‘Guns are being brandished in the national capital, Rahul Gandhi and Arvind Kejriwal are supporting it.’
For a good half and hour or more @republic TV and their reporter @aishkapoor passed off the shooter as the ‘real face of anti-CAA’ protests.
“How much violence do we have to watch and how much inconvenience do people need to keep facing.”
@republic TV anchor portraying the shooter as an anti-CAA protester seeking attention.
"Jamia protestor uses gun"
@republic ran this for at least half an hour. Didn't see any correction or apology.
Two hours later, @republic crew had to leave the location of the incident because of an angry crowd.
After hours of misreporting and fanning that anger, Republic now plays victim.
Now playing balancing act by saying both sides in #CAAProtest are resorting to violence.
Arnab Goswami, managing director and editor-in-chief of Republic TV, is the President of News Broadcasters Federation (NBF) a "body of 78 news channels in 14 languages, representing broadcasters from 25 states".
As an editor, did you not deem it prudent to gather actual 'facts' before going on this misinformed monologue on live TV?
You filled an information vacuum with false narrative about the shooter’s motive and affiliation. No apologies issued.
Doubling down on the factual error/skewed reporting, Republic TV's political editor is now painting the shooter as a Delhi citizen, angry and frustrated with the anti-CAA protests.
Republic TV. Facts be damned.
thequint.com/news/webqoof/r…
“We corrected it within minutes,” says Arnab Goswami in defence of @republic’s dangerously skewed coverage of the Jamia shooting.
But I couldn’t spot any correction in the afternoon. They just stopped running those lines without acknowledging mistake. Did I miss something?
“There is no mal intent from our side” - Arnab on Republic’s apology over the Jamia shooting misreport.
https://t.co/EAULGUB3gN
Why @republic and Arnab’s ‘apology’ is a farce. @vsirnate explains in this thread.
https://t.co/xtJdzngo0a
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