Thread by @newslaundry

Amar Ujala alleged that quarantined Tablighis in Saharanpur defecated in the open after their demand for meat was rejected. This was only one of the lies media spread.

@SharmaAyan006 & @gupta_chahak audit the misreporting on the Nizamuddin congregation.

newslaundry.com/2020/04/27/aud…

This is how Suresh Chavhanke, opened his show.

“...appeal to the Narendra Modi government that the #TablighiJamaat be banned. If India’s mosques are posing a threat to Indians, and human bombs carrying #coronavirus are roaming around freely, wouldn’t you call it ‘corona jihad’?"

India TV claimed that they were being undermined by the “spitting habit” of the Tablighis.

A ticker running alongside the video asked, “Which maulana is behind Jamaat’s corona symptoms?” The video was played and replayed, accompanied by ominously suspenseful music.

Zee News, which is known for its hysteric and outrageous theories on jihad earlier too, brought it back again. On April 2, Chopra in his show crafted a new form- “spitting jihad”- to target the Jamaat attendees.

A “sting” by India Today Called "Madrasa Hotspots" accused two madrassas in Delhi and one in Greater Noida of hiding their children in violation of the lockdown & linking their teachers to the Tablighi congregation.

@chitranshu09 decoded the sting and exposed glaring gaps in it.

Not just TV channels, the print media also indulged in this hatefest.

Read the full report by @SharmaAyan006 and @gupta_chahak:

newslaundry.com/2020/04/27/aud…