{{About|English news channel|Hindi news channel|Times Now Navbharat}}{{short description|Indian English language news channel}} {{Use Indian English|date=May 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}} {{Infobox television channel | name = Times Now | logo = Times Now logo.svg | launch_date = {{start date and age|2006|1|23|df=y}} | sister_channels = Times Now Navbharat<br/>Zoom<br/>ET Now<br/>Movies Now<br/>Romedy Now<br/>Mirror Now<br/>MNX<br/>MN+<br/>ET Now Swadesh<br/> | country = India | owner = The Times Group | language = English | picture_format = 4:3 (576i, SDTV) <br/> 16:9 (1080i, HDTV) | headquarters = Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | area = | website = {{URL|timesnownews.com}} | terr_serv_1 = Fetch TV (Australia) | terr_chan_1 = 719 | online_serv_1 = Live Stream | online_chan_1 = [https://www.timesnownews.com/livetv/timesnow/video Watch Live] | online_serv_2 = Live Stream on Zenga TV | online_chan_2 = [http://www.zengatv.com/live/a847a95c-99d3-11e1-85c0-123141010175.html Watch Live] }}
'''Times Now''' is an English-language news channel in India owned and operated by The Times Group. The channel launched on 23 January 2006 in partnership with Reuters.<ref name="Thussu2008">{{cite book|author=Daya Kishan Thussu|title=News as Entertainment: The Rise of Global Infotainment|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pRiiYoanw6kC&pg=PA100|access-date=15 January 2018|date=9 January 2008|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-1-84787-506-8|pages=100–|archive-date=26 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326142322/https://books.google.com/books?id=pRiiYoanw6kC&pg=PA100|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/reuters-to-pay-19-mn-for-26-in-times-now-106022101005_1.html | title=Reuters to pay $19 mn for 26% in Times Now | publisher=Business Standard | work=Bipin Chandran | date=14 June 2013 | access-date=15 January 2018 | last1=Chandran | first1=Bipin | archive-date=15 January 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115185337/http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/reuters-to-pay-19-mn-for-26-in-times-now-106022101005_1.html | url-status=live }}</ref>
It is a pay television throughout India. Until 2016, it was India's most popular and the most viewed English news channel.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/entertainment/can-any-english-news-channel-beat-the-just-turned-10-times-now/article8201261.ece | title=Can any English news channel beat the just turned 10 Times Now? | publisher=The Hindu | work=Pradyuman Maheshwari | date=6 February 2016 | access-date=15 January 2018 | last1=Maheshwari | first1=Pradyuman | archive-date=6 February 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160206041231/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/entertainment/can-any-english-news-channel-beat-the-just-turned-10-times-now/article8201261.ece | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="MajumdarMehta2009">{{cite book|author1=Boria Majumdar|author2=Nalin Mehta|title=India and the Olympics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E3ONAgAAQBAJ&pg=PR9|access-date=15 January 2018|date=7 May 2009|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-27575-4|pages=9–|archive-date=26 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326142323/https://books.google.com/books?id=E3ONAgAAQBAJ&pg=PR9|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.ft.com/content/2a1de6d0-89e5-11e5-8a12-b0ce506400af | title=India's Times Now news channel to launch in UK | publisher=Financial Times | work=James Crabtre | date=15 November 2015 | access-date=15 January 2018 | archive-date=16 January 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116004238/https://www.ft.com/content/2a1de6d0-89e5-11e5-8a12-b0ce506400af | url-status=live }}</ref>
The channel is widely seen as supportive of Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party.<ref name=":5">{{Cite journal |last=Bhat |first=Prashanth |last2=Chadha |first2=Kalyani |date=2023-04-03 |title=Expanding public debate? Examining the impact of India’s top English language political talk shows |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01296612.2022.2140953 |journal=Media Asia |language=en |volume=50 |issue=2 |pages=244–263 |doi=10.1080/01296612.2022.2140953 |issn=0129-6612|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name=":2" />
