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It would seem that OpIndia has been described by several reliable sources as far-right, as opposed to merely right-wing. Examples: "the far-right news website OpIndia..."^[1] "Bellingcat identified two such far-right outlets–OpIndia and Hindu Existence."^[2] "OpIndia’s current avatar is similar to what a 2010 New Yorker profile of Andrew Breitbart, the founder of the far-right..."^[3] "a case study of far-right media OpIndia."^[4] "How Far-Right Hindu Supremacy Went Global"^[5], (the site explicitly mentions OpIndia.) "The far-right news website has faced..."^[6]^[7]

And there further examples. Therefore, I request that the article be edited, with appropriate inline citations added in both places, in the following ways:

#1: "OpIndia is an Indian right-wing news website known for frequently publishing misinformation." → "OpIndia is an Indian far-right news website known for frequently publishing misinformation."

#2:

2402:8100:24CB:B6DC:706B:CAA8:977:8E81 (talk) 05:18, 10 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Consensus needed for this. GrabUp - Talk 06:29, 10 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please note that my IP Address changes frequently. In my opinion, the evidence I presented is sufficient enough for an edit, and there is more evidence out there. I kindly ask, what do you mean by your reply? Can such a consensus be achieved here and what is the threshold for it? 2402:8100:24CB:B6DC:706B:CAA8:977:8E81 (talk) 03:52, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

As I said earlier, there is sufficient evidence to perform an edit. I have presented a multitude of references describing OpIndia as far-right. Please note, my IP Address keeps changing, and this is hopefully the last comment I will be putting on this page, and I hope my request is assessed fairly, taking what I have presented into consideration. 2402:8100:24CB:B6DC:706B:CAA8:977:8E81 (talk) 03:55, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Elliott, Vittoria. "A Far-Right Indian News Site Posts Racist Conspiracies. US Tech Companies Keep Platforming It". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
^ Chaudhuri, Pooja (2024-05-28). "How Four Hindu Nationalist Websites Make Their Money". bellingcat. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
^ Tiwari, Ayush (2020-06-23). "OpIndia: Hate speech, vanishing advertisers, and an undisclosed BJP connection". Newslaundry. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
^ "Atmosphere of Hate – OpIndia". The London Story. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
^ Daly, Max; Ghazi, Sahar Habib; Pundir, Pallavi (2022-10-26). "How Far-Right Hindu Supremacy Went Global". Vice. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
^ Qadir, Gafira (2024-07-01). "Journalist Meer Faisal sends notice to OpIndia for defamatory articles, seeks apology, 1 crore rupees compensation". Maktoob media. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
^ Sivaraman, R. (2023-03-06). "Case against OpIndia CEO and Editor for 'spreading false news'". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
^ ^a ^b Kumar, Keval J. (2020). Mass Communication in India. Jaico Publishing House. p. 71. ISBN 9788172243739. Archived from the original on 1 December 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
^ Bhat, Prashanth; Chadha, Kalyani (31 March 2020). "Anti-media populism: Expressions of media distrust by right-wing media in India". Journal of International and Intercultural Communication. 13 (2). Routledge: 166–182. doi:10.1080/17513057.2020.1739320. S2CID 216480199. Archived from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2021 – via Taylor & Francis.
^ Chadha, Kalyani; Bhat, Prashanth (14 February 2019). "The media are biased: Exploring online right wing responses to mainstream news media in India". In Rao, Shakuntala (ed.). Indian Journalism in a New Era: Changes, Challenges, and Perspectives. Oxford University Press. pp. 115–140. ISBN 978-0-19-949082-0. Retrieved 12 May 2020 – via ResearchGate.

Already done — hako9 (talk) 18:34, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How OpIndia makes money

Bellingcat recently did an investigation on OpIndia and other sites like them where they found that OpIndia might be using foreign money which could be a violation of FDI norms and quiet possibly FCRA license regime in India. But I'm not sure I would prefer if we can build consensus and then make sure this new information also reflects in the article.

https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/05/28/how-hindu-nationalist-far-right-india-websites-money/

https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/08/29/google-ads-funding-disinformation-india/ DataCrusade1999 (talk) 06:44, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

OPindia research article

I would like to know if I am permitted to utilize the thorough research analysis that Opindia conducted under the heading "Wikipedia's war on India" in a new section of this article titled Investigation. I have carefully reviewed the research article as given below and have identified several items that could improve this page.

