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The Wire

Indian left-of-center / anti-BJP

Owned byOwned and published by the Foundation for Independent Journalism (FIJ), a nonprofit registered under Section 8 of India's Companies Act, founded by journalists Siddharth Varadarajan, Sidharth Bhatia, and M.K. Venu
FundingNonprofit model funded by reader donations, philanthropic grants (including from the Independent and Public Spirited Media Foundation), earmarked project funding (e.g., science coverage funded by Rohan Murty), and some subscriber/membership revenue; no single dominant owner
On the administrationnot applicable (Indian outlet; covers the Modi government, not U.S. politics)

Background

The Wire launched in May 2015 as an independent digital news outlet, explicitly positioning itself as a check on both government and corporate power in Indian media. It is run by the nonprofit Foundation for Independent Journalism and has relied on reader contributions and foundation grants rather than advertising-heavy or corporate ownership, distinguishing it from most large Indian news conglomerates. The outlet built a reputation for aggressive investigative reporting on the Adani Group, the BJP government, and Hindu-nationalist organizations, and has faced repeated legal harassment, tax raids, and defamation suits from figures close to the ruling party. Its most serious controversy came in October 2022, when The Wire retracted a series of stories alleging Meta gave special content-moderation privileges to a BJP official, after discovering the supporting technical evidence had been fabricated by a member of its own reporting team; it subsequently also withdrew its earlier high-profile 2022 'Tek Fog' investigation into an alleged BJP social-media manipulation tool, and several editors resigned amid the fallout. Despite that credibility setback, The Wire has continued investigative work and remains a prominent voice of the anti-BJP, civil-liberties-oriented press in India. It is widely regarded internationally as editorially independent but is also frequently accused by BJP supporters and government-aligned media of partisan bias against the ruling party. Because it covers Indian rather than U.S. politics, it has no meaningful track record of coverage of the Trump administration.

Sources

  1. The Wire (India) - Wikipedia
  2. How The Wire is Funded - The Wire
  3. The Wire | Media Ownership Monitor
  4. Tek Fog - Wikipedia
  5. The Wire retracts Meta stories, Tek Fog investigation to be reviewed too

Profile compiled 2026-09-28; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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