Times Now has been criticised for reporting misinformation.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Jawed |first=Sam |date=13 February 2018 |title=A compilation of Times Now’s experiments with untruth |url=https://www.altnews.in/compilation-times-nows-experiments-untruth/ |website=Alt News}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Team |first=N. L. |date=2023-01-04 |title=Among media outlets, Times Group, Zee shared most misinformation in 2022: Alt News |url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2023/01/04/among-media-outlets-times-group-zee-shared-most-misinformation-in-2022-alt-news |access-date=2024-10-24 |website=Newslaundry |language=en}}</ref>
==History== In 2016 Arnab Goswami (the earlier editor-in-chief) left the channel to launch Republic TV; S. Sundaram, who had served as the CFO for Times Now between 2005 and 2012, was named the Group CFO.<ref>[https://www.indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/viewership/dingdong-contest-between-dd-india-and-republic-tv-in-english-news-genre-190507 Dingdong Contest between DD India and Republic TV in English News Genre] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513093214/https://www.indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/viewership/dingdong-contest-between-dd-india-and-republic-tv-in-english-news-genre-190507 |date=13 May 2019 }}, Television India</ref> Goswami resigned as editor-in-chief of Times Now on 1 November 2016, citing editorial differences, lack of freedom and newsroom politics.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Srikrishna|first=Vasupradha|date=1 September 2019|title=Neoliberal Media Making the Public Interest and Public Choice Theory Obsolete: Need for a New Theory|journal=Media Watch|volume=10|issue=3|doi=10.15655/mw/2019/v10i3/49692|issn=2249-8818|doi-access=free|url=https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/bitstream/document/74410/1/ssoar-mediawatch-2019-3-srikrishna-Neoliberal_Media_Making_the_Public.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/arnab-goswami-opens-up-was-not-allowed-to-enter-times-now-studio-117032700182_1.html|title=Arnab Goswami gets candid: Was not even allowed to enter Times Now studio|last=Team|first=BS Web|date=27 March 2017|work=Business Standard India|access-date=1 November 2019}}</ref> He hosted the last edition of his show,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mflADwAAQBAJ|title=Our Time Has Come: How India is Making Its Place in the World|last=Ayres|first=Alyssa|date=5 December 2017|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780190494537|pages=34, 81|language=en}}</ref> ''The Newshour Debate'', a fortnight later.<ref name="Arnab Goswami's new venture">{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/arnab-goswami-s-new-venture-is-called-republic-and-it-s-launching-on-26-january-116121600136_1.html|title=Arnab Goswami's new venture|access-date=8 January 2017|publisher=Business Standard}}</ref><ref name="Arnab Goswami announces new venture; Times Now gets a new chief editor">{{cite news|title=Arnab Goswami announces new venture; Times Now gets a new chief editor|publisher=Firstpost|access-date=8 January 2017|url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/arnab-goswami-announces-new-venture-times-now-gets-a-new-editor-in-chief-3158562.html}}</ref> This came after the show had been subject to an investigation by Ofcom, the UK broadcasting regulatory authority, in August and September; the investigation had held Times Now guilty of violating the impartiality clause of its broadcast code, stating that Goswami had presented without impartiality, including sometimes not letting his panellists speak at all.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/article/835842/proud-of-all-my-partners-arnab-goswami-when-asked-about-bjp-influence-in-new-venture|title='Proud of all my partners': Arnab Goswami when asked about BJP influence in new venture|last=Venkataramakrishnan|first=Shoaib Daniyal & Rohan|website=Scroll.in|date=27 April 2017 |language=en-US|access-date=14 November 2019}}</ref>
In May 2017, The Times Group lodged a complaint against Goswami and Prema Sridevi, a journalist with Republic TV, under the Indian Penal Code and Information Technology Act, 2000 accusing them of copyright infringement.<ref>{{cite news|title=Times Now files criminal case for stealing against Arnab Goswami of Republic TV|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/media/entertainment/media/bccl-registers-complaint-against-republic-tvs-arnab-goswami-reporter/articleshow/58707385.cms|access-date=17 May 2017|work=The Economic Times|date=17 May 2017}}</ref> BCCL alleged that the two, previously employed with Times Now, that it owns and operates, had used its intellectual property (IP) in telecasting certain audio tapes that were in their possession during their time at the channel. Alongside IP infringement, the complaint also alleged the commission of offenses of theft, criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of property, on the two, on multiple occasions days after the channel's launch.