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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.

Opinions

The Wire uses turncoat NCP worker to defame ABVP

Nivan - 26 July, 2020

The Wire on 22nd July published a piece by turn-coat NCP worker Jay Kholiya on the opinion section of its website, where he wrote about his reason for leaving ABVP

Media

The Wire and Shashi Tharoor say Muslims have a greater claim on India than Hindus: Why this notion needs to be mocked and dismissed

OpIndia Staff - 26 July, 2020

The Wire columnist claims Muslims have greater claim to India than Hindus because they bury their dead, Shashi Tharoor agrees

News Reports

Karan Acharya, the artist behind the Rudra Hanuman portrait, puts life into the cloud, wins hearts

OpIndia Staff - 24 July, 2020

Karan Acharya is the same artist who's "Rudra Hanuman" poster had given a lot of heartburns to the usual coterie of liberals

News Reports

The Wire issues half-hearted correction after being called out by NCPCR for their blatantly fake news about ‘eight-fold increase in complaints post lockdown

OpIndia Staff - 10 July, 2020

The Wire retracted it after the author of the article said that she had no evidence to support her stunning claim.

Media

The Wire accused Yogi Adityanath of being ‘casteist’ for not killing Vikas Dubey hours before the encounter of the gangster

Editorial Desk - 10 July, 2020

Notorious gangster, Vikas Dubey, who was arrested from Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh was killed in an encounter in the wee hours of the morning on Friday

News Reports

Unconfirmed reports of Newslaundry columnist Sharjeel Usmani being ‘picked up’ by UP Police emerge on social media

OpIndia Staff - 9 July, 2020

Islamists and 'liberals' claimed on social media that Newslaundry columnist Sharjeel Usmani, who had hailed Delhi riots shooter Shahrukh as 'Mujahid', has been 'picked up' by UP Police.

Media

From Vikas Dubey has reached Nepal to he may be encountered ‘because he knows dirty secrets’: Read how conspiracy theorists spun yarns

OpIndia Staff - 9 July, 2020

As Vikas Dubey was on the run, the journalists kept themselves busy conjuring up various conspiracy theories.

Media Fact-Check

The Wire’s claims that NCPCR saw 8-fold increase in complaints post-Coronavirus outbreak are false: Read details

OpIndia Staff - 7 July, 2020

The Wire has recently been trying to milk the coronavirus pandemic to cast aspersions on Modi government

Opinions

In defence of Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Vadra, and no, this is not satire

Nupur J Sharma - 6 July, 2020

After spending 6 years trying to orchestrate the "coming of age of Rahul Gandhi", there are sections within the Left ecosystem that are visibly frustrated with him.

Media

Journalists with The Wire and The Hindu indulge in brazen Hinduphobia, cast aspersions over Lord Hanuman’s sexual orientation

OpIndia Staff - 4 July, 2020

It appears that the only prerequisite to having gainful employment with the notorious leftist websites such as ‘The Wire’ and 'The Hindu' is to harbour and manifest Hinduphobic views.

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