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{{short description|Right wing Indian news portal}}
{{short description|Right wing Indian news portal}}
'''OpIndia''' is an Indian [[news portal]]<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> which claims to be a [[fact-checking]] website. It is ideologically oriented towards [[right-wing populism]]<ref name="Right wing">Sources supporting OpIndia to follow a right wing ideology:
'''OpIndia''' is a [[right-wing]]<ref name="Right wing">Sources supporting OpIndia to follow a right wing ideology:
*{{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}}
*{{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}}
*{{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}}
*{{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}}
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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}}
*{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=NK5oDwAAQBAJ|title=I Am a Troll: Inside the Secret World of the BJP's Digital Army|last=Chaturvedi|first=Swati|date=2016|publisher=Juggernaut Books|year=|isbn=9789386228093|location=|pages=11, 23|language=en}}
*{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=NK5oDwAAQBAJ|title=I Am a Troll: Inside the Secret World of the BJP's Digital Army|last=Chaturvedi|first=Swati|date=2016|publisher=Juggernaut Books|year=|isbn=9789386228093|location=|pages=11, 23|language=en}}
*{{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> Indian [[news portal]]<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> which terms itself a [[fact-checking]] website.<ref>[https://www.opindia.com/about/fact-check/ Fact Check] - OpIndia</ref> and defines itself as "against mainstream media"<ref>{{cite book
*{{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> and has propagated [[Fake news in India|fake news]] over multiple occasions.<ref name="Fake news">Sources supporting OpIndia to have disseminated fake news:
|last= Sharma
*{{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}}
|first= Ajay
*{{Cite web|url=https://www.boomlive.in/search?search=OpIndia|title=Search results for OpIndia|website=BOOM|url-status=live|access-date=10 November 2019}}
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*{{cite web|url=http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/duty-identity-credibility.pdf|author=Santanu Chakrabarti|publisher=BBC|date=20 November 2018|title=DUTY, IDENTITY, CREDIBILITY – Fake news and the ordinary citizen in India |accessdate=10 November 2019}}
|date=
*{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/media/debunking-a-false-allegations-about-amartya-sen-and-nalanda-university|title=Debunking False Allegations About Amartya Sen and Nalanda University|website=The Wire|access-date=10 November 2019}}
|title= Horses Can Fly
*{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1418915|title=Digital death|last=Khuhro|first=Zarrar|date=2018-07-09|website=DAWN.COM|language=en|access-date=10 November 2019}}
|url=
*{{Cite news|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2019/06/04/between-the-media-and-police-gurugram-assault-on-mohammad-barkat-alam|title=A day without fake news: BJP IT Cell's protest against police action|last=Saxena|first=Gaurav|date=17 July 2017|work=Newslaundry|access-date=}}
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*{{Cite news|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2018/08/19/what-the-fact-checks-on-modis-gutter-gas-theory-didnt-tell-us|title=What the 'fact-checks' on Modi's gutter-gas theory didn't tell us|last=Tiwari|first=Ayush|date=19 August 2018|work=Newslaundry|access-date=}}
|publisher= Notion Press
*{{cite news |last=Kumar|first=Basant|title=Fake news, lies, Muslim bashing, and Ravish Kumar: Inside OpIndia’s harrowing world |url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/01/03/fake-news-lies-muslim-bashing-and-ravish-kumar-inside-opindias-harrowing-world |accessdate=3 January 2020 |work=Newslaundry |date=3 January 2020 |language=en-UK}}</ref>
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== History ==
== History ==
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== Content and reception ==
== Content and reception ==
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[[AltNews.in|AltNews]] has documented 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> 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> among a variety of reasons, it noted political partisanism, poor fact-checking methodologies and general polemic commentary accompanying their news-pieces as significant contributors towards the rejection.<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>
OpIndia Chief Editor Nupur Sharma stated in 2018 that<ref>{{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}}</ref>:
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"We do not claim to be ideologically neutral, unlike many in the mainstream media who are leftist but pretend to be centrist or neutral. We will continue to be right-leaning."
</blockquote>


