Kathir News is a Tamil digital news platform that publish news and opinions on Tamil Nadu, regional and other parts of the country and provides subjective and biased analysis of current events. It was co-founded by SG Suryah and Pradeep Gunasekaran in 2018.[1][2]
History
The platform was founded in 2018 by Pradeep Gunasekaran a tech guy and Suryah SG a lawyer after they thought of discovering something which would present analytical information rather than the sentimental and biased stuff.[3] The main purpose to launch Kathir News was to bring out the mainstream and fact-based news to the general public of Tamil Nadu. The portal publish articles, debates, podcast and interviews in various categories including politics, cinema, spirituality, lifestyle and defense and clocks around 4 Million hits a month. Kathir News also has an exclusive section that busts fake news quite often peddled by both mainstream and social media.[4] They launched a Digital Magazine in February 2021.[4][5]
Controversies
In June 2020, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam IT Cell Secretary, P Thiaga Rajan listed Kathir News as well as some other media outlets critical of the party and discredit them as "fake news websites". However, during an interview with the Business World, Suryah and Pradeep unfettered by it say that it turned out to be a free publicity for them.[5]
The Party’s mouthpiece Kalaignar News dubbed the block of Kathir News on Twitter social media platform as a measure against Fake News, while Kathir News denied the same & refuted the allegation by calling it a "technical glitch".
References
- ↑ Kathir News – A New Ray In Tamil Digital Media. Forbes India.
- ↑ “The Arrival of Digital Media has accelerated the way information reaches People” – Pradeep Gunasekaran. News Track(1 February 2021).
- ↑ Techie-turned-Journalist takes the plunge with ‘Kathir News’, a platform which provides objective and fact based analysis of current events. Deccan Herald(14 January 2021).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 A Tamil ‘Right Of Centre’ Website That Is Unmasking Biased, Fake News Providers. Swarajyamag.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Kathir News: This News Portal Is Changing The Tamil Media Scene. BW Businessworld.