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Why so-called ‘fact-checkers’ are a greater evil than random misinformation that they claim to fight

Abhishek Banerjee -
In his speech, the PM also took veiled jibes at a few CMs as well as loudmouthed opposition politicians with no skin in the game.
News Reports

‘Fact-checkers have just one agenda- hate Modi’: Ravi Shankar Prasad slams Twitter over lack of transparency in its fact-checking

OpIndia Staff -
Ravi Shankar Prasad slammed Twitter, accusing it of employing prejudiced fact-checkers who have visceral hatred against PM Modi
Opinions

IFCN and its history of motivated fact checks: An effort by Hillary supporters to regain their failing grip over public discourse

K Bhattacharjee -
The International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) is an effort by the Left Cabal to maintain their grip over public discourse.
Opinions

Here are some tricks used by “fact-checkers” and how to call them out

Abhishek Banerjee -
Like so many other things, fact-checking might have begun with a handful of good intentions at heart but that is not what it is now
Politics

With media sitting firmly in his lap, Rahul Gandhi continues to blatantly spread lies

Nirwa Mehta -
If anyone was looking for 'Godi media', look here, peacefully nestled in the lap of Yuvraj Rahul Gandhi.
Media

“Fact checking” is a new name for same old propaganda journalism

Abhishek Banerjee -
Why did journalists lose all credibility? Because bit by bit, we realized that journalists were just feeding us an agenda, not reporting facts.
News Reports

Alt News selectively cites coronavirus statistics to criticise PM Modi alleging he used selective data

OpIndia Staff -
Alt News published an article alleging that PM Modi selectively cited coronavirus numbers to give a rosy picture of country’s fight against the pandemic
Social Media Fact-Check

IFCN signatory fact-checker spreads fake news after netizens call for boycotting Mirzapur 2 over Ali Fazal’s comment on anti-CAA riots

OpIndia Staff -
While netizens are boycotting Mirzapur 2 over Ali Fazal's comments over December riots, the IFCN signatory site linked it with February riots
Media

IFCN’s Kanchan Kaur, who gives certificates to fact-checkers from India, herself has been spreading fake news. Read

Nupur J Sharma -
Kanchan Kaur in the employee of IFCN (International Fact-Checking Network) who decides which website gets the IFCN certification in India and which portal does not.
Social Media

Child abuse? Netizens react as co-founder of AltNews shares the photo of an underage girl to intimidate the grandfather

OpIndia Staff -
Responding to a tweet by a Twitter user, Md Zubair chose to target the young girl seen in the profile image of the user instead of replying
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