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By Nidhi Jacob The Maha Kumbh event and recently-concluded Delhi assembly elections have inspired a flurry media misreporting in February, with BOOM fact-checking mainstream media outlets on seven different instances. Furthermore, BOOM’s fact-check database has revealed a persistent rise in media misreporting in the past four months. In February, 2025, BOOM published 94 original fact-checks in English, Hindi, Bangla and Tamil. Of the total fact-checks, the majority of misinformation we encountered was related to the Maha Kumbh, which took place from January 13 to February 26 in Prayagraj, Utta…