<ref>{{cite news|title=Arnab Goswami faces police complaint for 'cheating' Times Now over Sunanda Pushkar, Lalu tapes|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-arnab-goswami-faces-police-complaint-for-cheating-times-now-over-sunanda-pushkar-lalu-tapes-2441702|access-date=17 May 2017|work=Daily News and Analysis|date=17 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Times Group files criminal complaint against Arnab Goswami for IPR breach|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/times-group-files-criminal-complaint-against-arnab-goswami-for-ipr-breach-117051700902_1.html|work=Business Standard|date=17 May 2017 |access-date=18 May 2017|last1=Team |first1=BS Web }}</ref>{{and then what|date=November 2024}}
Times India eventually expanded the Times Now into a news network: {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:middle;" !Channel !Language !Genre |- |Times Now | rowspan="4" |English | rowspan="6" |News |- |Times Now World |- |Mirror Now |- |ET Now |- |Times Now NavBharat | rowspan="2" |Hindi |- |ET Now Swadesh |}
==Distribution== Along with the other Times group channels (Zoom, ET Now and Movies Now), Times Now is distributed by Media Network and Distribution (India) Ltd (MNDIL), which is a joint venture between The Times Group and Yogesh Radhakrishnan, a cable and satellite industry veteran, under the brand Prime Connect.<ref>{{cite web|title=BCCL floats TV distribution joint venture|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/BCCL-floats-TV-distribution-joint-venture/articleshow/7375417.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140114064410/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-28/india-business/28367584_1_channels-joint-venture-tv-foray|url-status=live|work=The Times of India|archive-date=14 January 2014}}</ref>
==Employees== * Rahul Shivshankar – Editor-in-chief <ref>{{cite news|title=Rahul Shivshankar appointed as Chief Editor of TIMES NOW|newspaper=The Economic Times|date=16 December 2016|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/media/entertainment/media/rahul-shivshankar-appointed-as-chief-editor-of-times-now/articleshow/56009850.cms|access-date=30 October 2018|archive-date=14 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414080438/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/media/entertainment/media/rahul-shivshankar-appointed-as-chief-editor-of-times-now/articleshow/56009850.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> (till January, 2023)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=T. N. M. |date=2023-06-20 |title=Rahul Shivshankar quits as Times Now Editor-in-chief |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/news/rahul-shivshankar-quits-times-now-editor-chief-178763 |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=The News Minute |language=en}}</ref> * Navika Kumar – Group editor <ref>{{cite news |title=Navika Kumar appointed Times Network Group editor |url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/02/19/navika-kumar-appointed-times-network-group-editor |access-date=24 February 2020 |work=📢 Newslaundry |date=19 February 2020 |language=en |archive-date=23 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223200444/https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/02/19/navika-kumar-appointed-times-network-group-editor |url-status=live }}</ref> * Maroof Raza – Consultant and strategic affairs expert<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/times-now-censured-for-not-revealing-defence-analyst-s-business-interests/1051671/|title=Times Now censured for not revealing defence analyst's business interests|work=indianexpress.com|access-date=17 January 2021|archive-date=6 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140406081229/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/times-now-censured-for-not-revealing-defence-analyst-s-business-interests/1051671|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Lawsuits== On 15 November 2011, in the country's highest defamation suit, the Supreme Court upheld the Bombay High Court's order requiring Times Now to pay ₹100 crore. The channel had erroneously run the picture of Supreme Court judge P.B. Sawant picture instead of someone similarly named as part of a Provident Fund scandal, and the payment went directly to Sawant.