Top Lies spread by Indian Media in August 2015

Top Lies spread by Indian Media in August 2015


  • The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) issued a statement that the Executive Committee cancelled the meet because Pakistan did not invite the J & K speaker.

  • Lies, damned lies, and statistics, is an age old phrase, and Indian MSM, when faced with huge data like the Religious Census figures, used all sort of twisted arguments to present whatever they wanted.

  • 4 August 2015: CNN IBN BJD joins JDU, CPI, CPM, RSP, NCP, TMC, AAP & Congress protest against suspension of MPs from LS IBN claimed that along with other UPA faithfuls, BJD too protested against the suspension of Congress MPs from the Lok Sabha for unruly behaviour.

  • 18 August 2015: Indian Express and ABP News (at least) Preity Zinta to IPL officials: Some of my players may have been linked to suspicious activity

  • News reports from a section of media claimedthat Zinta had told BCCI officials that some players from Kings XI Punjab may have indulged in suspicious activities linked to throwing matches.


Here are some relevant news items:credits to u-sr33


I'm a bot | OP can reply with "delete" to remove | Message Creator | Source | Did I just break? See how you can help! Visit the source and check out the Readme

/r/india Thread Link - opindia.com