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Pratik Sinha

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21 May

While many are rejoicing Twitter marking posts of BJP leaders as 'Manipulated Media', and others are accusing Twitter of bias, I think we must all pause and reflect on this policy.

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Why has Twitter decided to mark those particular posts as 'Manipulated Media'? - That is the question any user will have when they see that tag, but there's no answer to it. How did Twitter determine? Have they provided a reference to their findings for their users?

Fact-checkers debunk misinformation, on all sides of the ideological spectrum, every single day, and very often of the kind where original media has been manipulated. Twitter doesn't mark those as 'Manipulated media'.

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@free_thinker

20 May

Toolkit status after 60 hours - Thread

On 18th morning, screenshots of two documents went viral, and was claimed to be a Congress 'toolkit'. Many top leaders of BJP shared these screenshots and accused Congress of trying to make political capital out of a pandemic.

1/n

This 'toolkit' came about at a time when the Modi govt had been criticised from all quarters, including some of their own leaders, for their failures, which has led to the deaths of thousands of Indians, deaths that were completely avoidable.

2/n

Since these were screenshots of documents, that inherently meant that the authenticity of these documents could not be determined without access to original documents. However, that did not deter mainstream media from making this a prime time talking point.

3/n

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Pratik Sinha

@free_thinker

19 May

@Teambharat_

In the latest toolkit episode, screenshots of two documents were shared initially by the Twitter handle @Teambharat_. One was titled, "Cornering Narendra Modi & BJP on COVID Management". Other was titled, "Central Vista Redevelopment: Vanity Project Amidst the Pandemic". 1/n

While the claim by BJP is that both the documents have been created by Congress, certain discrepancies in the 'COVID Management' document show that the document is not genuine. The primary issue is that letterheads used do not match. 2/n

Anyone who has used Microsoft Word and has created template docs would know that the header & footer section do not auto-magically change unless they're manually edited or created anew. In this case, clear differences can be seen in the header and footer of the two documents. 3/n

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Pratik Sinha

@free_thinker

1 Feb

[Thread] Twitter had earlier claimed that it had shut accounts which had asked for a repeat of 1984. I did a quick search and found tens of accounts which had used the phrase 'repeat 1984' that are still active and merrily tweeting away.

How easy it is to find these tweets? Check the search query in the screenshot. You enter that query that I have used => 'repeat 1984 until:2021-1-27' into the Twitter search box, and then go to the 'Latest' tab (arrow).

@TwitterIndia

If it is this easy to find these tweets, how is that @TwitterIndia hasn't found these tweets?

Set 1.

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Pratik Sinha

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17 Jun 20

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After 14 months of the Pulwama attack, we still don't know who's been held accountable for the death of 40 CRPF personnel. We haven't been told how 300 kilos of explosives were sourced and transported. Who leaked the route that CRPF convoy was going to take? No answers.

The media doesn't ask these questions despite all the claims of putting 'Nation first'. That's because for them, 'Nation first' = 'Government first'. Those who ask these questions are declared anti-national, and rest will wait for a figure of how many of 'theirs' could we kill.

Eventually, a friendly news agency will quote 'sources' and put out some figure of the number 'we' killed, and it will be diligently broadcasted by every media org, again without any questions asked. In case of Balakot, till date we haven't seen a single image of the 300 dead.

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Pratik Sinha

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3 Jun 20

@ThePrintIndia

He's a columnist at @ThePrintIndia. Talks about flashing at mothers and spitting on them. A proud moment for the investors, owners and employees of @ThePrintIndia, who continue their association with this individual without protest.

@IndiaToday

He also appears regularly on channels like @IndiaToday, @republic and @TimesNow. I have very little hope in Indian TV channels making any amends because these channels are beyond shaming.

However, I do intend to shame every organisation who chooses to give space to this individual at every opportunity I get, and let your audience know that this is your choice.

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