NDTV doesn’t only shield people from criticism when they’re from a certain religion — it never named Delhi riots shooter Shahrukh, while repeatedly naming Rambhakt Gopal — but it also tries to cleverly demonize people when they’re from a different religion. NDTV yesterday carried an article with a rather sensational […]
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Javed Akhtar Spreads Fake News That The First Church In India Was Built With Akbar’s “Blessings”
India’s intellectuals can cry hoarse about oppression, they can pontificate on Twitter, and they can say “fascist” more times than you can count…but they can’t do a simple Google search. Bollywood lyricist Javed Akhtar today put on his historian’s hat to claim that the first church in India, outside of […]
Prasar Bharti CEO Declines BBC Invitation Over Its Biased Coverage Of Delhi Riots
For years, alert social media users had been calling out the bias of prominent left-leaning news outlets. Now prominent personalities have started joining in. Prasar Bharti CEO Shahshi Shekhar Vempati has declined an offer to attend a BBC event citing its one-sided coverage of the Delhi riots. In a letter […]
The Print Requests Kapil Mishra For An Interview, Gets Epically Trolled In Response
If you spend all your time spreading leftist propaganda, it’s only a matter of time before you get called out on it. Leftist propaganda portal The Print, run by former NDTV staffer Shekhar Gupta, today got to learn this first-hand when it tried to get an interview with BJP’s Kapil […]
A Day After NDTV Journalist Admits To Keeping Osama Doll On His Desk, Ravish Kumar Says Pic Is Photoshopped
There’s fake news, and then there’s Magsaysay-level fake news. Yesterday, the internet had been abuzz with a video that showed NDTV’s Vishnu Som with what looked like an Osama Bin Laden statue on his desk. As the internet had wondered why a senior journalist would keep a statue of the […]
NDTV Crops Drone Photo To Hide Mosque With Stones Stored On Its Roof
On NDTV, what you see is not always what you get. Yesterday, NDTV carried a report titled “Drones Monitoring Situation In Violence-Hit Delhi Areas”, which talked about how Delhi Police had deployed drones that were helping check the escalation of tensions. The lead image of the article was a shot […]
After Repeatedly Mentioning Gopal, NDTV Doesn’t Have A Single Tweet On Anti-CAA Shooter Shahrukh
It’s common knowledge as to where NDTV’s political leanings lie, but at times they’re so profound that they take your breath away. After tweeting repeatedly about “Rambhakt Gopal”, the man who’d fired a single shot at an anti-CAA rally last month, NDTV doesn’t have a single tweet featuring Mohammad Shahrukh, […]
Opposition Spreads Fake News That Delhi Riots Judge Was Transferred, Transfer Order Was From Before Delhi Riots
Even as violence is slowly ebbing away in Delhi, the fake news around the it continues to swirl. Last night, several prominent media persons spread the news that Justice Murlidhar, who was hearing the Delhi Violence Case, had been transferred right after he’d been critical of the Delhi Police. It […]
Rajdeep Sardesai Called Out By CBSE For Spreading Fake News About Exams Not Being Held In Delhi
Rajdeep Sardesai has a long history of being called out by famous personalities for spreading fake news — everyone from former President Pranab Mukherjee to Mukesh Ambani has have told him, straight to his face, about his proclivity to bend the truth. But now Sardesai is being called out by […]
Walls Built, Paan Shops Closed? Ahmedabad Municipality Busts Fake News Ahead Of Trump Visit
Over the last few days, India has been waiting to welcome US President Donald Trump to its shores. During his visit, Trump will inaugurate the world’s biggest cricket stadium, possibly sign a landmark trade deal, and receive a grand reception in Ahmedabad that will signal India’s growing closeness with the […]