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* {{Cite news|last=Bhushan/TheWire|first=Sandeep|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/arnab-s-republic-hints-at-mainstreaming-right-wing-opinion-as-a-business-117012600235_1.html|title=Arnab's Republic hints at mainstreaming right-wing opinion as a business|date=2017-01-26|work=Business Standard India|access-date=10 November 2019}} |
* {{Cite news|last=Bhushan/TheWire|first=Sandeep|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/arnab-s-republic-hints-at-mainstreaming-right-wing-opinion-as-a-business-117012600235_1.html|title=Arnab's Republic hints at mainstreaming right-wing opinion as a business|date=2017-01-26|work=Business Standard India|access-date=10 November 2019}} |
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* {{Cite news|last=Ananth|first=Venkat|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/can-fact-checking-emerge-as-big-and-viable-business/articleshow/69210719.cms|title=Can fact-checking emerge as big and viable business?|date=2019-05-07|work=The Economic Times|access-date=10 November 2019}} |
* {{Cite news|last=Ananth|first=Venkat|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/can-fact-checking-emerge-as-big-and-viable-business/articleshow/69210719.cms|title=Can fact-checking emerge as big and viable business?|date=2019-05-07|work=The Economic Times|access-date=10 November 2019}} |
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* {{Cite web|url=https://theprint.in/politics/bjp-supporters-have-a-secret-weapon-in-their-online-poll-campaign-satire/232321/|title=BJP supporters have a secret weapon in their online poll campaign — satire|last=Mihindukulasuriya|first=Regina|date=2019-05-08|website=ThePrint|language=en-US|url-status=live|access-date=10 November 2019}} |
* {{Cite web|url=https://theprint.in/politics/bjp-supporters-have-a-secret-weapon-in-their-online-poll-campaign-satire/232321/|title=BJP supporters have a secret weapon in their online poll campaign — satire|last=Mihindukulasuriya|first=Regina|date=2019-05-08|website=ThePrint|language=en-US|url-status=live|access-date=10 November 2019}} |
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* {{Cite web|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/others/sunday-read/the-troll-who-turned/articleshow/64618891.cms|title=The troll who turned|last=Ghosh|first=Labonita|date=17 June 2018|website=Mumbai Mirror|language=en|url-status=live|access-date=10 November 2019}} |
* {{Cite web|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/others/sunday-read/the-troll-who-turned/articleshow/64618891.cms|title=The troll who turned|last=Ghosh|first=Labonita|date=17 June 2018|website=Mumbai Mirror|language=en|url-status=live|access-date=10 November 2019}} |
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* {{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/special/busting-fake-news-who-funds-whom/20180408.htm|title=Busting fake news: Who funds whom?|last=Manish|first=Sai|date=8 April 2018|website=Rediff|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=10 November 2019}} |
* {{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/special/busting-fake-news-who-funds-whom/20180408.htm|title=Busting fake news: Who funds whom?|last=Manish|first=Sai|date=8 April 2018|website=Rediff|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=10 November 2019}} |
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* {{Cite book|last=Chaturvedi|first=Swati|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=NK5oDwAAQBAJ|title=I Am a Troll: Inside the Secret World of the BJP's Digital Army|date=2016|publisher=Juggernaut Books|year=|isbn=9789386228093|location=|pages=11, 23|language=en}} |
* {{Cite book|last=Chaturvedi|first=Swati|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=NK5oDwAAQBAJ|title=I Am a Troll: Inside the Secret World of the BJP's Digital Army|date=2016|publisher=Juggernaut Books|year=|isbn=9789386228093|location=|pages=11, 23|language=en}} |
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* {{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/media/twitter-handles-bjp-free-speech-right-wing-media|title=Tables Turn on Twitter's Hindutva Warriors, and It's the BJP Doing the Strong-Arming|website=The Wire|access-date=10 November 2019}}</ref> |
* {{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/media/twitter-handles-bjp-free-speech-right-wing-media|title=Tables Turn on Twitter's Hindutva Warriors, and It's the BJP Doing the Strong-Arming|website=The Wire|access-date=10 November 2019}}</ref> news [[Web portal|portal]] which claims to be a [[fact-checking]] website.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/arnab-s-republic-hints-at-mainstreaming-right-wing-opinion-as-a-business-117012600235_1.html|title=Arnab's Republic hints at mainstreaming right-wing opinion as a business|last=Bhushan/TheWire|first=Sandeep|date=2017-01-26|work=Business Standard India|access-date=10 November 2019}}</ref> In May 2019, the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) rejected OpIndia's application to be accredited as a fact-checker on grounds of political partisanism and poor fact-checking methodologies; [[AltNews.in|AltNews]] et al document the site to have propagated [[Fake news in India|fake news]] on multiple occasions.<ref name="Fake news">Sources supporting OpIndia to have disseminated fake news: |
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* {{Cite web|url=https://www.altnews.in/search/OpIndia/|title=Search results for OpIndia|website=[[AltNews.in|Alt News]]|language=en-GB|url-status=live|access-date=10 November 2019}} |
* {{Cite web|url=https://www.altnews.in/search/OpIndia/|title=Search results for OpIndia|website=[[AltNews.in|Alt News]]|language=en-GB|url-status=live|access-date=10 November 2019}} |
