How India's blocking of a film exposing real-life police abuses backfired
One daysingle sourceOne outlet reported this themselves - 10 of the 11 reports ran its copy.
The headline, as it travelled
All 11 reports used the same wording across 11 outlets - nobody re-reported it in their own words.
All 11 reports on Wed, 19 August 2026
What it is about
Jaswant Singh KhalraIndian authoritiesIndiaSanjay SrivastavaNarendra ModiRanjit Singh BabbarAtma SinghHardeep Singh NijjarGurudwara Singh SabhaIndira GandhiLawrence BishnoiSarabjit Singh VerkaDiljit DosanjhJagmohan Singh RajuGurpatwant Singh PannunUniversity Of LondonInstagramSupreme CourtYoutubePunjab High Court
Who published it, and when
How it spread - 1 original report, 10 reprints
Wed, 19 August 2026
1 report- NPR News10:02first to report
When Indian authorities scrubbed the biopic of activist Jaswant Singh Khalra, local villagers and activists turned its censorship into a grassroots movement.
10 reprints
- wysu.org19 Aug, 10:02their copy
- wknofm.org19 Aug, 10:02their copy
- wgcu.org19 Aug, 10:02their copy
- wypr.org19 Aug, 10:02their copy
- kunm.org19 Aug, 10:02their copy
- wfae.org19 Aug, 10:02their copy
- prairiepublic.org19 Aug, 10:02their copy
- ktep.org19 Aug, 10:02their copy
- kwbu.org19 Aug, 10:02their copy
- kccu.org19 Aug, 10:02their copy