Does Arnab Goswami from Times Now even listen to the guests in his show?

[WebGuru]

Migraine? Seriously?

 

[Rinnegan Sasuke]

It's true, you feel the pain of every dying brain cell when listening to him.

 

[SandyB]

Migraine? Seriously?

He's taken the full plunge to "Sangh" waters now ! .. What a fall from grace .

If you read upon his past he was an incredibly idealistic and honest journalist during his time on Doordarshan and NDTV.

 

[JaDed]

Only creative pro right wing journalist, its required to prevent the inbalance ,the creative ones are usually leftist/socialist.

 

[troodon]

His News channel is like Fox News. It's overly nationalistic and pro right wing.

He is smart. Too many news outlets are anti BJP. He simply filled the void

 

[Gabbar Singh]

hah

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[Gabbar Singh]

Arnab is a bit like Alex Jones - he's a lunatic performance artist and not a serious journalist. It's a shame really because outside of his tv work he actually talks a lot of sense and is clearly a bright guy - some of his videos on YouTube where he's giving talks at more serious venues and institutions are quite good.

 

[Third_Umpire]

Could be wrong. But I'm not sure most Pakistanis know of this migraine.

Regardless, is that how he's marketed in India?

 

[Rafa]

Pakistani bashing is India's favorite passtime so not surprised that the News channel is being marketed taking Pakistan into picture.

Seriously though, India is too obsessed with Pakistan.

 

[Poutine]

It's amazing how Pakistan is accused of being obsessed with India however in India it seems like everything is marketed using the hate for Pakistan in some way.

I don't think you would ever see giant billboards in Pakistan, using India to advertise a TV show.

 

[big_gamer007]

His channel is live seeing the debate right now he is claiming his channel has busted LET's network and cyber cell, broken their firewall.. 11 guests in the show right now..

 

[Gabbar Singh]

He's just landed an interview with Netanyahu.


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Meanwhile Tharoor is suing him.

Shashi Tharoor appears before court in defamation case against Arnab Goswami

http://www.thehindu.com/news/nation...ase-against-arnab-goswami/article19214746.ece

 

[PakLFC]

Arnab was hoping some big American channel would hire his services. He sat at home for six month's hoping that a phone call from America would arrive making him an incredible offer but it never did. The poor man is back to his baseless and laughable nonsense again in India. Only difference is now he's making a fool of himself on another channel. His guests are always weak people, those voices that prove him wrong are drowned out by him and his rude Indian guests. On a one on one debate Purvez Musharraf has rubbed his nose on the ground a few times.

 

[imrankhannsu]

His interviews are about drama and people shouting at each other. He uses petty ways of trying to prove his point and is quite disrespectful to others. Obvisouly tts entertaining not enlighting.

IMO his next move should be to stand for election.

 

[Mian]

This guy is always in news this time he started a media war!

 

[SecondSlip]

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[PakLFC]

Here is Goswami's latest comedy show over Afridi's comment. Lala not even playing has clean bowled India with one little comment They are doing whole programmes on him!))

 

[Pakistanian]

he's got that stereotypical fob temper lol

 

[Slog]

lmao this is legendary

people actually watch this show for any purpose asides from comedic relief?

And NINE guests at one time!!!

 

[big_gamer007]

lmao this is legendary

people actually watch this show for any purpose asides from comedic relief?

And NINE guests at one time!!!

You would be surprise how many Indians love these sort of masala debates.. I used to like them initially too but then got bored after a few months.. It’s just repetitive non sense where people shout at top of their voices and no one actually debates..

 

[AssassinatedDevil]

Worst interviewer on television. Still remember how Musharraf showed this ignorant snob who the real boss is when he had him over a couple of years ago.

 

[DoosraTeesra]

The word Pakistan alone is quite money maker for these bigoted hate spreading channels. Pakistanis aren't bothered at all. We are living life. 80th happiest country in the world whereas India is 122nd. They will drown in the hatred of Pakistanis.

 

[Xoib]

Here is Goswami's latest comedy show over Afridi's comment. Lala not even playing has clean bowled India with one little comment They are doing whole programmes on him!))

