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'''OpIndia''' is an Indian news portal<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> which claims to be a fact-checking website. It is ideologically oriented towards ]<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> and has propagated ] over multiple occasions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.altnews.in/search/OpIndia/|title=Search results for OpIndia|website=]|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>
'''OpIndia''' is an Indian news portal and a leading fact-checking website. It is ideologically oriented towards ]<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.opindia.com/2019/11/supreme-court-opindia-report-indiaspend-lies-kashmir-healthcare/}}</ref>

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 ]-based company that also owns the right-leaning magazine ''].''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/right-vs-wrong-arundhati-roy-mohandas-pai-funding-fake-news-busters-118040600594_1.html|title=Right vs Wrong: Arundhati Roy, Mohandas Pai funding fake news busters|last=Manish|first=Sai|date=2018-04-07|work=Business Standard India|access-date=10 November 2019}}</ref> 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 ]-based company that also owns the right-leaning magazine ''].''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/right-vs-wrong-arundhati-roy-mohandas-pai-funding-fake-news-busters-118040600594_1.html|title=Right vs Wrong: Arundhati Roy, Mohandas Pai funding fake news busters|last=Manish|first=Sai|date=2018-04-07|work=Business Standard India|access-date=10 November 2019}}</ref>

In May 2019, the ], an affiliate of the acclaimed Poynter Institute rejected OpIndia's application to be accredited as a fact-checker;<ref name=":0" /> 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 (IFCN)|url-status=live|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=}}</ref>


==References== ==References==

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Right wing Indian news portal
OpIndia
OpIndia logo
Type of siteNews
Available inEnglish, Hindi
OwnerAadhyaasi Media And Content Services
URLwww.opindia.com
Right wing Indian news portal

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

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 that also owns the right-leaning magazine Swarajya.

In May 2019, the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN), an affiliate of the acclaimed Poynter Institute rejected OpIndia's application to be accredited as a fact-checker; 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.

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. ^ Ananth, Venkat (2019-05-07). "Can fact-checking emerge as big and viable business?". The Economic Times. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  3. 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)
  4. Ghosh, Labonita (17 June 2018). "The troll who turned". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 10 November 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. Manish, Sai (8 April 2018). "Busting fake news: Who funds whom?". Rediff. Retrieved 10 November 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. Chaturvedi, Swati (2016). I Am a Troll: Inside the Secret World of the BJP's Digital Army. Juggernaut Books. pp. 11, 23. ISBN 9789386228093.
  7. "Tables Turn on Twitter's Hindutva Warriors, and It's the BJP Doing the Strong-Arming". The Wire. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  8. "Search results for OpIndia". Alt News. Retrieved 10 November 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. "Search results for OpIndia". BOOM. Retrieved 10 November 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. Santanu Chakrabarti (20 November 2018). "DUTY, IDENTITY, CREDIBILITY – Fake news and the ordinary citizen in India" (PDF). BBC. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  11. "Debunking False Allegations About Amartya Sen and Nalanda University". The Wire. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  12. Khuhro, Zarrar (2018-07-09). "Digital death". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  13. Saxena, Gaurav (17 July 2017). "A day without fake news: BJP IT Cell's protest against police action". Newslaundry.
  14. Tiwari, Ayush (19 August 2018). "What the 'fact-checks' on Modi's gutter-gas theory didn't tell us". Newslaundry.
  15. Manish, Sai (2018-04-07). "Right vs Wrong: Arundhati Roy, Mohandas Pai funding fake news busters". Business Standard India. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  16. Kaur, Kanchan (11 February 2019). "Conclusions and recommendations on the application by OpIndia.com". International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN). Archived from the original on 10 March 2019.
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