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In May 2019, the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN), an affiliate of the [[Poynter Institute]], rejected OpIndia's application to be accredited as a fact-checker |
In May 2019, the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN), an affiliate of the [[Poynter Institute]], rejected OpIndia's application to be accredited as a fact-checker.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/can-fact-checking-emerge-as-big-and-viable-business/articleshow/69210719.cms|title=Can fact-checking emerge as big and viable business?|last=Ananth|first=Venkat|date=2019-05-07|work=The Economic Times|access-date=10 November 2019}}</ref> While noting partial compliance on a number of categories, the IFCN expressed concerns over partisanship, a lack of clear corrections policy, and questioned OpIndia's use of speeches to counter claims<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ifcncodeofprinciples.poynter.org/application/public/opindiacom/EED18C9F-C8B2-258A-BB43-7E90FA57C26C|title=Conclusions and recommendations on the application by OpIndia.com|last=Kaur|first=Kanchan|date=11 February 2019|website=International Fact-Checking Network|url-status=unfit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190310013235/https://ifcncodeofprinciples.poynter.org/application/public/opindiacom/EED18C9F-C8B2-258A-BB43-7E90FA57C26C|archive-date=10 March 2019|access-date=12 December 2019}}</ref> The rejection disqualified OpIndia for fact-checking contracts with web properties owned by [[Facebook]] and [[Google]].<ref name="ET IFCN">{{cite news|first1=Venkat|last1=Ananth|accessdate=2019-12-12|title=Can fact-checking emerge as big and viable business?|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/can-fact-checking-emerge-as-big-and-viable-business/articleshow/69210719.cms|newspaper=[[The Economic Times]]|date=7 May 2019}}</ref> |
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IFCN certified fact-checkers [[AltNews.in|AltNews]] and Boom (among others) document the site to be a significant purveyor of fake news, in India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.altnews.in/search/OpIndia/|title=Search results for OpIndia|website=[[AltNews.in|Alt News]]|language=en-GB|url-status=live|access-date=10 November 2019}}</ref> |
IFCN certified fact-checkers [[AltNews.in|AltNews]] and Boom (among others) document the site to be a significant purveyor of fake news, in India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.altnews.in/search/OpIndia/|title=Search results for OpIndia|website=[[AltNews.in|Alt News]]|language=en-GB|url-status=live|access-date=10 November 2019}}</ref> |
Revision as of 01:30, 4 March 2020
OpIndia logo | |
Type of site | News |
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Available in | English, Hindi |
Owner | Aadhyaasi Media And Content Services |
URL | www |
OpIndia is an Indian right-wing[1] news portal which claims to be a fact-checking website.[2] In May 2019, the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) rejected OpIndia's application to be accredited as a fact-checker on grounds of political partisanism and poor fact-checking methodologies; AltNews et al document the site to have propagated fake news on multiple occasions.[3]
History
OpIndia was founded in 2014 by Rahul Raj and Kumar Kamal as a current affairs and news website. In October 2016, it was acquired by Kovai Media Private Limited, a Coimbatore-based company of T. V. Mohandas Pai, that also owns the right-leaning magazine Swarajya.[4]
Later, it was disassociated from the group and became a separate entity[5]; Nupur J Sharma is the current editor.[4]
Content
OpIndia has accused multiple prominent media outlets — The Wall Street Journal, India Today, Scroll.in, The Wire and others of spreading fake news and leftist propaganda.[6] The portal claims to have a policy of no-partisanship for fact-checking; Sharma has though clarified that they do not claim to be ideologically neutral otherwise and are openly right leaning.[7]
Reception
In May 2019, the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN), an affiliate of the Poynter Institute, rejected OpIndia's application to be accredited as a fact-checker.[8] While noting partial compliance on a number of categories, the IFCN expressed concerns over partisanship, a lack of clear corrections policy, and questioned OpIndia's use of speeches to counter claims[9] The rejection disqualified OpIndia for fact-checking contracts with web properties owned by Facebook and Google.[10]
IFCN certified fact-checkers AltNews and Boom (among others) document the site to be a significant purveyor of fake news, in India.[11]
A January 2020 report by the media watchdog Newslaundry noted the portal to contain several inflammatory headlines targeting the leftists, liberals and Muslims.[6] Mainstream media and the political opposition (esp. Indian National Congress) were oft-criticized; posts published by OpIndia Hindi from November 15 to 29 were located to be invariably situated against any criticism of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party.[6] On February 12, OpIndia had organised an ideological seminar featuring prominent figures from right wing intelligentsia[12]; Newslaundry noted the seminar to have spread communally charged conspiracy theories about the Kathua rape case, equate the Shaheen Bagh protests to formation of mini-Pakistan and engage in other Islamophobic discourse.[12]
Response
Sharma had rejected the IFCN assessment in entirety and urged for an acceptance of outlets with open political leanings, as in United States.[10] It also asserts AltNews, Boom etc. of propagating fake news and disinformation over numerous occasions.