Its surprising how Pakistan centric topics regularly make prime time slots on major Indian news outlets. In Pakistan we seldom see India centric discussions getting so much coverage unless its a Mumbai attack type situation

 

[PakLFC]

Its surprising how Pakistan centric topics regularly make prime time slots on major Indian news outlets. In Pakistan we seldom see India centric discussions getting so much coverage unless its a Mumbai attack type situation

These people have no sense. Their so called political shows especially ones hosted by Goswami are obsessed with Pakistan. He starts of by bad mouthing Pak then gets others from both sides of the so called debate to fight each other As the so called debate progresses we see them abusing each other, anyone who disagree's with Goswami is anti-national or a traitor India is painted as "whiter then white" where are Pak and even China are out to destroy his mother India Even most Indian's find such programmes to be embarrassing, Pak shows are far more mature and sensible.

Now he says Afridi is the voice of the Pak army. The evidence put forward are pics taken with the army!. It has not occurred to this idiot that Dhoni who also wears the Indian army uniform can also be seen as a RAW or Indian army asset. Unlike them we don't care what he wears or who he is seen with A foolish people are our neighbours.

 

[Abdullah719]

These people have no sense. Their so called political shows especially ones hosted by Goswami are obsessed with Pakistan. He starts of by bad mouthing Pak then gets others from both sides of the so called debate to fight each other As the so called debate progresses we see them abusing each other, anyone who disagree's with Goswami is anti-national or a traitor India is painted as "whiter then white" where are Pak and even China are out to destroy his mother India Even most Indian's find such programmes to be embarrassing, Pak shows are far more mature and sensible.

Now he says Afridi is the voice of the Pak army. The evidence put forward are pics taken with the army!. It has not occurred to this idiot that Dhoni who also wears the Indian army uniform can also be seen as a RAW or Indian army asset. Unlike them we don't care what he wears or who he is seen with A foolish people are our neighbours.

Why is he starting his show by demanding cricketers to speak up

And how are they 'exposing' Afridi by using public images that are available for any Tom, Dick or Harry to view.

 

[PakLFC]

No Pakistani is begging to play with India at anything! We are not stopping their celebrities from speaking up! Not our fault that the likes of Shahrukh and their Cricketers are psychologically damaged and don't love their country. Great! I support all our celebrities to speak against India, openly! As far as I know we don't have any sporting or entertainment industry contact with India making this "boycott Pakistan" movement irrelevant. Nothing to do with India/ns even if Afridi is an ISI agent. Thing is that India now seeing that Cricket in Pak has resumed is frustrated. The much improved security situation and CPEC has also got them incredibly nervous. With IoK and Afghanistan on fire the last thing they want is for a patriotic government in Islamabad in the coming elections. There attempts to blackmail Pakistan through Cricket and Bollywood have totally failed and they know it. There terrorism in Pakistan through Afghanistan has been greatly crushed as well. ISI zindabad, Pak army zindabad!

 

[khan991]

What can you expect from someone watched by his fans for turning a blind eyebon a genocide.

 

[AssassinatedDevil]

"My interests always lie with the benefit of my nation. If anything opposes it, I will never support it". I don't understand why Kohli would say this. The devil is in the details.

Let's say Indian army invades Kashmir and uses firepower to inflict casualties in the region. It is technically good for India since it asserts their dominance in the region, but it's going to come at a price. The price being killing several casualties in this path to asserting dominance. Does this mean Kohli is supportive of killing hundreds of innocent people just to assert dominance? This blindfold of patriotism that people have prevents them from actually challenging such statements. Goes to show these cricketers don't have the slightest clue about how to make political statements.

 

[jagatk]

All Pak folk who are moaning about goswami, calm down. He is a media guy catering to a specific category of viewers Pak bashing comes with the territory.

I don't know how media functions in Pakistan, in India sadly we have gone the American way with it.

On one side you have the Sardesai, thapar, Barkha Dutt etc who are liberal Congress siding morons who treat pappu as the second coming of God and not supporting Congress means you are an intolerant and terrorist.

On the other side you have arnab, zee news, the india TV people (when they aren't running the latest alien conspiracy theories) etc who will call you anti national and tell you to move to Pakistan anytime you disagree with anything about BJP and modi.