https://www.scribd.com/document/767384994/Wikipedia-s-War-on-India-An-OpIndia-Dossier

Thanks 2409:40C2:4054:8D84:CCC:7021:27C:535E (talk) 12:23, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Per community consensus,

OpIndia (RSP entry) is a generally unreliable source for the reasons explained in the article corresponding to this talk page. The use of the linked document is not appropriate for this Wikipedia article, as it would constitute undue weight. However, if a reliable source covers the linked document, that reliable source might be eligible for inclusion. — Newslinger talk 11:26, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fake news

@Vanamonde93: There are many reliable sources clearly asserting that OpIndia is a fake news website.[1][2][3][4][5] We have also made it clear on Fake news website#India and List of fake news websites for years. Can you answer what are you actually disputing? Dympies (talk) 01:09, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

And we prominently report the fact that it has published fake news repeatedly. If you want to use stronger language than that, you need substantive sources, and not OpEds. This is the only one of your sources that counts for anything. Vanamonde93 (talk) 01:21, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It is a fake news website. Not just this but this has also provided enough context as to why they call OpIndia a fake news. See this too. Do you have any sources that dispute this fact? Dympies (talk) 01:48, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The CUP source is actually quite good. I would suggest reframing the sentence based on that and additionally citing the detailed newslaundry source. The wording you added was quite redundant, however. I would suggest simply omitting "news", and amending the rest of the sentence to include "misinformation and propaganda", citing the CUP source. There's also details in there ("poses as a factchecker"...BJP propaganda...Sharma's prior affiliation) that should go in the body. Vanamonde93 (talk) 03:18, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You should propose what's the exact wording you would prefer. Dympies (talk) 02:05, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fake news

Opindia cannot be considered as a fake news website now as it hasn't published fake news since 2021 and nowadays , when they publish news , they show a tweet of ANI or other news channels to support that. They have improved significantly now. Also the organisation which termed opindia as fake news website was a partner of Altnews till april 2020 which is opindia's biggest rival. You can just look at the news articles after march 2021 . They have changed drastically. We can now just say that it is an organisation and write their fake news under a separate title named Controversies . That would be much better 2405:201:4001:419C:B56F:68EF:AE98:8FD0 (talk) 14:53, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Elliott, Vittoria. "A Far-Right Indian News Site Posts Racist Conspiracies. US Tech Companies Keep Platforming It". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2024-07-10.

[2] Chaudhuri, Pooja (2024-05-28). "How Four Hindu Nationalist Websites Make Their Money". bellingcat. Retrieved 2024-07-10.

[3] Tiwari, Ayush (2020-06-23). "OpIndia: Hate speech, vanishing advertisers, and an undisclosed BJP connection". Newslaundry. Retrieved 2024-07-10.

[4] "Atmosphere of Hate – OpIndia". The London Story. Retrieved 2024-07-10.

[5] Daly, Max; Ghazi, Sahar Habib; Pundir, Pallavi (2022-10-26). "How Far-Right Hindu Supremacy Went Global". Vice. Retrieved 2024-07-10.

[6] Qadir, Gafira (2024-07-01). "Journalist Meer Faisal sends notice to OpIndia for defamatory articles, seeks apology, 1 crore rupees compensation". Maktoob media. Retrieved 2024-07-10.

[7] Sivaraman, R. (2023-03-06). "Case against OpIndia CEO and Editor for 'spreading false news'". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-07-10.

[Kumar's_description-8] Kumar, Keval J. (2020). Mass Communication in India. Jaico Publishing House. p. 71. ISBN 9788172243739. Archived from the original on 1 December 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.

[JIIC-9] Bhat, Prashanth; Chadha, Kalyani (31 March 2020). "Anti-media populism: Expressions of media distrust by right-wing media in India". Journal of International and Intercultural Communication. 13 (2). Routledge: 166–182. doi:10.1080/17513057.2020.1739320. S2CID 216480199. Archived from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2021 – via Taylor & Francis.

[IJNE-10] Chadha, Kalyani; Bhat, Prashanth (14 February 2019). "The media are biased: Exploring online right wing responses to mainstream news media in India". In Rao, Shakuntala (ed.). Indian Journalism in a New Era: Changes, Challenges, and Perspectives. Oxford University Press. pp. 115–140. ISBN 978-0-19-949082-0. Retrieved 12 May 2020 – via ResearchGate.

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