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A January 2020 report by the media watchdog Newslaundry noted the portal to contain several inflammatory headlines selectively targeting the [[Left-wing politics|leftists]], [[Liberalism|liberals]] and Muslims.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/01/03/fake-news-lies-muslim-bashing-and-ravish-kumar-inside-opindias-harrowing-world|title=Fake news, lies, Muslim bashing, and Ravish Kumar: Inside OpIndia’s harrowing world|last=Kumar|first=Basant|date=3 January 2020|work=Newslaundry|accessdate=3 January 2020|language=en-UK}}</ref> [[Islamophobia]] was noted to be a dominant theme, achieved either by selective manipulation or outright faking.<ref name=":0" /> The political opposition (esp. [[Indian National Congress]]) and [[mainstream media]] was a favorite target of their vitriol; posts published by ''OpIndia'' ''Hindi'' from November 15 to 29 were located to be invariably situated against any criticism of the [[Hindu nationalism|Hindu nationalist]] [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref name=":0" />
[[AltNews.in|AltNews]] has claimed that 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>, however OpIndia has claimed that AltNews purveys fake news as well<ref>[https://www.rediff.com/news/special/busting-fake-news-who-funds-whom/20180408.htm Co-founder of self-proclaimed ‘fact-checking’ blog, AltNews, spreads another fake news by using ‘cropped video’] OpIndia - February 20,2019</ref><ref>[https://www.opindia.com/tag/altnews/ Topic: altnews] - OpIndia</ref>


On February 12, OpIndia organised an ideological seminar in collaboration with another fake-news-website, featuring prominent figures from right wing intelligentsia.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|last=Tiwari|first=Ayush|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/02/16/i-survived-bharat-bodh-and-lived-to-tell-the-tale|title=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.|date=16 February 2020|work=Newslaundry|access-date=17 February 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Newslaundry noted the seminar to 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.<ref name=":1" />
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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;<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> citing that OpIndia issued fact-checks, provided data, and outlined their methodology, but were only "partially compliant" on most categories with assessor Kanchan Kaur expressing major concern over OpIndia's partisanship<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><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/can-fact-checking-emerge-as-big-and-viable-business/articleshow/69210719.cms?from=mdr|title=Can fact-checking emerge as big and viable business?
|last=Ananth|first=Venkat|date=7 May 2019|website=The Economic Times}}</ref>.

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A January 2020 report by the [[Pierre Omidyar]] funded media site Newslaundry noted the portal to contain several inflammatory headlines selectively targeting the [[Left-wing politics|leftists]], [[Liberalism|liberals]] and Muslims.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/01/03/fake-news-lies-muslim-bashing-and-ravish-kumar-inside-opindias-harrowing-world|title=Fake news, lies, Muslim bashing, and Ravish Kumar: Inside OpIndia’s harrowing world|last=Kumar|first=Basant|date=3 January 2020|work=Newslaundry|accessdate=3 January 2020|language=en-UK}}</ref>. OpIndia claimed that Newslaundry itself engaged in publishing fake news at multiple junctures<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.opindia.com/2018/10/newslaundry-presents-half-truths-and-whole-lies-to-spread-misinformation-about-ayushman-bharat/|title=Newslaundry presents half-truths and whole lies to spread misinformation about Ayushman Bharat
|last=|first=Shantanu|date=22 October 2018|website=OpIndia}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 19:09, 28 February 2020

OpIndia
OpIndia logo
Type of site
News
Available inEnglish, Hindi
OwnerAadhyaasi Media And Content Services
URLwww.opindia.com

OpIndia is an Indian news portal[1] which claims to be a fact-checking website. It is ideologically oriented towards right-wing populism[2] and has propagated fake news over 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 and reception

AltNews has documented the site to be a significant purveyor of fake news, in India.[6] 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;[7] among a variety of reasons, it noted political partisanism, poor fact-checking methodologies and general polemic commentary accompanying their news-pieces as significant contributors towards the rejection.[8] The rejection disqualified OpIndia for fact-checking contracts with web properties owned by Facebook and Google.[9]

A January 2020 report by the media watchdog Newslaundry noted the portal to contain several inflammatory headlines selectively targeting the leftists, liberals and Muslims.[10] Islamophobia was noted to be a dominant theme, achieved either by selective manipulation or outright faking.[10] The political opposition (esp. Indian National Congress) and mainstream media was a favorite target of their vitriol; 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.[10]

On February 12, OpIndia organised an ideological seminar in collaboration with another fake-news-website, featuring prominent figures from right wing intelligentsia.[11] Newslaundry noted the seminar to 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.[11]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Sources supporting OpIndia to follow a right wing ideology:
  3. ^ Sources supporting OpIndia to have disseminated fake news:
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Roushan, Rahul (2018-11-23). "Announcement: OpIndia is now a separate legal and business entity - Opindia News". OpIndia. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
  6. ^ "Search results for OpIndia". Alt News. Retrieved 10 November 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ Ananth, Venkat (2019-05-07). "Can fact-checking emerge as big and viable business?". The Economic Times. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  8. ^ 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)
  9. ^ Ananth, Venkat (7 May 2019). "Can fact-checking emerge as big and viable business?". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ 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.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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