Most folk watch news that play to their confirmation bias. It's not news anymore, it's propaganda. Don't take it seriously.

 

[El Generico]

Is this guy really the most watched journalist in India?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The longer version of Arnab's expert comments on Pakistan's alleged locust conspiracy against India. If a <a href="https://twitter.com/republic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@republic</a> employee goes job hunting, what would they show as their journalistic achievement? <a href="https://t.co/zwgoUtnfWi">pic.twitter.com/zwgoUtnfWi</a></p>— Pratik Sinha (@free_thinker) <a href="https://twitter.com/free_thinker/status/1266205371594670084?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 29, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[Abdullah719]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Republic TV's invitation for Arnab Goswami's show tonight, with the response. <a href="https://t.co/aJ4IP5Ji16">pic.twitter.com/aJ4IP5Ji16</a></p>— Asad Rahim Khan (@AsadRahim) <a href="https://twitter.com/AsadRahim/status/1267443998412754946?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[IAJ]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Republic TV's invitation for Arnab Goswami's show tonight, with the response. <a href="https://t.co/aJ4IP5Ji16">pic.twitter.com/aJ4IP5Ji16</a></p>— Asad Rahim Khan (@AsadRahim) <a href="https://twitter.com/AsadRahim/status/1267443998412754946?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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Half of the post is missing?

 

[Syed1]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Republic TV's invitation for Arnab Goswami's show tonight, with the response. <a href="https://t.co/aJ4IP5Ji16">pic.twitter.com/aJ4IP5Ji16</a></p>— Asad Rahim Khan (@AsadRahim) <a href="https://twitter.com/AsadRahim/status/1267443998412754946?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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Came here to post this.... The slap on the face could have been heard from Mount Everest as well

 

[Swashbuckler]

Maharashtra reopens probe against Arnab’s Republic TV in 2-year-old abetment to suicide case

In 2018, an architect and his mother committed suicide over alleged non-payment of dues by Arnab Goswami’s Republic TV. The CID has been ordered to re-investigate the case.

New Delhi: The Maharashtra government has ordered a fresh probe into two-year-old allegations of abetment to suicide against journalist Arnab Goswami’s news channel Republic TV.

In a tweet Tuesday, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said a “re-investigation” has been ordered on a fresh complaint by Adnya Naik, the daughter of architect Anvay Naik who had committed suicide in 2018 along with his mother.

Deshmukh said Adnya alleged that the Alibaug Police had not investigated the “non-payment of dues from Goswami’s channel, which drove her father and grandmother to suicide in May 2018”.

“I’ve ordered a CID re-investigation of the case,” the minister said.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Adnya Naik had complained to me that <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AlibaugPolice?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AlibaugPolice</a> had not investigated non-payment of dues from <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ArnabGoswami?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ArnabGoswami</a>'s <a href="https://twitter.com/republic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@republic</a> which drove her entrepreneur father & grandmom to suicide in May 2018. I've ordered a CID re-investigation of the case.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MaharashtraGovernmentCares?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MaharashtraGovernmentCares</a></p>— ANIL DESHMUKH (@AnilDeshmukhNCP) <a href="https://twitter.com/AnilDeshmukhNCP/status/1265290195911553025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 26, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The case refers to an incident in May 2018, when Goswami and two others were booked by the Alibaug Police for allegedly abetting the suicide of 53-year-old Anvay and his mother.

In his suicide note, Anvay had reportedly claimed that Goswami and the two others — Feroz Shaikh of IcastX/Skimedia, a media services firm, and Niteesh Sarda of Smart work, which provides “flexible workspaces” — owed him a total of Rs 5.4 crore.

According to the FIR, ARG Outlier Media, the Goswami-owned parent company of Republic TV, owed Rs 83 lakh to the architect, who owned a firm called Concorde Designs Pvt. Ltd.

