Here Are the Biggest Stories the Media Got Wrong in 2020
BOOM did 40 unique fact checks on misreporting or false reporting by news channels, websites and agencies between January 1 and December 24, 2020. The results reveal misreporting on several national issues.
File photo of Indian press photographers. Photo: Reuters
Politics30/Dec/2020
The year of 2020 saw some major eventsâ 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.