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/SC-asks-Times-Now-to-deposit-Rs-100-crore-before-HC-takes-up-its-appeal-in-defamation-case/articleshow/10734614.cms|title=SC asks Times Now to deposit Rs 100 crore before HC takes up its appeal in defamation case|work=Times of India|access-date=27 July 2016|date=15 November 2011|archive-date=11 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111110205/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/SC-asks-Times-Now-to-deposit-Rs-100-crore-before-HC-takes-up-its-appeal-in-defamation-case/articleshow/10734614.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2018, Times Now aired derogatory remarks about activist Sanjukta Basu. She filed a complaint with the News Broadcasting Standards Authority in March 2019. In October 2020, she moved Supreme Court claiming that her case was pending with NBSA. Before the case could be listed for hearing in the Supreme court, NBSA released the judgement on her complaint. NBSA ordered Times Now to air apology on live TV at 8PM and 9PM during the prime time and submit DVD copies of the same. NBSA found that Times Now had not contacted Basu to get her version and failed to verify the facts before broadcasting. This conduct was judged to be a violation of NBSA guidelines. The NBSA order noted that "there was an absence of neutrality in the programme".<ref name="Sanjukta Basu">{{cite news |author=Scroll Staff |title=Times Now asked to air apology to activist for derogatory remarks during 2018 debate |url=https://scroll.in/latest/976698/times-now-asked-to-air-apology-to-activist-for-derogatory-remarks-during-2018-debate |access-date=5 March 2022 |work=Scroll.in |date=25 October 2020 |archive-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305133626/https://scroll.in/latest/976698/times-now-asked-to-air-apology-to-activist-for-derogatory-remarks-during-2018-debate |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Controversies== ===Violation of Code of Ethics and Broadcasting Standards=== Times Now was accused of misrepresenting facts regarding an interview of an alleged eve teaser.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bhardwaj |first1=Ananya |title=Why Delhi woman behind viral post on 'molestation' didn't appear in court for 3 years |url=https://theprint.in/india/governance/why-delhi-woman-behind-viral-post-on-molestation-didnt-appear-in-court-for-3-years/115931/ |access-date=26 August 2020 |work=ThePrint |date=11 September 2018 |archive-date=13 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613143428/https://theprint.in/india/governance/why-delhi-woman-behind-viral-post-on-molestation-didnt-appear-in-court-for-3-years/115931/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The News Broadcasting Standards Authority asked Times Now to apologize and fined them ₹50,000.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/times-now-fined-asked-apologize-intimidating-reporting-jasleen-kaur-story-40331|title=Times Now fined, asked to apologize for intimidating reporting in Jasleen Kaur story|date=15 March 2016|work=The News Minute|access-date=10 July 2016|archive-date=13 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160713162130/http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/times-now-fined-asked-apologize-intimidating-reporting-jasleen-kaur-story-40331|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.livemint.com/Consumer/tkP9rrq1dHYIOm8jWkyiPK/NBSA-asks-Times-Now-to-issue-apology-pay-fine-for-a-story.html|title=NBSA asks Times Now to issue apology, pay fine for a story|last=Bansal|first=Shuchi|date=15 March 2016|work=Mint|access-date=10 July 2016|archive-date=8 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160708193647/http://www.livemint.com/Consumer/tkP9rrq1dHYIOm8jWkyiPK/NBSA-asks-Times-Now-to-issue-apology-pay-fine-for-a-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ajmal |first1=Zaheeb |title='Times Now, will you issue public apology now', ask Twitterati after Sarvjeet Singh is acquitted by court |url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/india/times-now-will-you-issue-public-apology-now-ask-twitterati-after-sarvjeet-singh-is-acquitted-by-court |access-date=17 January 2021 |work=National Herald |date=26 October 2019 |language=en |archive-date=17 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117025509/https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/india/times-now-will-you-issue-public-apology-now-ask-twitterati-after-sarvjeet-singh-is-acquitted-by-court |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Jagmohan|first=Aakruti|date=17 March 2016|title=NBSA Asks Times Now to Apologise, Pay Fine for Jasleen Kaur Story|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/hot-news/nbsa-asks-times-now-to-apologise-pay-fine-for-jasleen-kaur-story|access-date=26 August 2020|work=TheQuint|language=en|archive-date=24 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024024902/https://www.thequint.com/news/hot-news/nbsa-asks-times-now-to-apologise-pay-fine-for-jasleen-kaur-story|url-status=live}}</ref>