Allegation surfaces a second time
This is the second time that this particular case has resurfaced. Earlier this month, the Twitter handle of the Maharashtra Congress posted a video where the architect’s widow Akshata Naik reiterated the allegation that had led to an FIR against Arnab Goswami’s Republic TV.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mrs.Akshata Naik has alleged that her entrepreneur husband and her mother in law had to commit suicide due to non payment of dues from Mr. Arnab Goswami's <a href="https://twitter.com/republic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@republic</a>. <br>This is serious and needs further investigation. <a href="https://t.co/sp0dovnMDr">pic.twitter.com/sp0dovnMDr</a></p>— Maharashtra Congress (@INCMaharashtra) <a href="https://twitter.com/INCMaharashtra/status/1257723267453825024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

In response, the news channel had issued a statement rebutting the charge, saying the video was the latest attempt by the “Vadra Congress to pressurise the network”.

It also claimed that the case against ARG Outlier Media was closed by a court after the police filed a closure report. It also warned that attempts to “misrepresent facts, make false claims, and target ARG Outlier Media Pvt Ltd” will be met with legal action both under civil law and criminal law, including on provisions of criminal conspiracy, defamation, and criminal intimidation.

Latest in tussle
This case has come as the latest addition to the ongoing tussle between the ruling Congress in Maharashtra and Arnab Goswami.

Last month, the journalist was booked for inflammatory statements against Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on his broadcast over the Palghar lynching case, in which two sadhus and their driver were lynched. In a video released hours after the show, Goswami had alleged that Congress “goons” attacked him in Mumbai while he was on his way back home.

In a petition filed by him later, he demanded that the over 100 FIRs against him for defaming Gandhi — filed in several Congress-ruled states — be quashed on the grounds that they violated his fundamental rights under Articles 19(1)(a) (freedom of speech and expression) and 21 (right to life and personal liberty).

Last week, the Supreme Court refused to transfer the Mumbai Police probe into Goswami’s case to the CBI, and quashed the identical FIRs in several states. The court also said that no new case could be filed on the same broadcast.

https://theprint.in/india/maharashtra-reopens-probe-against-arnabs-republic-tv-in-2-year-old-abetment-to-suicide-case/430068/

 

[Abdullah719]

Half of the post is missing?

 

[IAJ]

Thanks bro. Wow! What a brutal but befitting reply to that joke of a TV channel

 

[Hitman]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Republic TV's invitation for Arnab Goswami's show tonight, with the response. <a href="https://t.co/aJ4IP5Ji16">pic.twitter.com/aJ4IP5Ji16</a></p>— Asad Rahim Khan (@AsadRahim) <a href="https://twitter.com/AsadRahim/status/1267443998412754946?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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) ) ) I laughed so hard reading that.

 

[Varun]

Legend.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Is this guy really the most watched journalist in India?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The longer version of Arnab's expert comments on Pakistan's alleged locust conspiracy against India. If a <a href="https://twitter.com/republic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@republic</a> employee goes job hunting, what would they show as their journalistic achievement? <a href="https://t.co/zwgoUtnfWi">pic.twitter.com/zwgoUtnfWi</a></p>— Pratik Sinha (@free_thinker) <a href="https://twitter.com/free_thinker/status/1266205371594670084?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 29, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Unfortunately, yes. Our very own joshila bhai loves him.

 

[IAJ]

I have watched his show sometimes and I just don’t understand how people can call him a journalist. A journalist should be neutral and listen to both sides and then let the viewers decide. But he has already picked one side and all his programs are anti-Pakistan, anti-Muslim, anti-Kashmir, anti-Congress and now anti-China.

And he has normally 4 people on his side and then 4 people on the other side and just notice how high the volume is when his sides are talking while the other poor side screams and screams but you hardly hear them because the volume is turned down significantly.

Moreover he never let’s them talk, whenever they make a good counter-point he intervenes and changes the question or he asks one of his chamcheys to start yelling back. And all the debate is people yelling at same time and you just don’t get a single point.

He tries to brainwash his viewers by lying and can say things like « dear viewers, listen how anti-nationals these people are, they are a treath for India, they are calling for riots in India so India start burning...» and apparantly some naive indians start believing this bullsh_it!

How on earth can you have a fair debate when the anchor is biased and not neutral? He would never have survived in Europe at least like this.

 

[OldWarHorse]

I have watched his show sometimes and I just don’t understand how people can call him a journalist. A journalist should be neutral and listen to both sides and then let the viewers decide. But he has already picked one side and all his programs are anti-Pakistan, anti-Muslim, anti-Kashmir, anti-Congress and now anti-China.

