Such is the dystopian state of Indian journalism that fact-checkers themselves seem to be spreading the most fake news. Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair yesterday retweeted a tweet which attempted to show how a Muslim man had come to the rescue of a dead Hindu after he’d been abandoned by […]
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Alt News Carries Fake Fact Check On The Daily Switch Post On AIIMS Hospitals
If you thought the quality of India’s left-leaning news outlets was bad, the quality of its left-leaning fact-checkers is even worse. Alt News today carried out a ‘fact check’ on the number of AIIMS hospitals developed under different governments. “Did UPA govt build only one AIIMS institute during their tenure? […]
Alt News Founder Mohammed Zubair Shares 4-Year-Old News To Target Hindu Saints, Deletes Tweet After Getting Caught
If designated fact-checkers are the ones spreading fake news, who will fact-check the fact-checkers? Mohammed Zubair, who runs the supposed fact-checking portal Alt News, today shared a bit of information, right when the donation drive for the Ram Mandir is in full swing. “On the pretext of building a gaushala […]