Thread by @ruchirsharma_1

@jbenton @Harvard @niemanfdn @ShorensteinCtr Don't fall for her spin as the victim here. Nothing more than a cynical veteran hack scrambling to do some damage control.

All after having been called out for masquerading as a Associate Professor at Harvard, to build clout through speaking engagements.

https://twitter.com/ruchirsharma_1/status/1350059764974297090?s=19

@jbenton @Harvard @niemanfdn @ShorensteinCtr A case for @Harvard's Trademark Program,which oversees the registration of Harvard’s trademarks and guards against their unauthorized use by identifying and resolving cases involving the misuse or infringement of Harvard’s trademarks on a worldwide basis.

trademark.harvard.edu/pages/about

@jbenton @Harvard @niemanfdn @ShorensteinCtr In addition, this was her Twitter headline over this period, while profiting from this dubious association with @Harvard through speaking engagements and media appearances.

@jbenton @Harvard @niemanfdn @ShorensteinCtr Could @ICEgov and @DHSgov clarify on what basis this person has the right to enter, reside, and work in the United States?

They have been claiming for many months to be based in Cambridge, Massachusetts as a Harvard University faculty member, while reporting on US elections.

@jbenton @Harvard @niemanfdn @ShorensteinCtr @ICEgov @DHSgov Note how in this TV news segment around the US elections, she is introduced by the anchor as a Professor at Harvard, which she does not challenge or dispute.

And then uses this dubious status to influence/interfere in US politics, stoking fear of unrest.

https://twitter.com/FollowAkshay1/status/1350061623939981317?s=19

@jbenton @Harvard @niemanfdn @ShorensteinCtr @ICEgov @DHSgov Seems she even got @CarnegieEndow to host her on their podcast, saying

"In June 2020, Nidhi announced that she was taking a break from reporting journalism in order to teach journalism. She is currently an associate professor of journalism at Harvard..."

https://twitter.com/suryakane/status/1350100393838194688?s=19

@jbenton @Harvard @niemanfdn @ShorensteinCtr @ICEgov @DHSgov @CarnegieEndow "So, we will be starting classes in a few weeks...and I'm going to be [teaching] interesting subjects, all related to what I have done over the last couple of decades, which is basically how to report on foreign policy [and] the ethics of journalism." 🤡

grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/nidhi…

@jbenton @Harvard @niemanfdn @ShorensteinCtr @ICEgov @DHSgov @CarnegieEndow Milan: "At the start of the summer, however, you announced - I think it surprised a lot of people - that you would be stepping down from NDTV to assume a new teaching position at Harvard. What prompted you to take this plunge and make this kind of career switch?"

Nidhi: ...

@jbenton @Harvard @niemanfdn @ShorensteinCtr @ICEgov @DHSgov @CarnegieEndow Perhaps the good folks at @thecrimson and @yaledailynews would like to look into this story.

It's "Shattered Glass" meets "Catch Me If You Can" material!

@jbenton @Harvard @niemanfdn @ShorensteinCtr @ICEgov @DHSgov @CarnegieEndow @thecrimson @yaledailynews This just in, after she claimed to have filed a police complaint about this alleged "phishing" attack, "with all relevant documentary evidence", the police clarifies that they have no knowledge of any such complaint.

https://twitter.com/swati_gs/status/1350106992816263168?s=21

@jbenton @Harvard @niemanfdn @ShorensteinCtr @ICEgov @DHSgov @CarnegieEndow @thecrimson @yaledailynews Kudos for picking this story up, @steveannear and @BostonGlobe!

If you need more material on how this reporter was using her "Harvard associate professor" title to arrange media appearances, I've collected a bunch of primary sources in the above thread.

bostonglobe.com/2021/01/15/met…