And he has normally 4 people on his side and then 4 people on the other side and just notice how high the volume is when his sides are talking while the other poor side screams and screams but you hardly hear them because the volume is turned down significantly.

Moreover he never let’s them talk, whenever they make a good counter-point he intervenes and changes the question or he asks one of his chamcheys to start yelling back. And all the debate is people yelling at same time and you just don’t get a single point.

He tries to brainwash his viewers by lying and can say things like « dear viewers, listen how anti-nationals these people are, they are a treath for India, they are calling for riots in India so India start burning...» and apparantly some naive indians start believing this bullsh_it!

How on earth can you have a fair debate when the anchor is biased and not neutral? He would never have survived in Europe at least like this.

His "debates" are not really meant for any discussion. The other side is hardly allowed to talk and he will keep calling them names and interrupting them when they do. And the volume thing you mentioned is so true. I have made the mistake of watching a few of his "debates" on some serious headlines and I came out with a headache. I still dont get why people with the opposite viewpoint agree to go on his shows.

 

[Thomaskutty]

But he has already picked one side and all his programs are anti-Pakistan, anti-Muslim, anti-Kashmir, anti-Congress and now anti-China. .

He isn't anti-muslim but you're right about his other positions and tis in some ways justified. But .. Arnab bashing the Chinese doesn't have the same punch as it does when he trash-talks the pakistani guests heh

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[Thomaskutty]

panda.

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[gazza619]

I have watched his show sometimes and I just don’t understand how people can call him a journalist. A journalist should be neutral and listen to both sides and then let the viewers decide. But he has already picked one side and all his programs are anti-Pakistan, anti-Muslim, anti-Kashmir, anti-Congress and now anti-China.

And he has normally 4 people on his side and then 4 people on the other side and just notice how high the volume is when his sides are talking while the other poor side screams and screams but you hardly hear them because the volume is turned down significantly.

Moreover he never let’s them talk, whenever they make a good counter-point he intervenes and changes the question or he asks one of his chamcheys to start yelling back. And all the debate is people yelling at same time and you just don’t get a single point.

He tries to brainwash his viewers by lying and can say things like « dear viewers, listen how anti-nationals these people are, they are a treath for India, they are calling for riots in India so India start burning...» and apparantly some naive indians start believing this bullsh_it!

How on earth can you have a fair debate when the anchor is biased and not neutral? He would never have survived in Europe at least like this.

He is actually a salesman and unfortunately what he presents sells in India.

 

[big_gamer007]

Lol that was funny.

 

[sjahmed23]

I have watched his show sometimes and I just don’t understand how people can call him a journalist. A journalist should be neutral and listen to both sides and then let the viewers decide. But he has already picked one side and all his programs are anti-Pakistan, anti-Muslim, anti-Kashmir, anti-Congress and now anti-China.

And he has normally 4 people on his side and then 4 people on the other side and just notice how high the volume is when his sides are talking while the other poor side screams and screams but you hardly hear them because the volume is turned down significantly.

Moreover he never let’s them talk, whenever they make a good counter-point he intervenes and changes the question or he asks one of his chamcheys to start yelling back. And all the debate is people yelling at same time and you just don’t get a single point.

He tries to brainwash his viewers by lying and can say things like « dear viewers, listen how anti-nationals these people are, they are a treath for India, they are calling for riots in India so India start burning...» and apparantly some naive indians start believing this bullsh_it!

How on earth can you have a fair debate when the anchor is biased and not neutral? He would never have survived in Europe at least like this.

This is the age of spin. We will know in 20-40 years how detrimental social media and these TV pundits were to the greater good of society. Right now they are feeding on people's insecurities and getting more powerful than ever leading to election victory of fascist leaders like Modi, Trump, Bolsonero etc. Only god knows the damage these leaders will do to this planet and human society.

 

[JaDed]

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[marlonbrowndo]

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Twisting dope, lean, and the Fanta
Credit cards and scammers
Hitting off licks in the bando
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[marlonbrowndo]

No one :

Bored upper class Pakistani girls :

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[MP2011]

https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/09...a-durbar-inside-the-republic-of-arnab-goswami

‘It’s not a newsroom, it’s a durbar’: Inside the Republic of Arnab Goswami

How the media mogul’s inflated sense of self-importance, ‘nepotism’ and political partisanship drive Republic TV’s coverage – and drive away its staff.

