BOOM did unique fact checks on misreporting or false reporting by news channels, websites and agencies like Aaj Tak, Times Of India, ABP News, Times Now, India Today, IANS, Jagran between January 1 and December 24, 2020. We have compiled the top fact checks below to give you a glimpse of how reporting can go awry. The year of 2020 saw some major events - the outbreak of a global pandemic, fatal clashes between India and China for the first time in four decades, and the tragic death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, to name a few. While these events were mostly well-reported on, there were certain instances when the mainstream media went a few steps too far and spread misleading or false information.