The National Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA) reprimanded the channel for a bias in their coverage of the Tablighi Jamaat congregation on 23 June 2016 for violating the Code of Ethics and Broadcasting Standards.<ref>{{Cite news|title=NBSA reprimands three TV channels over Tablighi Jamaat reports|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/nbsa-reprimands-three-tv-channels-over-tablighi-jamaat-reports/article34843558.ece|access-date=19 June 2021|archive-date=19 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210619141127/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/nbsa-reprimands-three-tv-channels-over-tablighi-jamaat-reports/article34843558.ece|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=NBSA fines News18 Kannada, Suvarna News, censures Times Now|work=Deccanherald|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/nbsa-fines-news18-kannada-suvarna-news-censures-times-now-998513.html|access-date=19 June 2021|archive-date=17 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210617171417/https://www.deccanherald.com/national/nbsa-fines-news18-kannada-suvarna-news-censures-times-now-998513.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
===2020 Delhi riots=== In 2021, the National Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority (NBDSA) found that debates by two Times Now anchors – Rahul Shivshankar and Padmaja Joshi on the topic 2020 Delhi riots were not conducted in an "impartial and objective manner". NBDSA found that the anchors had "violated the Fundamental Principles as enumerated in the Code of Ethics and Broadcasting Standards and various Guidelines issued by NBDSA". In his order NBDSA chairperson Justice (retired) A.K. Sikri directed Times Now to take down videos of from YouTube and websites. NBDSA had ordered this responding to the complaint filed against Shivshankar accusing him of selectively showing the observations of the courts and the police to make it appear as if the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act protestors were responsible for the religious violence. The order quoted, "The coverage was done to target a community that is critical of the Delhi Police's investigation and project them and their critique in a negative light, thereby unduly hindering the right of the viewer to have a fact based view on the matter and amounted to a sustained campaign to challenge a position, without intimating to the viewers what that position is in its entirety or allowing panellists to explain the same".<ref name="NBDSA">{{cite news |title=Two of Times Now's Debates on Delhi Riots Were Not Impartial, Objective: NBDSA |url=https://thewire.in/media/two-of-times-nows-debates-on-delhi-riots-were-not-impartial-objective-nbdsa |access-date=5 March 2022 |work=The Wire |date=22 November 2021 |archive-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305110839/https://thewire.in/media/two-of-times-nows-debates-on-delhi-riots-were-not-impartial-objective-nbdsa |url-status=live }}</ref>
===2020–2021 China–India skirmishes=== In June 2020, during a broadcast, Group Editor Navika Kumar reported that 30 Chinese soldiers had been killed in the Galwan Valley clash and read out names that were later identified as fabricated.<ref>{{Cite web |last=AltNews.in |first=Pooja Chaudhuri |date=2020-06-18 |title=Ladakh clash: Times Now falls for fake WhatsApp list naming 30 dead Chinese soldiers |url=https://scroll.in/article/965016/ladakh-clash-times-now-falls-for-fake-whatsapp-list-naming-30-dead-chinese-soldiers |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=Scroll.in |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Chaudhuri |first=Pooja |date=2020-06-17 |title=Times Now falls for fake WhatsApp forward listing names of 30 dead Chinese soldiers |url=https://www.altnews.in/times-now-falls-for-fake-whatsapp-forward-listing-names-of-30-dead-chinese-soldiers/ |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=Alt News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
