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The Wire

TheWire is a primarily English language opinion website started by Siddharth Varadarajan, MK Venu and one more random guy. The primary raison d’être of TheWire seems to be to continue getting money from the Anti-modi lobby and old establishment guard after Varadarajan and co were cut off from the gravy train post Modi win. As an example Sid Varadarajan made a lot of money appearing on Rajya Sabha – the kind of money even private channels cannot afford to give to guests. No price for guessing that Rajya Sabha was under Hamid Ansari at that time who has been accused by rAW officers of being a mole and a traitor.

Since the beginning, most of TheWire’s writeups have been focused on Modi and to fuel communal sentiments by fueling paranoia in minority communities based on many false news and manufactured propaganda.

On this page, you can find our collection of some of these propaganda pieces and our rebuttal and fact checks of them.

Media

From India Today to The Wire: ED debunks fake news that claimed the agency had denied links between the PFI and Bhim Army

OpIndia Staff - 20 November, 2020

The Enforcement Directorate has debunked fake news spread by News18, India Today and The Wire over PFI-Bhim Army links.

Opinions

Unbridled propaganda: The Wire rakes up Manusmriti to demonise Hinduism yet again

Saket Suryesh - 17 November, 2020

When a judge wades into the area of unknown wisdom, the damage is much more serious than others writing similar stuff.

Media

On Diwali, The Wire glorifies Tahir Hussain, a man who wanted to ‘teach Hindus a lesson’ amidst chants of Allahu Akbar: Read how

OpIndia Staff - 15 November, 2020

Delhi Riots accused Islamists including Tahir Hussain, who killed IB officer Ankit Sharma, are heroes for The Wire

News Reports

How NGOs and Media, like The Wire, came together to stall doubling of railway tracks in Goa and how they are wrong

OpIndia Staff - 9 November, 2020

The infrastructure project is related to the double-lining of tracks between Hospet in Karnataka and Vasco da Gama in Goa.

Media

Some expected headlines if Ravish Kumar or Prannoy Roy were investigated, much less kicked with boots, choked, tortured by police like Arnab Goswami

K Bhattacharjee - 7 November, 2020

Arnab Goswami was assaulted by the Mumbai Police and yet, the silence of the mainstream media is deafening.

News Reports

‘Study’ peddled by The Wire as that of University of Michigan was done by author in private capacity while on leave, university clarifies

OpIndia Staff - 8 October, 2020

University of Michigan has clarified that the random 'study' The Wire peddled as that of the varsity was carried out by the individual in his personal capacity while he is on leave.

Media

The Wire passes off ‘study’ of five random individuals as that of University of Michigan to discredit calls for Sushant Singh Rajput’s death probe

OpIndia Staff - 6 October, 2020

Five random individuals conduct a 'study' of analysing social media trends, The Wire passes it off as official University of Michigan study

Media Fact-Check

Hathras victim needs justice, but not with lies and propaganda – here is why Wire’s report claiming medical report confirms rape is wrong

OpIndia Staff - 4 October, 2020

The Wire attributes the comments of Hathras victim to doctors to claim that there is medical and forensic evidence of rape in the case

Media

Rohini Singh of The Wire uses the Hathras incident to peddle an agenda that Rahul Gandhi had tried to, fails spectacularly

Editorial Desk - 2 October, 2020

While Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra indulged in their usual theatrics over Hathras, trusted allies like Rohini Singh of The Wire started peddling their propaganda

Media

Hypocrisy, thy name Rohini Singh: The Wire employee outrages selectively depending on caste and religious identity of victim and perpetrator

OpIndia Staff - 1 October, 2020

Close on the heels of Hathras horror, a 22-year-old Dalit girl was gang-raped in Balrampur also in Uttar Pradesh. But did it invoke same angry reactions? No.

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