On August 27, Tejinder Singh Sodhi took to Twitter to announce his resignation as Republic TV’s bureau chief in Jammu and Kashmir. “After writing an apology to Journalism for killing it's soul for three and a half years, I have resigned from Republic TV,” he wrote. “More details here soon.”

The “details” were subsequently published on September 1 by PGurus, with a blurb declaring that the “no-holds-barred letter” speaks of the journalist’s “horrid experience working for Republic TV”.

The letter also found its way to Twitter as most tell-all resignations now eventually do. Newslaundry reached out to several former employees at Republic TV to know their views on Tejinder’s assertions and to gauge if their experiences in the Republic TV newsroom had mirrored his.

First, a rundown of Tejinder’s claims.

‘Job of a hitman’

Tejinder’s 3,500-word email to Republic TV’s head of human resources elaborates on a range of issues he faced at the organisation. He says he joined Republic TV because its owner and chief editor, Arnab Goswami, assured him that the channel would “be the voice of the downtrodden”. But Tejinder says he soon realised that the reporters were being used to carry out hit jobs on behalf of Arnab.

He talks about how he was told to ambush Sunanda Pushkar’s father and get him to blame her husband, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, for her death. He also says his prime job as the Jammu and Kashmir bureau chief was to “target and speak against Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti”, former chief ministers of the erstwhile state. He did that job well, he adds, and “ensured to project them as anti-national and find fault in whatever they say”.

In a conversation with Newslaundry, Tejinder confirms that the email doing the rounds online is penned by him. He says he wrote it at great professional risk, knowing that speaking out against a former employer could render him unemployable in a news industry that’s governed by an Omerta — journalists rarely speak about the goings-on in their companies or newsrooms.

“Someone had to do it,” he tells Newslaundry. “This was not journalism, what we were doing. This was a hit job. The first time I realised this was when I was asked to protest outside the Congress office with black bands and placards.”

He adds, “My job was that of a hitman – to find out what Omar Abdullah is saying, to find out what Mehbooba Mufti is saying, find fault in it, and report that they are anti-national.”

As in Bollywood movies, editors at Republic TV have a name for this kind of reporting; it’s called the “chase sequence”. The reporters are told to chase down people, usually opposition leaders, thrust their mics in their faces, and demand answers.

Tejinder says he was never explicitly told that the BJP was a holy cow, but it was understood in the way stories were chosen and dropped. He alleges that a story on illegal constructions by politicians near an Army ammunition dump in Nagrota, Jammu, was never aired even though he had Army spokespersons confirming it on record.

Incidentally, the story was reported by the Indian Express. The leaders in question included BJP’s Nirmal Singh and Kavinder Gupta, both former deputy chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir. Tejinder cites this as an example of Republic TV’s fake nationalism.

In his resignation letter, Tejinder talks about nepotism within Republic TV. He claims that Arnab’s wife, Samyabrata Ray, practically heads the operations of both its Hindi and English channels. “He calls Sonia Gandhi the super prime minister,” Tejinder says of Arnab, “but his wife is really the super editor and managing director in the organisation. Though now she holds the position of senior executive editor, she is the one deciding everything.”

Samyabrata has previously worked with the Telegraph, ANI and Tehelka. She is editor and co-owner of Republic TV.

Newslaundry reached out to senior editors, anchors and reporters who have left Republic TV to understand their reasons for leaving and what they made of Tejinder’s allegations.

Newslaundry is aware that a story based on anonymous sources can often be tricky to present but most of those who chose to speak with us did not wish to be named for fear of being seen as “troublemakers”. They feared that they could be rendered unemployable if they spoke out openly about their previous employer. Some were willing to be named in this report but were denied permission by their current employers. Most media houses in India have strict rules against their employees speaking to other news organisations, which makes it doubly difficult to report on the media.

Several of the people we spoke to have worked closely with Arnab.

