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| '''OpIndia''' is an Indian news and opinion 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>. It is ideologically oriented towards ]<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> | |||
| '''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 was founded in 2014 by |
OpIndia was founded in December 2014 by Kumar Kunal Kamal as a current affairs and opinion publishing website.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.opindia.com/about/|title=About Us - OpIndia|access-date=25 November 2019}}</ref> 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 November 2018, it was announced that OpIndia has been separated from Swarajya and was constituted as a new legal entity called Aadhyaasi Media And Content Services Private Limited.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.opindia.com/2018/11/announcement-opindia-is-now-a-separate-legal-and-business-entity/|title=Announcement: OpIndia is now a separate legal and business entity|access-date=25 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== | ||
Revision as of 05:10, 28 November 2019
Indian news and opinion portal| OpIndia logo | |
| Type of site | News |
|---|---|
| Available in | English, Hindi |
| Owner | Aadhyaasi Media And Content Services Private Limited |
| URL | www |
OpIndia is an Indian news and opinion portal. It is ideologically oriented towards right-wing
OpIndia was founded in December 2014 by Kumar Kunal Kamal as a current affairs and opinion publishing 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 November 2018, it was announced that OpIndia has been separated from Swarajya and was constituted as a new legal entity called Aadhyaasi Media And Content Services Private Limited.
References
- 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.
- "About Us - OpIndia". Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- Manish, Sai (2018-04-07). "Right vs Wrong: Arundhati Roy, Mohandas Pai funding fake news busters". Business Standard India. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- "Announcement: OpIndia is now a separate legal and business entity". Retrieved 25 November 2019.