Twitter users had a reason to be amused today after two NDTV journalists, Vikram Chandra and Nidhi Razdan decided to tweet against the practice of spreading Fake News:
The quantum of fake news, distortion and outright lies now circulating on the internet is staggering. It’s a huge problem.
— Vikram Chandra (@vikramchandra) June 12, 2017
Oh yes you do. But you don’t have a right to spread fake news about NDTV or anyone else. That’s not FOE. https://t.co/UdBomzSFHZ
— Nidhi Razdan (@RazdanNidhi) June 12, 2017
Such a stance was perplexing for many as there there have been numerous occasions where NDTV itself has been caught spreading fake news. One of the more recent incidents was when the NDTV decided to report the slaughtered cow by the Congress Kerala workers, first as a slaughtered buffalo and then finally as a slaughtered ox.
Undoubtedly people were ready with reactions:
An alleged journo who converted a Cow into Buffalo and Ox is preaching about fake news. End of this world is near ?? https://t.co/3QQeQdLvTY
— चार लोग (@WoCharLog) June 12, 2017
Only NDTV Journos have sole right to spread fake news & no One else … ?? https://t.co/FSIKw2WrMD
— Rishi Bagree ?? (@rishibagree) June 12, 2017
People who live in glass houses shouldn’t
throw stones at other..https://t.co/oJ0Vy3D6ez— TheFrustratedIndian (@FrustIndian) June 12, 2017
This is the reason people want NDTV to be shut down. https://t.co/MdXXg2c0Fo
— ben stokes Fanboy (@indiantweeter) June 12, 2017
Then why you called press conference to attack Modi govt when case is against personal frauds of Prannoy Roy? Fake or Nakli – Anyone suits https://t.co/iybALFpytz
— Shakuntala Iyer (@shakkuiyer) June 12, 2017
NDTV journalists against Fake news and lies. pic.twitter.com/AAvDhiFP8N
— Smoking Skills (@SmokingSkills_) June 12, 2017
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Nidhi Razdan didn’t stop at that and decided to give a full-toss to her critics:
Tell me which fake news we ran? Come on, list the stories with evidence
— Nidhi Razdan (@RazdanNidhi) June 12, 2017
And people did what was asked:
Hello ma’am! There’s this journalist named Nidhi Razdan, she works for NDTV. https://t.co/5FoINI7Smg
— Aakash Raj Razdhan (@Ateendriyo) June 12, 2017
Hello ma’am! There’s this journalist named Nidhi Razdan, talking to this another journalist named Swati Chaturvedi https://t.co/YfySkxEG9K
— Aakash Raj Razdhan (@Ateendriyo) June 12, 2017
Dear @RazdanNidhi ji, Not just story, u did an entire debate on a fake story, “Modi govt to fix portions of food served in hotels” remember? https://t.co/FPXW89cL9s
— Bhaiyyaji (@bhaiyyajispeaks) June 12, 2017
#NDTVLies Here it goes …. ?
Need more?@RazdanNidhi pic.twitter.com/L83OZveFjM— #Intolerant भारतीय (@goyalsanjeev) June 12, 2017
