| Type | News Satire |
|---|---|
| Format | Newspaper |
| Owner(s) | Network 18 Group |
| Founder(s) | Rahul Roushan |
| Founded | 15 September 2008; 12 years ago |
| Ceased publication | 11 July 2020 |
| Website | fakingnews.com |
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- Published by Rahul Roushan on August 4, 2014 When the alleged force feeding of a fasting Muslim man by a Shiv Sena MP happened, I felt that the religious angle was a spin given to the incident, and that the media was needlessly playing it up.
- On Thursday, Rahul Roushan, the CEO of OpIndia, took to Twitter to express a satirical take on the Jamia shootout where an alleged shooting incident had occurred. Subsequently, the shooter was arrested and turned out to be a Hindu, predictably triggering the leftist media to incessantly peddle the ‘Hindu terror’ narrative.
Faking News, originally started as a form of blog,[1] was[2] an Indiannews satire website that published fake news reports containing satire on politics and society of India.[3][4] It was a critique of mainstream news media in India.[5] The website also published occasional serious articles related to television journalism in India. The website was launched on September 15, 2008.[6] Sims 3 castaway pc.
Rahul Roushan talks to Aprameya Radhakrishna, founder of Koo In today’s time, it is uncertain if the microblogging platform Twitter will be a sustainable platform for nationalist Indians to voice their opinion and have a healthy discussion. Also, there is a need for an India-made platform to give a better user experience to the Indian community.
It was founded by Rahul Roushan, a Delhi based management consultant, known by the pseudonymPagal Patrakar, a Hindi term that literally translates to 'crazy/mad journalist' in English.[3][7]Faking News was one of the few websites or blogs in India using the tools of sarcasm and humour to publish news satire, as is widely done in the western countries, a trend pioneered by The Onion of the US.
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On 31 May 2013, it was announced that Faking News had been acquired by Network 18-led First Post.[8]
News taken seriously[edit]
Two of the fake news reports by Faking News, 'Unable to attract even a single girl, frustrated man sues Axe'[3][9] and 'Men talking loud on mobile during movies have smaller penises', were mistaken as being genuine and factual news reports by an Indian website Indiainfo.com on October 21, 2009 and were republished on their website.[10][11] Subsequently, the Axe story was republished by many other websites and blogs in countries other than India, mistaking it to be a true story,[12][13][14][15][16][17] twice by The Times of India on May 27, 2011[18] and on September 25, 2011[19] making it an urban legend.[20] Another Faking News report titled 'Unable to figure out Google Wave, youngster kills himself'[3] was mistaken as being true by an Indian website Oneindia.in on November 10, 2009.[21] Another instance of a Faking News article being taken seriously took place on December 22, 2013, when a satire article 'IRCTC website running slow due to fog: committee report' was published as real news report by news magazine India Today.[22] In another instance on May 28, 2014, legal team of BJP leader Nitin Gadkari quoted a Faking News article in their defence, mistaking it as a true news report, while arguing a defamation case.[23]
Achievements[edit]
- Faking News' Rahul Roushan created a full page 'Parody Times' in India's leading newspaper Hindustan Times on September 2, 2012 as a spoof of a front page of the same newspaper.[24]
Closing down[edit]
Faking news was closed down in July 2020. There are many reasons attributed towards the closing of this website but the company has not come out with any official statement. The most common reason is believed to be low revenue.[25] It had over 370k visitors on its website and the revenue from google AdSense was very low. Another reason being attributed is the lack of creative content.
