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The Quint is an English and Hindi language Indian news website founded by Raghav Bahl and Ritu Kapur after their exit from Network18.

The website has propagated fake news.

History

The website initially launched in January 2015 on Facebook, a website in March 2015. As of 2016 it has more than 95 editorial staff, and half of its content is original and half from social media and press releases. Most of The Quint's web traffic is from India and from 18 to 35 year old people. In April 2016, The Quint's parent company Quintillion Media partnered with Bloomberg News to create BloombergQuint.

Tax evasion

In 2018, Raghav Bahl and the office of The Quint were raided by Indian income tax authorities, in connection to an alleged case of alleged tax evasion. Income tax department started investigation about case in which Bahl allegedly made ₹114 crore out of investment of ₹3 crore. Raj Kumar Modi, managing director of shell company which worked with him, had also said, "I remember Ritu Kapur and Raghav Bahl got ₹100 crore converted".

An IT officer said that the searches were in relation to the long term capital gain received by Bahl along with their three beneficiaries. Bahl claimed these tax department searches were an attempted 'frame up and intimidation of independent media' group.

Reception

On 5th January 2018, Chandan Nandi, an op-ed writer with a dubious track-record, wrote a story confirming Kulbhushan Jadhav as an agent of Research and Analysis Wing. The story was picked up by Pakistani media and later, quoted by Pakistan in a related International Court of Justice case. The story was retracted by the Quint.

Factcheckers have documented that site has propagated fake news for many times.

References

1. "How We Are Funded". The Quint. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
2. "AdAge". adage.com. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
3. "The Quint hails YouTube, Facebook success | Ratings/Measurement | News | Rapid TV News". www.rapidtvnews.com. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
4. "Inside The Quint: The Indian media start-up getting news to younger audiences on mobile | Media news". www.journalism.co.uk. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
5. Ciobanu, Mădălina (27 July 2016). "Inside The Quint: The Indian media start-up getting news to younger audiences on mobile". Retrieved 31 January 2018.
6. "Tax raids on Quint founder Raghav Bahl's Noida home, office". Hindustan Times. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
7. "IT dept searches premises of Quint founder Raghav Bahl". The Economic Times. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
8. Newslaundry. "IT Raids: Attack on press or a case of money laundering?". Newslaundry. Retrieved 15 November 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
9. Newslaundry. "Tax raids on Quint: 'I remember Ritu Kapur and Raghav Bahl got ₹100 crore converted'". Newslaundry. Retrieved 15 November 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
10. P, Munish; DelhiOctober 12, ey New; October 12, 2018UPDATED:; Ist, 2018 05:11. "Income Tax raids at The Quint premises, Congress questions freedom of press". India Today. Retrieved 15 November 2019. {{cite web}}: |first4= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
11. Staff, Scroll. "'Tax department searches were an attempt at a frame-up,' says The Quint's founder Raghav Bahl". Scroll.in. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
12. Staff, Scroll. "Income Tax raids on Raghav Bahl, Quint and News Minute raise questions of media intimidation". Scroll.in. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
13. "The Quint retracts story which confirmed 'Kulbhushan Jadhav was RAW agent' - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 6 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
14. ^ "What The Quint's recent fiasco tells us about digital journalism". Newslaundry. Retrieved 15 November 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
15. ^ "कुलभूषण जाधव मामला: ICJ में PAK को झटका, केस स्थगित करने की मांग खारिज". aajtak.intoday.in (in Hindi). Retrieved 15 November 2019.
16. Newslaundry. "Why The Quint's story on Kulbhushan Jadhav has zero credibility". Newslaundry. Retrieved 15 November 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
17. "कुलभूषण जाधव केस: भारतीय मीडिया ने की पाक की मदद?". punjabkesari. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
18. Desk, Monitoring (2 February 2018). "Jadhav may be serving naval officer, says Indian magazine". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 15 November 2019. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
19. Sources covering this episodes are:
    • Chaudhuri, Pooja (30 October 2019). "UP govt approved estimated budget of Rs 1.33 cr NOT Rs 133 cr for 'Deepotsav'; media misreports". Alt News. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
    • Chaudhuri, Pooja (13 September 2019). "IANS falls for parody account of Raghuram Rajan, several media outlets follow suit". Alt News. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
    • Sidharth, Arjun (4 July 2019). "Media misreports: Nirmala Sitharaman claimed demonetisation had no impact on economy". Alt News. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
    • Chaudhuri, Pooja (24 June 2019). "ANI misreports PMO granting Rs 30 lakh to ailing Agra girl, several media outlets follow suit". Alt News. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
    • Patel, Jignesh (4 May 2019). "Media misreports rejection of Nirav modi's third bail plea that was never made". Alt News. Retrieved 15 November 2019.

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