Thread by @SuhagAShukla

Check out this typical inquiry to @HinduAmerican from a South Asian journalist. Let's count the ways this flouts the Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics.

-Anonymous email id.
-No last name.
-No mention of which outlet she is writing for.
-No contact number
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Asks leading/inflammatory questions without identifying sources.

"Hey, people say you whitewash caste, what's your take?"

I mean how do you respond to that when fighting against discrimination based on caste is literally in our founding documents? hinduamerican.org/issues/

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Falsely frames @HinduAmerican's defense against #Hinduphobic antics by activists as anti-Dalit.

Um, failure to complete background research and then confront your interviewee with a false allegation is another Society of Professional Journalists ethical no-no.

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"Hey, you speak up for Kashmiri Pandits, but never speak about Dalits, so who do you work for?"

Let me whatabout you, lie about you, and then pretty much invalidate you as an advocacy voice.

I mean just putting in "Dalit" in @HinduAmerican search yields dozens of stories.
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Then the new woke caste audit: what's your caste composition?

Remember when Prof. Yengde offered @lfrayer the ability to audit caste names for tech companies?

Ok, go ahead, audit Hindu names at hinduamerican.org/our-team. Start with McDermott, Katir, Allard--all devout Hindus
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You know how gotcha journalism frames this: "We reached out, but HAF refused comment."

This lady wrote her story before emailing.
This is why you can literally guess what this article will say after the 1st word.
This is the difference between journalism and a hit job.
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