References
- ^ Sources supporting OpIndia to follow a right wing ideology:
- Bhushan/TheWire, Sandeep (2017-01-26). "Arnab's Republic hints at mainstreaming right-wing opinion as a business". Business Standard India. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- Ananth, Venkat (2019-05-07). "Can fact-checking emerge as big and viable business?". The Economic Times. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- Mihindukulasuriya, Regina (2019-05-08). "BJP supporters have a secret weapon in their online poll campaign — satire". ThePrint. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - Sharma, Ajay. Horses Can Fly. Notion Press. ISBN 9352066715.
- Ghosh, Labonita (17 June 2018). "The troll who turned". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - Manish, Sai (8 April 2018). "Busting fake news: Who funds whom?". Rediff. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - Chaturvedi, Swati (2016). I Am a Troll: Inside the Secret World of the BJP's Digital Army. Juggernaut Books. pp. 11, 23. ISBN 9789386228093.
- "Tables Turn on Twitter's Hindutva Warriors, and It's the BJP Doing the Strong-Arming". The Wire. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ Bhushan/TheWire, Sandeep (2017-01-26). "Arnab's Republic hints at mainstreaming right-wing opinion as a business". Business Standard India. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ Sources supporting OpIndia to have disseminated fake news:
- "Search results for OpIndia". Alt News. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Search results for OpIndia". BOOM. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - Santanu Chakrabarti (20 November 2018). "DUTY, IDENTITY, CREDIBILITY – Fake news and the ordinary citizen in India" (PDF). BBC. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- "Debunking False Allegations About Amartya Sen and Nalanda University". The Wire. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- Khuhro, Zarrar (2018-07-09). "Digital death". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- Saxena, Gaurav (17 July 2017). "A day without fake news: BJP IT Cell's protest against police action". Newslaundry.
- Tiwari, Ayush (19 August 2018). "What the 'fact-checks' on Modi's gutter-gas theory didn't tell us". Newslaundry.
- Kumar, Basant (3 January 2020). "Fake news, lies, Muslim bashing, and Ravish Kumar: Inside OpIndia's harrowing world". Newslaundry. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- "Search results for OpIndia". Alt News. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ a b Manish, Sai (2018-04-07). "Right vs Wrong: Arundhati Roy, Mohandas Pai funding fake news busters". Business Standard India. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ Roushan, Rahul (2018-11-23). "Announcement: OpIndia is now a separate legal and business entity - Opindia News". OpIndia. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
- ^ a b c Kumar, Basant (3 January 2020). "Fake news, lies, Muslim bashing, and Ravish Kumar: Inside OpIndia's harrowing world". Newslaundry. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Busting fake news: Who funds whom?". Rediff. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
- ^ Ananth, Venkat (2019-05-07). "Can fact-checking emerge as big and viable business?". The Economic Times. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ Kaur, Kanchan (11 February 2019). "Conclusions and recommendations on the application by OpIndia.com". International Fact-Checking Network. Archived from the original on 10 March 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b Ananth, Venkat (7 May 2019). "Can fact-checking emerge as big and viable business?". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
- ^ "Search results for OpIndia". Alt News. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Tiwari, Ayush (16 February 2020). "I braved 'Bharat Bodh' and lived to tell the tale : Muslim-baiters, rape-deniers, livelihood-destroyers, apologists of religious violence — the Opindia and My Nation event had'em all". Newslaundry. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
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