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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.

Fact-Check

Exclusive: Men in video shared by Rahul Gandhi claim that their statements were twisted, say they support PM Modi

Nupur J Sharma - 18 April, 2019

Rahul Gandhi, the Congress president tweeted an excerpt of The Wire video saying that the event of PM Modi washing the sanitation workers' feet was a 'made for media' event

Social Media

The Wire journalist defends Azam Khan’s misogynist attack on Jaya Prada, deletes tweet after getting called out

OpIndia Staff - 15 April, 2019

In a hurry to contain the damage that was inflicted on 'Mahagathbandhan' after Azam Khan's sexist anti-women comment, Arfa Khanum Sherwani jumped into the rescue of Samajwadi Party leader claiming that his statements were not targetted at Jaya Pradha but against former SP leader Amar Singh.

Editor's picks

Sadhguru clarifies what he meant when he called Pakistani student ‘Talibani’. Did the Media do a hit job on the Guru?

OpIndia Staff - 11 April, 2019

Leftist propaganda website The Wire and several others ran stories after stories of how Sadhguru was an Islamophobe because he had called Saqib 'Taliban' and 'Talibani' during a private conversation with him after the event.

Media

Rajya Sabha TV accuses The Wire of stealing, illegally possessing and using copyrighted material

OpIndia Staff - 10 April, 2019

Rajya Sabha TV, in its legal notice, has alleged that since the clip used by The Wire had no logo of RSTV, it is bound to be the original clip that Rajya Sabha TV has in its possession.

Media

‘Journalist’ Abhisar Sharma caught handing out paper to interviewee, Twitterati speculate whether it was money

OpIndia Staff - 27 March, 2019

Self-proclaimed journalist Abhisar Sharma, who often comes up with bizarre conspiracy theories and indulges in false propaganda to discredit Narendra Modi government seems to...

News Reports

After devout Muslims, ‘AMU scholars’ attack Muslim journalist for promoting ‘Holi with Bismillah’

OpIndia Staff - 26 March, 2019

AMU students protest against Wire journalist's presence in Women Leadership Summit organised in the university campus due to her tweet wishing Holi.

Editor's picks

The Wire journalist wishes Holi with ‘Bismillah’, devout Muslims say it’s against Islam

K Bhattacharjee - 21 March, 2019

Celebrating Hindu religious festivals is not the only that triggers abuses and threats from Muslim radicals

Fact-Check

Fact check: Various media outlets lie about the 2002 Godhra carnage scene being recreated for a film

OpIndia Staff - 11 March, 2019

A crew member of the film confirmed to OpIndia that no train coach was set on fire to recreate the Godhra carnage scene.

Editor's picks

For Leftist rag, The Wire, Wing Commander Abhinandan is the same as a petty criminal or terrorist from Kashmir

K Bhattacharjee - 1 March, 2019

It appears even at a time when there are national security concerns, The Wire prioritizes prefers subjecting the Indian state to infringement of its sovereignty by international organizations rather than the welfare of its citizens.

Editor's picks

Ravish Kumar warns of attempts at ‘sowing religious discord’ within Army, praises Caravan which divided Pulwama martyrs along caste lines

K Bhattacharjee - 25 February, 2019

In a recently organized event by Leftist Propaganda outlet, The Wire, 'Eminent Intellectual' Ravish Kumar spouted numerous inanities that only goes on to highlight the extent to which liberals have a delusional sense of their own selves.

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