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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> digital news media [[Web portal|portal]] founded in 2014 by Kumar Kunal Kamal and Rahul Raj.
* {{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> digital news media [[Web portal|portal]] founded in 2014 by Kumar Kunal Kamal and Rahul Raj.


It also 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> . However, in May 2019, the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) rejected OpIndia's application to be accredited as a fact-checker on grounds of political partisanship and poor fact-checking methodologies.<ref name="Fake news">
It also 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>. However, in May 2019, the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) rejected OpIndia's application to be accredited as a fact-checker on grounds of political partisanship and poor fact-checking methodologies.<ref name="Fake news">
* {{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}}
* {{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}}
* {{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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OpIndia
OpIndia logo
Type of site
News
Available inEnglish, Hindi
OwnerAadhyaasi Media And Content Services
URLwww.opindia.com/about/

OpIndia is an Indian right-wing[1] digital news media portal founded in 2014 by Kumar Kunal Kamal and Rahul Raj.

It also claims to be a fact-checking website[2]. However, in May 2019, the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) rejected OpIndia's application to be accredited as a fact-checker on grounds of political partisanship and poor fact-checking methodologies.[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 have propagated fake news on multiple occasions.[3]

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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
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  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. ^ Kumar, Basant (3 January 2020). "Fake news, lies, Muslim bashing, and Ravish Kumar: Inside OpIndia's harrowing world". Newslaundry. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Busting fake news: Who funds whom?". Rediff. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  8. ^ Ananth, Venkat (2019-05-07). "Can fact-checking emerge as big and viable business?". The Economic Times. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ a b Ananth, Venkat (7 May 2019). "Can fact-checking emerge as big and viable business?". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2019-12-12.