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Times of India Misreports Agra Woman Fleeing After Coronavirus Tests

BOOM spoke to the family of the couple who disputed Times of India's claims that the woman fled from Bangalore

15 March 2020 2:33 PM GMT

Fact File

Hyderabad Encounter: How News Channels Covered The Story

While some prime time shows presented a balanced view of the debate, some others were one-sided and without direction.

8 Dec 2019 2:48 PM GMT

Fact File

British Herald, Who? How Indian Media Fell For An Unknown Website's...

After talking to British Herald officials, BOOM found that the poll has several discrepancies and ambiguities that were...

25 Jun 2019 2:16 PM GMT

MEDIA

The Mysterious Existence Of NaMo TV: Ad Sales Or Hindi News Channel?

The channel which only airs speeches by PM Narendra Modi and borrows his name, does not appear in the list of channels...

4 April 2019 3:49 PM GMT

MEDIA

IANS Apologises For Using Expletive To Describe PM Modi, Suspends...

'We apologise profoundly to our subscribers, readers and the Hon'ble Prime Minister for the error,' said Hardev Sanotra, ...

13 Sep 2018 10:48 AM GMT

Media

'Stung Media Houses Tried To Intimidate Us': Cobrapost's Aniruddha...

Bahal spoke to BOOM's Founding Editor Govindraj Ethiraj and explained why sting journalism is necessary and in public...

7 Jun 2018 12:40 PM GMT

Media

We Need To Get Better At Covering Studies About Fake News

Coverage of a seminal and important study comes short if it doesn’t clarify the nature of the sample of a study — and...

12 March 2018 2:59 PM GMT

MEDIA

Paresh Rawal's #JhoothiCongress Tweet Puts Focus On Manufactured

Paresh Rawal's deleted #JhoothiCongress tweet shows why you do not require bots to manufacture trends.

27 Feb 2018 3:23 PM GMT

FactCheck

MEA Jumps Gun About Riyadh's Nod To Air India To Use Its Airspace;...

The news of Air India getting approval from Saudi Arabia to use its airspace to fly to Israel was source-based.

14 Feb 2018 12:35 PM GMT

India

Environment Ministry Twitter Handle Tries To Troll Congress Ends Up...

Trigger-happy environment ministry tweets a reply trolling Congress, ends up trolling itself.

25 Jan 2018 8:37 AM GMT

India

Flashback: The 2004 'Cash For Warrants' Scam That Shook The Judiciary

The recent cases of corruption charges against the judiciary are not new. We bring to you a case from 2004 when a...

18 Jan 2018 3:09 PM GMT

MEDIA

Twitter’s New 280-Character Limit Trial Is A Risky Strategy

Social media site Twitter is trialling longer, 280-character limits to help users “easily express themselves”. At first...

4 Oct 2017 10:41 AM GMT