Indian media’s reporting standards are by and large dubious to say the least. Virtually every day some or the other media house has some or the other “erroneous” report. We have been tracking most such reports here. But rarely do multiple media houses go wrong on the same day. And today, 5th January 2017 was that day. Multiple media house’s put out stories which ranged from the banal to the bizarre and social media had a field day:
1. No Business Standard, Sundar Pichai did not mean “Air India” when he said “AI”:
https://twitter.com/rameshsrivats/status/816984939895799808
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https://twitter.com/gbkansara/status/816981882772410369
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2. No, The Hindustan Times, a biopic doesn’t improve the performance of a sportsperson!!!
https://twitter.com/iAnkurSingh/status/816971776945176576
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https://twitter.com/GappistanRadio/status/816971668492931072
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3. Does this really qualify to be a “news alert” NDTV?
https://twitter.com/KanchanGupta/status/816906154689204224
4. And India Today also joined the gang, with their Twitter handle dedicated to reporting news related to “technology”, tweeting this:
https://twitter.com/KanchanGupta/status/816915866243584000
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https://twitter.com/ChaaiP/status/816917861578969088
The next time some media person talks about the high standards of Indian journalism, they ought to be shown the above!