BIZARRE: 6 - What They Never Told You

Arrest of Indian Muslim journalist sparks widespread outrage

Police in India’s capital arrested a Muslim journalist Monday evening for allegedly hurting religious sentiments

The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2022

Morning Digest | Alt News co-founder held for four-year-old Twitter post; Sanjay Raut dubs ED summons as ‘conspiracy’, and more

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The Hindu · Jun 28, 2022

India journalist Mohammed Zubair arrested for 2018 Twitter post

Delhi Police arrest the Muslim co-founder of leading fact-checking website, accusing him of insulting Hindu sentiments.

Al Jazeera · Jun 27, 2022

UP mahant’s rape threat: Republic, ABP, Aaj Tak skip it for Ukraine, Pak and azaan

A day after a video of a mahant threatening to abduct and rape Muslim women outside a mosque in Khairabad went viral, the National Commission for Women wrote to the UP DGP seeking action on Friday. But for a large section of the TV news media, it remained business as…

Newslaundry · Apr 8, 2022

Days before violence at Kejriwal's house, Alt News busted doctored video shared by BJP leaders

Two days before BJP workers clashed with police outside Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s house while protesting against an alleged denial of atrocities faced by Kashmiri Pandits, fact-checking website Alt News had clarified that a video clip used by BJP leaders to rake up the issue was misleading.

Newslaundry · Mar 30, 2022

PM's Davos address | Rahul Gandhi takes 'teleprompter' jibe at Modi, BJP leaders cite 'technical glitch'

Fact-checking website Alt News co-founder Pratik Sinha said it is unlikely that the Prime Minister had a teleprompter gaffe

The Hindu · Jan 18, 2022

NewsX passes off staffers as students on debate show. Now says one employee is still a student

On December 19, NewsX conducted a debate titled “Young students on CAA, Let’s Solve this CAA Warzone!“ on the nationwide protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act. Introducing the panel, the anchor Devika Chopra said, “I have several students with me in the studio right now.” 

Newslaundry · Dec 27, 2019

Past imperfect

Last week, Narendra Modi came under public scrutiny: after his claim that no Congress leader visited Bhagat Singh while he was in jail was debunked. While the readers of publications like Alt News and Boom enjoy the advantage of a team of fact checkers, the electorate being addressed by the…

Newslaundry · May 31, 2018

Top 12 fake news stories circulated by mainstream media in 2017

2017 will go down as another year that saw a steady decline of trust and confidence in the media. It was a year when mainstream media gave tough competition to social media in originating and circulating fake news.

Newslaundry · Jan 2, 2018

Was the same helicopter used to ferry PM Modi and Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh?

Scores of twitter posts are doing rounds with pictures of Narendra Modi and Gurmeet Ram Rahim coming out of a helicopter with messages suggesting that it is the same helicopter and it is owned by Adani. The two photographs circle “AW139” as proof that it is the same helicopter. The…

Newslaundry · Aug 31, 2017