitter trends

Gaurav -
Twitter Trends explained: Rana Ayyub style
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News Reports

Rahul and Sonia Return, much to the joy of Indian “Neutral” Journalists

OpIndia Staff -
Adarsh Liberal Journalists react to Rahul's Lok Sabha speech
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News Reports

Views on the Indian Economy MSM will not show on Primetime

Ullas -
Indian Economy is set for an upturn, seems to be the consensus of people that matter.
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News Reports

How some in Modi Government are making full use of Social Media

OpIndia Staff -
Social Media is affecting how Governance is done at the highest levels.
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Media

Saba Naqvi – a career fading away as she desperately clutches on to the straws?

Gaurav -
A never-seen-before profile on Saba Naqvi, which bares some of the hitherto unknown "facts" about her.
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Government and Policy

Twitter hashtag #SayNoToTaxTerrorism leads to review of new IT return rules

OpIndia Staff -
Finance Ministry responded to a Twitter hashtag against the new rules introduced for filing Income Tax returns.
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Economy and Finance

Humble suggestions to Mr. Jaitley on tackling black money while keeping IT returns simple

Gaurav -
Why suspect the middle class of hoarding black money? Some humble suggestions to the Finance Minister.
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Politics

A daring Open Letter to Narendra Modi from a Journalist

Guest Author -
An exasperated journalist writes about troubled times to a Prime Minister who doesn't seem concerned.
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Opinions

Dear Mr Jaitley, we do not want tax terrorism

Gaurav -
Is India failing on Modi's Minimum Governance Maximum Government maxim?
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