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In 2008, inspired by the American news satire website [[The Onion]], Roushan started ''Faking News''<ref name="thehindu"/><ref name="thepioneer"/> as a blog and wrote under the pseudonym ''Pagal Patrakaar'' (crazy journalist).<ref name="businessstandard"/> In 2009, the blog was turned into a full-fledged website.<ref name="thehindu"/> In 2013, Faking News was acquired by [[Firstpost]], a news portal of the [[Network 18]] group, for an undisclosed amount.<ref name="ht"/> Roushan went on to serve as its editor till September 2016, when he switched to [[Swarajya magazine]] as Chief Strategy Officer.<ref name="swarajya"/>
In 2008, inspired by the American news satire website [[The Onion]], Roushan started ''Faking News''<ref name="thehindu"/><ref name="thepioneer"/> as a blog and wrote under the pseudonym ''Pagal Patrakaar'' (crazy journalist).<ref name="businessstandard"/> In 2009, the blog was turned into a full-fledged website.<ref name="thehindu"/> In 2013, Faking News was acquired by [[Firstpost]], a news portal of the [[Network 18]] group, for an undisclosed amount.<ref name="ht"/> Roushan went on to serve as its editor till September 2016, when he switched to [[Swarajya magazine]] as Chief Strategy Officer.<ref name="swarajya"/>


In November 2018, he became the CEO of a spin-off digital media startup -- Aadhyaasi Media & Content Services, which took over the production of OpIndia from Swarajya.
In November 2018, he became the CEO of a spin-off digital media startup -- Aadhyaasi Media & Content Services, which took over the production of OpIndia from Swarajya.<ref name="opindia">{{cite news | title=Announcement: OpIndia is now a separate legal and business entity | date=23 November 2018 | url=https://www.opindia.com/2018/11/announcement-opindia-is-now-a-separate-legal-and-business-entity/ | accessdate=3 February 2019}}</ref> {{refn|<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0">{{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><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><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|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=10 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><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>}}OpIndia claims to be a fact-checking website<ref name=":1">{{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>; something that is disputed by other news sites{{refn|<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><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boomlive.in/search/OpIndia/|title=Search results for OpIndia|website=BOOM|url-status=live|access-date=10 November 2019}}</ref><ref name="bbc">{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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=}}</ref><ref>{{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=}}</ref>}} and in May 2019, the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN), an affiliate of the acclaimed Poynter Institute rejected its application to be accredited as a fact-checker.<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>


==Influence==
==Influence==

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Rahul Roushan
Born (1980-01-29) 29 January 1980 (age 44)
Patna, Bihar, India
Pen namePagal Patrakaar[1]
OccupationStrategist, journalist, entrepreneur
LanguageHindi, English
NationalityIndia
Alma materPatna University
IIM Ahmedabad
GenreCurrent affairs, Satire
Website
rahulroushan.com

Rahul Roushan (born 29 January 1980) is an entrepreneur who currently serves as the CEO of a digital media startup, operating a news-portal OpIndia.[2]

Originally from Patna, Roushan is now based in Mumbai.[3] He is an alumnus of Indian Institute of Mass Communication and IIM Ahmedabad.[4][5][6]

Earlier he had served as the Chief Strategy Officer at Swarajya magazine[4][7] and was also the founder of the current affairs satire portal Faking News, having served as its editor till 2016.[8]

Life

Roushan comes from the city of Patna in Bihar.[3] He graduated in Mathematics from Patna University in year 2001, and then received a postgraduate diploma in broadcast journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) in New Delhi in 2002.[4] Rahul is also an alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad with a Post Graduate Diploma in Management granted in 2007.[4][5] Roushan is settled in Mumbai, where he lives with his wife.[3]

Career

After graduating from IIMC, Roushan worked as a copy editor, bulletin producer, and news anchor with the Hindi news channel Sahara Samay for two and a half years.[4][1] He left journalism to pursue higher studies at IIM Ahmedabad, wherein he turned an entrepreneur.

While still being a student, he had launched crickstock.com, a virtual gaming website, ahead of the 2007 Cricket World Cup.[4][5] Crickstock.com was later sold off to a US based online gaming company and Roushan chose a freelancing career as management consultant[9]; one of his projects included helping the Bihar government set up a management institute in Patna, in 2008.[10]

In 2008, inspired by the American news satire website The Onion, Roushan started Faking News[6][3] as a blog and wrote under the pseudonym Pagal Patrakaar (crazy journalist).[1] In 2009, the blog was turned into a full-fledged website.[6] In 2013, Faking News was acquired by Firstpost, a news portal of the Network 18 group, for an undisclosed amount.[8] Roushan went on to serve as its editor till September 2016, when he switched to Swarajya magazine as Chief Strategy Officer.[4]

In November 2018, he became the CEO of a spin-off digital media startup -- Aadhyaasi Media & Content Services, which took over the production of OpIndia from Swarajya.

Influence

Priyanka Sharma wrote in the Business Standard that several authors followed Roushan's lead to start similar ventures as Faking News, including the founders of www.newsthatmattersnot.com and The UnReal Times.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Sharma, Priyanka (4 February 2012). "A spoof story". Business Standard. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Announcement: OpIndia is now a separate legal and business entity". 23 November 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d Borgohain, Ananya (6 July 2014). "Making Faking News". The Pioneer. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Swarajya Staff (18 September 2016). "Rahul Roushan Joining Swarajya As Chief Strategy Officer". Swarajya. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  5. ^ a b c "Rahul Roushan: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg". Bloomberg. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  6. ^ a b c Bhandaram, Vishnupriya (25 March 2013). "What a fake!". The Hindu. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  7. ^ BBC Trending (17 December 2016). "False rumours and fake news cloud India's currency plan". BBC. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  8. ^ a b HT Correspondent (31 May 2013). "Firstpost buys current affairs satire portal FakingNews.com". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  9. ^ "Swarajya Conversations: Join Us For An Hour-Long Chat With Raghav Bahl In Delhi". 15 December 2016.
  10. ^ "CIMP gears up to start classes from July". 8 April 2008.
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