Talk:Alt News

Neutrality

This article seems to have been written from the point of view of the website it refers to. Even controversy tab seems more favourable towards the website. Does that mean that the website has never faced criticism , or has always been correct? Articles about news channels/ media should show a neutral POV which seems to be lacking here. Pl. Provide an unbiased article before removing the neutrality tab. Niv.eno.nesohc (talk) 12:52, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

Niv.eno.nesohc, could you specify what you're taking issue with? WP:NPOV refers to " representing fairly, proportionately, and, as far as possible, without editorial bias, all the significant views that have been published by reliable sources on a topic." The article almost exclusively uses independent sources as citations for its material. Tayi Arajakate _Talk 13:49, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

Alt News does Manipulated Fact Checks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Just another Wikipedian editor (talk • contribs) 13:42, 30 December 2021 (UTC)

they are biased incilied to a political party mindset and maximum fact checks are false ..40 plus times they have said sorry and deleted the post Sanjaybanerjiarati (talk) 01:08, 10 October 2025 (UTC)

these people are funded by unknown sources...no statements on income and expenditure...gets donations from foreign funds transferred as a personal via unknown sources...how come wiki also biased Sanjaybanerjiarati (talk) 01:12, 10 October 2025 (UTC)

Mohammed Zubair

Stop redirecting Zubair's page to Alt News.AltruisticHomoSapien (talk) 19:37, 27 June 2022 (UTC)

Have we created an independent, stand-alone page for Mohammed Zubair yet?? he has got an NYT mention , a BBC mention , and a Washington Post mention apart from hundreds of mentions in Indian media. AltruisticHomoSapien (talk) 07:44, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

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Zubair's arrest

At the moment, the arrest doesn't belong here as no sources say AltNews is related, but only that he founded AltNews. As such, this content is out of scope for AltNews article. @Amitized Please self-revert, the content is reverted several times — DaxServer (t · m · c) 13:06, 28 June 2022 (UTC)

I agree with DaxServer and also don't see relevance of details about the arrest of this person on this article. According to sources he used his own personal account to make those posts, not AltNews' official account. The content about his arrest should be removed. REDISCOVERBHARAT (talk) 10:35, 2 July 2022 (UTC)

as no sources say AltNews is related - I can see numerous sources which establish a causal relation between the persecution by the state and AltNews' mission. TrangaBellam (talk) 18:28, 2 July 2022 (UTC)

The thing is a search for Zubair redirects to the Alt news page giving an impression that its his alter ego. Even @AltruisticHomoSapien has pointed this out. Hence I updated. This issue is also happening for J Sai Deepak's page directing to his book page India that is Bharat (book). Someone from redirects can look into this. Amitized (talk) 06:11, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

He is sent to judicial custody for receiving foreign funds in the account of parent company of alt news pravada media should this be added? Wikiwizardinho (talk) 16:39, 2 July 2022 (UTC)

Your comment above is a BLP violation. Note that BLP policies apply to talk pages as well. I strongly advise you to add an "alleged" to your comment and read through the guidelines I posted on your talk.

On the actual question, no, not until the allegations are held up by courts. Hemantha (talk) 16:43, 2 July 2022 (UTC)

re: maintenance tags / rationale (NPOV/Undue/COI)

Hey Toddy1. Saw your note in the edit summary. The reason I tagged the page is pretty straightforward: the current revision reads way less like an encyclopedia entry and more like a hagiography or a PR. It’s tripping over a few major policy lines.For one, the tone isn't neutral. Can we treat their perspective as fact or use puffery like "fighting disinformation" that implies heroism? We should just stick to what they actually did (e.g., "published fact-checks").Also, labeling the opposing site as "Hindu" right-wing without good-quality independent analysis framing it that way creates an associative bias (making it look like Alt News vs. Hindus) rather than just a fact-checker vs. a disinformation site.

The weighting is also off per WP:UNDUE. We've got nearly 40% of the prose focusing on the founders' legal issues and martyrdom narrative, but absolutely zero "Criticism" or "Reception" sections regarding their methodology. It creates a false balance by omission.

I’m also seeing likely WP:COI in the "Other key people" bit. The section on Sumaiya Shaikh reads like a résumé listing tangentially related books/orgs to boost her credentials.

Finally, the science section is problematic. It cites a claim about extremists having a "dopamine-driven high," which is a biomedical claim attributed to the subject. Unless that's backed by peer-reviewed journals per WP:MEDRS, it’s giving undue weight to a fringe theory.I think we need to keep the tags up until we can scrub the loaded language and fix the sourcing on those claims. Jībanmṛta^message 19:22, 5 December 2025 (UTC)

Tagging @Toddy1 Jībanmṛta^message 19:23, 5 December 2025 (UTC)

The section about Sumaiya Shaikh was the result of a merge when the Sumaiya ShaikhSumaiya Shaikh article was deleted in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sumaiya Shaikh. I've removed the medical claim in Special:Diff/1327100975, in which I also renamed the "Popular work" section to "Content". I oppose the cleanup tags that you added in Special:Diff/1300861526/1325848943, but I do not see a problem with adding a "Reception" section. A "Criticism" section would be non-neutral, per WP:CRITS. — Newslinger talk 16:41, 12 December 2025 (UTC)

Edit request (14 January 2026)

AltNews co-founder Mohammed Zubair receives the 'Kottai Ameer Communal Harmony Award' in Tamil Nadu for combating fake news and promoting unity. The accolade recognizes his commitment to journalistic integrity and fostering communal harmony, setting an inspiring example in today's digital age. ~2026-29709-8 (talk) 16:03, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

Not done
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3. Some of the requested changes are currently written in a promotional tone. Please review WP:Neutral point of view and make changes where appropriate.

Feel free to open another COI edit request once you've addressed these issues. Thanks. - Otherwise (Talk?) 07:32, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

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