OpIndia
Type of site | Fake news[1] Trolling[1] |
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Available in | English, Hindi, Gujarati[2] |
Headquarters | New Delhi |
Owner | Aadhyaasi Media and Content Services |
Founder(s) |
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Editors |
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CEO | Rahul Roushan |
URL | opindia.com |
Commercial | Yes |
Launched | December 2014 |
Part of a series on |
Islamophobia |
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OpIndia is an Indian
OpIndia is dedicated to criticism of what it considers
The website is owned by Aadhyaasi Media and Content Services, a former subsidiary of the parent company of the right-wing magazine Swarajya.[6]: 2 [7] The current CEO of OpIndia is Rahul Roushan, and the current editors are Nupur J Sharma (English) and Chandan Kumar (Hindi).[3]
History
OpIndia was founded in December 2014
Raj left OpIndia over a disagreement with the site's editorial stance.
In the 2018–2019 financial year, Aadhyaasi Media reported ₹1 million (US$13,000) in profit.
Content
OpIndia solely denounces what it describes as "
- Portraying mistakes as fake news: OpIndia has provided coverage of "misquoted statements, incorrect headlines, or errors" in various mainstream media outlets, including NDTV, The Times Group and BBC, and claimed them to be "fake news". After the outlets published corrections, OpIndia continued to allege that the errors were intentional. According to Bhat and Chadha, the rhetoric employed by OpIndia is similar to the strategies used by European right-wing populist publications that aim to engender distrust in the mainstream media.[6]: 5–6
- financial misconduct, "malicious editing" and other forms of unethical behaviour. Some stories in this category were obtained by monitoring the journalists' social media accounts for "inconsistencies or contradictions". Bhat and Chadha compared OpIndia's method of attacking journalists to practices used by American right-wing publications.[6]: 6–7
- Alleging partisanship: OpIndia has alleged the existence of a "news media conspiracy" in which mainstream media outlets are biased against the ruling BJP and India itself, and favourable toward the opposition Indian National Congress (INC), which the website considered part of the "establishment". OpIndia claimed that the media produced too little coverage of the INC's use of Cambridge Analytica, while providing too much coverage of the BJP's handling of the Rafale deal controversy. English-language outlets are the primary targets of OpIndia's criticism.[6]: 7–8
- Amplifying criticism: OpIndia has regularly featured stories in which celebrities and public officials criticised mainstream media outlets, and reports in which the outlets apologised to critics. In these stories, OpIndia accused journalists of various faults, including "insensitivity and irresponsibility", misinformation, publishing sensitive information and compromising "national security". In one story, OpIndia covered the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting's criticism of journalist Nidhi Razdan, then played down the Minister's correction after the situation was revealed to be a "misunderstanding".[6]: 8–9
- Alleging bias against India and Hindus: OpIndia has accused Indian publications of having a liberal media bias and of publishing stories that are "anti-India", particularly regarding India–Pakistan relations. The website published allegations that mainstream media outlets were "anti-Hindu", including in rebukes of Times Now and CNN-News18 for covering weight loss tips and fireworks bans around Diwali. Bhat and Chadha wrote that OpIndia's portrayal of the mainstream media as "pro-minority and anti-majority" is in line with the narratives communicated through Norwegian and German right-wing websites, and that the Diwali accusations resemble the "War on Christmas" allegations published by American right-wing outlets.[6]: 9–11
Raj, in 2014, intended for OpIndia to combat
After the
Bihar human sacrifice claims
Between 9–14 May 2020, OpIndia published a series of seven articles (one in English and six in Hindi)
Jaiswal's
Vijay Kumar Verma, a
Plagiarism
OpIndia has also been engaged in
Reception
In March 2019, the IFCN rejected OpIndia's application to be certified as a fact checker.[12] While noting partial compliance on a number of categories, the IFCN rejected the application on grounds of political partisanship and lack of transparency and raised concerns over questionable fact-checking methodologies.[45] The rejection disqualified OpIndia from fact-checking contracts with web properties owned by Facebook and Google. In response, Sharma criticised the IFCN assessment and urged for acceptance of outlets with "declared ideological leanings".[12]
After co-founder Raj departed OpIndia, he described the website as a "blind mouthpiece" of the BJP on
See also
References
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- ^ "અમારા વિષે(About Us)". ઑપઇન્ડિયા [OpIndia] (in Gujarati). Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
અમારા આ જ વાચકવર્ગની માંગણીને માન આપીને 2019માં ઑપઇન્ડિયા હિન્દી બાદ હવે 2022માં અમે ઑપઇન્ડિયા ગુજરાતી લાવી રહ્યા છીએ.
[Respecting the demand of our same readership, after OpIndia Hindi in 2019, now in 2022 we are bringing OpIndia Gujarati.] - ^ a b "हमारे बारे में" [About Us]. ऑपइंडिया [OpIndia] (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
ऑपइंडिया (हिन्दी) के वर्तमान संपादक चंदन कुमार हैं
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The online press has many such stories whose intent is largely divided between sensationalism and anti Muslim sentiment as any browse of the right wing site www.opindia.com shows.
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