Congratulations to @ShekharGupta’s ‘The Print’ for turning one. Here’s a report card. Of course, I’m sure we missed some achievements of the past one year, but this list I’m about to tweet is quite indicative of the portal’s stellar performance

When The Print maligned @anuraag_saxena and IPP, and Anuraag hit back

http://www.opindia.com/2017/07/an-open-letter-to-shekhar-gupta-by-a-man-whose-efforts-were-maligned-by-theprint/ …

When Shekhar Gupta got a converted Christian to write about Rajput pride.

http://www.opindia.com/2017/11/people-react-after-shekhar-guptas-publication-gets-a-converted-christian-to-write-about-rajput-pride/ …

When Taslima Nasreen blamed The Print and Shekhar Gupta for twisting her words on Hindu extremism

http://www.opindia.com/2017/12/taslima-nasreen-blames-shekhar-gupta-the-print-for-twisting-her-words-on-hindu-extremism/ …

When The Print blatantly lied about Doklam.

http://www.opindia.com/2018/01/it-is-the-same-old-renewed-aggression-at-doklam-lie-in-a-brand-new-the-print-package/ …

When The Print twisted a simple issue and misled its readers about IIT-B promoting “Brahmanical notions of food practices”

http://www.opindia.com/2018/01/the-print-not-only-misled-readers-about-iit-b-but-spun-a-simple-issue-to-divide-the-society-based-on-caste/ …

The lady accused of casteism by ‘The Print’ lashes out at the hit job, calls it ‘sick journalism’

http://www.opindia.com/2018/01/the-lady-accused-of-casteism-by-the-print-lashes-out-at-the-hit-job-calls-it-sick-journalism/ …

And they lied about Doklam... again

http://www.opindia.com/2018/03/the-print-must-answer-why-its-spinning-sensational-stories-about-chinese-aggression-in-doklam/ …

When The Print turned the issue of open defecation into a Hindu-Muslim issue

http://www.opindia.com/2018/03/shekhar-gupta-the-print-slammed-open-defecation-hindu-muslim-issue/ …

The Print reported that Smriti Irani wanted to track journalists with the help of RFIDs. A denial by the ministry was published. But who cares?

http://www.opindia.com/2018/04/despite-denial-shekhar-gupta-peddles-fake-news-doesnt-even-report-the-denial/ …

Chetan Bhagat slams Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint for lack of ethics

http://www.opindia.com/2018/04/chetan-bhagat-slams-shekhar-guptas-theprint-for-lack-of-ethics/ …

When The Print republished an article from the Dawn that spoke about how disastrous it would be if Modi was the first PM of India instead of Nehru. An article which was hilarious coming from a Pakistani.

http://www.opindia.com/2018/04/pakistan-would-still-remain-a-motherlode-of-terrorism-had-hafiz-saeed-not-liaquat-ali-khan-been-its-first-leader/ …

As Shekhar Gupta’s ‘The Print’ romanticises treason, here is why Madhuri Gupta is being sent to prison

http://www.opindia.com/2018/05/as-shekhar-guptas-the-print-romanticises-treason-here-is-why-madhuri-gupta-is-being-sent-to-prison/ …

When Shekhar ji chose to overestimate Maoists, just so he could undermine Modi

http://www.opindia.com/2018/06/yes-shekhar-gupta-maoists-arent-the-brightest-bulbs-in-the-room-but-neither-are-you-or-the-print/ …

When the Indian Army condemned The Print’s factually inaccurate report where it had claimed that the Army wrote a note that Army feared US could leak data to Pakistan if India-US sign military secrecy pact

http://www.opindia.com/2018/07/the-indian-army-condemns-the-prints-factually-incorrect-report/ …

Where even Congress had to deny a report by The Print. Lol

http://www.opindia.com/2018/07/congress-denies-reports-on-abolishing-income-tax-for-those-under-age-of-35-years/ …

When the TRAI chief crossed swords with ‘The Print’ for misquoting him on the Aadhaar privacy norms

http://www.opindia.com/2018/07/trai-chief-crosses-swords-with-the-print-for-misquoting-him-on-the-aadhaar-privacy-norms/ …

Shekhar Gupta, the divider : From caste to religion

http://www.opindia.com/2018/01/shekhar-gupta-the-divider-from-caste-to-religion/ …

Where Shekhar Gupta saw caste in Lalu’s conviction

http://www.opindia.com/2017/12/lalu-yadav-shekhar-gupta-casteism-fodder-scam-cbi-conviction/ …

When a bunch of teenagers defended themselves against the influential

http://www.opindia.com/2018/02/no-mr-shekhar-gupta-you-cant-malign-us-while-tacitly-supporting-hate-speech-yourself/ …

Journalists slammed for their distasteful tweets about children’s deaths in Gorakhpur. Gupta ji was one of them.

http://www.opindia.com/2017/08/journalists-slammed-for-their-distasteful-tweets-about-childrens-deaths-in-gorakhpur/ …

When Gupta ji too used the Kerala floods to whip up North-South divide.

http://www.opindia.com/2018/08/social-justice-willingly-sacrificed-as-divide-and-rule-gains-traction-among-the-intellectual-elite/ …

There are more. We couldn’t chronicle every achievement of the President of Editor’s Guild and his portal, The Print. We will work harder henceforth 🙏

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