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🇮🇳 Hindustan Times

India · EN · https://www.hindustantimes.com

About Hindustan Times

Major Daily Center LeftLow credibility

Hindustan Times is the flagship publication of HT Media Limited, which is controlled by the prominent Birla family. Shobhana Bhartia, daughter of K. K. Birla, owns the newspaper and holds a significant stake in HT Media. She was nominated as a Rajya Sabha MP by the Congress Party in 2012, indicating a political affiliation.

Media Bias/Fact Check (MBFC) rates Hindustan Times as Left-Center Biased and assigns it a 'questionable' factual reporting rating with low credibility, citing poor sourcing, numerous failed fact checks, and the promotion of propaganda. Biasly also rates it with a 'Somewhat Left' bias and 'Average' reliability. Editorially, the outlet generally aligns with the Congress Party, the liberal opposition party in India. The broader media environment in India, categorized as 'partly-free' by Freedom House, faces significant challenges, including increased harassment of journalists, government pressure, and self-censorship, which may influence reporting.

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