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References[edit]
- ^Affle appoints Rahul Roushan as head, content servicesafaqs.com. Retrieved 17 February 2013
- ^'Twitter'. mobile.twitter.com. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
- ^ abcdWhat a fake!thehindu.com. Retrieved 25 March 2013
- ^Piquant PunchArchived 2012-10-13 at the Wayback Machineoutlookindia.com. Retrieved 17 February 2013
- ^Faking News: Making stuff up has never been so funcnn.com. Retrieved 19 May 2013
- ^About Us | Faking News- About usfakingnews.com. Retrieved 17 February 2013
- ^Exclusive Interview with Pagal Patrakar of Faking Newsblog.blogadda.com. Retrieved 17 February 2013
- ^'Faking News is now a part of Network 18's Firstpost'. India. 2013-05-31. Retrieved 2013-05-31.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^ABC Media Watch: Loveless Fake Attracts the Mediaabc.net.au. Retrieved 19 May 2013
- ^'Man sues Axe, as unable to get girl - Indiainfo.com (now removed)'. Archived from the original on 2011-10-13. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
- ^'Loud men have smaller penises - Indiainfo.com (now removed)'. Archived from the original on 2013-01-26. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
- ^Demanda a Axe porque no conquistó chicas - Mexican website
- ^Fick inga brudar – stämmer Axe - Swedish website
- ^Man sues Lynx after failing to pull in seven years - The Daily Record
- ^Man sues over lack of 'Lynx effect' - Ananova (now removed)
- ^'After seven unlucky years, man sues for Axe 'failure' - The Australian (now removed)'. Archived from the original on 2009-11-04. Retrieved 2009-11-02.
- ^'Man sues Lynx after failing to get girl - ninemsn (now removed)'. Archived from the original on 2009-11-03. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
- ^'Deo ads face the Axe effect (last paragraph) - The Times of India'. Archived from the original on 2018-02-20. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
- ^'The bottomline: How far can naughty go? (fourth paragraph) - The Times of India'. Archived from the original on 2019-02-07. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
- ^''Axe Effect' Lawsuit in India a Hoax - Asylum.com'. Archived from the original on 2014-08-18. Retrieved 2011-09-25.
- ^Vadodara youth kills himself over Google Wave - OneIndia.com (now removed)[permanent dead link]
- ^Fog hits IRCTC website, claims committee report - India Today
- ^When Gadkari’s legal team thought a Faking News story was real
- ^Spoof Alert Hindustan Times
- ^'What Happened To FakingNews Website? Why FakingNews Has Stopped Working? Is FakingNews Dead? > AllTimeTrends'. AllTimeTrends. 2020-08-28. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
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Rahul Roushan is best known as a Journalist. He was born on January 29, 1980 in Patna. In 2008, inspired by the American news satire website The Onion, Roushan started Faking News as a blog and wrote under the pseudonym Pagal Patrakaar (crazy journalist). In 2009, the blog was turned into a full-fledged website. In 2013, Faking News was acquired by Firstpost, a news portal of the Network 18 group, for an undisclosed amount. Roushan went on to serve as its editor till September 2016, when he switched to Swarajya as Chief Strategy Officer.
In November 2018, he became the CEO of a spin-off digital media startup – Aadhyaasi Media & Content Services, which took over the production of OpIndia from Swarajya. Ideologically oriented towards right-wing populism, OpIndia claims to be a fact-checking website, but has published fake news on multiple occasions. In May 2019, the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN), an affiliate of the Poynter Institute, rejected its application to be accredited as a fact checker.
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| Popular As | Rahul Roushan |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Age | 39 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Aquarius |
| Birth Date | January 29, 1980 |
| Birthday | January 29 |
| Birthplace | Patna |
| Nationality | India |
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He served as the editor of Faking News until 2016 and previously also worked as chief strategy officer for Swarajya, a conservative Indian magazine. Lord we proclaim you now mp3.
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Rahul Roushan current age 41 years old. Rahul born under the Aquarius horoscope as Rahul's birth date is January 29. While still being a student, he had launched crickstock.com, a virtual gaming website, ahead of the 2007 Cricket World Cup. Crickstock.com was later sold off to a US based online gaming company and Roushan chose a freelancing career as management consultant; one of his projects included helping the Bihar government set up a management institute in Patna, in 2008.
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Roushan comes from the city of Patna in Bihar. He graduated in Mathematics from Patna University in year 2001, and then received a postgraduate diploma in broadcast journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) in New Delhi in 2002. Rahul is also an alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad with a Post Graduate Diploma in Management granted in 2007. Roushan is settled in Mumbai, where he lives with his wife.