==Reception== The channel is accused of practicing biased reporting in favour of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and is included among pro-Narendra Modi "Godi media" outlets.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Priyadarshini |first1=Anna |title=TV channels double down |url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/12/02/farmers-are-angry-with-godi-media-for-demonising-them-tv-channels-double-down |access-date=24 January 2021 |work=Newslaundry |date=2 December 2020 |archive-date=22 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122162413/https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/12/02/farmers-are-angry-with-godi-media-for-demonising-them-tv-channels-double-down |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Farmers are angry with 'Godi Media' for demonising them. TV channels double down|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/12/02/farmers-are-angry-with-godi-media-for-demonising-them-tv-channels-double-down|access-date=18 December 2020|website=Newslaundry|archive-date=11 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211213915/https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/12/02/farmers-are-angry-with-godi-media-for-demonising-them-tv-channels-double-down|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite news |last1=Madan |first1=Aman |title=India's Not-So-Free Media |url=https://thediplomat.com/2019/01/indias-not-so-free-media/ |access-date=24 January 2021 |work=The Diplomat |date=23 January 2019 |archive-date=5 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205101208/https://thediplomat.com/2019/01/indias-not-so-free-media/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Yadav |first1=Puneet Nicholas |title=Are Newsrooms Run By Political Masters? Why Are Editors Compromising On Truth Telling? {{!}} Outlook India Magazine |url=https://magazine.outlookindia.com/story/india-news-are-newsrooms-run-by-political-masters-why-are-editors-compromising-on-truth-telling/302846 |access-date=24 January 2021 |work=Outlook |date=2 March 2020 |archive-date=26 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226015237/https://magazine.outlookindia.com/story/india-news-are-newsrooms-run-by-political-masters-why-are-editors-compromising-on-truth-telling/302846 |url-status=live }}</ref>
''Alt News'' accused Times Now in 2018 of repeatedly reporting "unverified claims, distorted facts and plain lies", including taking video clips out of context.<ref name=":0" /> In 2022, ''Alt News'' wrote that they found Times Now to be one of the most prominent sharers of misinformation in the Indian media that year.<ref name=":1" />
According to a 2022 ''BBC News'' article, several Indian news anchors including Times Now's Shivshankar are known to shout down their panelists and ranting during their show, and have been accused of bias towards India's governing party, Bharatiya Janata Party and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.<ref name="BBC McAdams">{{cite news |title='I am Mr McAdams': TV anchor Rahul Shivshankar yells at wrong man on Ukraine live |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-60614274 |access-date=4 March 2022 |work=BBC News |date=4 March 2022 |archive-date=4 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220304074307/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-60614274 |url-status=live }}</ref>
In 2020, ''Newslaundry'' reported that Shivshankar had used several dog whistles to negatively portray the Indian Muslims.<ref name="Muslims">{{cite news |last1=S |first1=Meghnad |title=When Rahul Shivshankar used Black Lives Matter to bash Muslims, as usual |url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/06/03/when-rahul-shivshankar-used-black-lives-matter-to-bash-muslims-as-usual |access-date=5 March 2022 |work=Newslaundry |date=3 June 2020 |archive-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305113548/https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/06/03/when-rahul-shivshankar-used-black-lives-matter-to-bash-muslims-as-usual |url-status=live }}</ref>
On 6 September 2021, Times Now was criticised for a report using video that suggested a Pakistan Air Force jet was hovering over Afghanistan's Panjshir Valley. The video was soon revealed to be a United States Air Force F-15 jet filmed by a YouTube airplane enthusiast in Wales filming the jet within the Mach Loop three months before.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chaudhuri |first1=Pooja |last2=Pathan |first2=Aqib |title=Times Now airs video from UK as Pakistani fighter jet in Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan |url=https://www.altnews.in/times-now-airs-video-from-uk-as-pakistani-fighter-jet-in-panjshir-valley-afghanistan/ |access-date=6 September 2021 |publisher=alt news |date=6 September 2021 |archive-date=6 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906151518/https://www.altnews.in/times-now-airs-video-from-uk-as-pakistani-fighter-jet-in-panjshir-valley-afghanistan/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==See also== * ET Now * Zoom TV Entertainment * Times Now Navbharat * Times Drive
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