One person remarked that Tejinder’s email illustrated precisely why there were few experienced professionals in the business who’d like to work for Arnab. “What he’s built with Republic TV is not a newsroom, it’s a durbar. Usually, you have juniors, mid-level and senior managers in an organisation. He’s filled the newsroom with young kids who cannot stand up to him, even as most experienced hands at Republic TV have left.”

The person noted a distinct change in Arnab after the 2019 Lok Sabha election. “He has become increasingly vicious as have his panellists. He has nothing good to say about anyone. Beyond a point, it became embarrassing, this brand of theatrics in the news, and the constant screaming and shouting. He was obsessed with beating Aaj Tak, which he did, but at the cost of losing any credibility at all as a news person.”

A former senior anchor argued that when experienced professionals and the cream of the organisation are leaving one by one, you have to pause and think.

The anchor said the environment at Republic TV was “toxic and negative”.

“There is complete disregard for a person’s personal life,” the anchor added. “You can get calls at 1 am just to be shouted at. There are impossible demands from the reporters to chase a person even if he has agreed to speak to you, heckle or provoke a reaction.”

This anchor also pointed out those who signed up to work in television were aware of how gruelling it could be and prepared to work hard. “I can’t say any of us left because we couldn’t work hard or keep up with the pace. We gave our best. But there’s also the problem that if you begin getting noticed in the organisation for your work, you will be snubbed. He may know of your potential, but the man is born with a trust deficit, and he has a coterie around him that feeds into it,” the anchor said, adding that if anyone did well, the people around would start feeling insecure.

“In that sense, there’s only a certain level to which you can rise in the organisation and you have to make your peace with it.”

Aditya Raj Kaul, who was a top editor and reporter at Republic TV, said he wouldn’t comment on Tejinder’s email, but would vouch for him as a committed reporter. “He may be a bit too emotional but that surely can’t be held against him. I had persuaded him to give TV a chance back then when he had a comfortable job in PTI. I resigned from Republic as senior associate editor and senior anchor on December 31, 2018. I made a commitment to Arnab that the purpose of my resignation was not to defame him or his channel, and I stand by that even today. Though I have never regretted resigning from Republic TV.”

‘Are we going to be number ****ing one or what?’

A common theme that emerged from our conversations with former Republic TV employees is the emphasis on sting operations.

A former Republic TV anchor who is now at another major English news channel said she was once told to sting her source. “They would give us instructions like, ‘Wire yourself up and meet your source’. Why would you do that? A source becomes a source because of a certain trust that you develop with them, you have to protect their identity, not expose them. Just imagine what young journalism graduates are being taught there: basically that it’s okay to throw your source under the bus, secretly tape them and reveal their identity even if they don’t want you to do that.”

In a recent “sting operation” on Sushant Singh Rajput’s fitness trainer, the Republic TV reporter says right at the beginning, “It’s off the record, I am not filing it.”

What’s being presented here as an exposé seems like an off-the-record conversation between a journalist and a source. It is not an undercover operation. Moreover, traditionally, undercover investigations are treated as the last resort in journalism. There also has to be an overriding public interest when a news outlet decides to go down this route.

The anchor quoted above was part of the channel’s founding team, but left soon afterwards. The last straw was when she was forced to reveal her source. “I had some information on a certain politician from a very credible source but this was more to do with the politician’s personal life. When I discussed this information with Arnab and his wife, they got very excited. They bullied me into revealing the source, saying if I didn't tell them, they would go on air and ask who was feeding this information to Republic TV reporters,” she said. “Then they demanded that I get the source to meet Arnab. I said, ‘No way would the source want to meet Arnab’, to which I was told things like I should know who I was talking to and that PMs and CMs are scared of Arnab. It got pretty ugly; I just went out for a walk and never came back.”

The anchor painted Arnab as the archetype media mogul consumed by self-importance. “I think in his head, he’s the most powerful person in India after Modi. I remember this time when Arnab once came out of his office at 12:30 am and screamed, ‘Are we going to be number ****ing one or what?’ We’d all chime in to say, ‘Yes’. He’d go, ‘I didn’t ****ing hear you.’ And we’d loudly say yes and clap. When he addressed the office in one of his speeches, you couldn’t sit. If you smiled, he’d single you out.”

The anchor said she had a particularly hard time adjusting to the work environment. “It was an insane place to work at. Every day, the edit meeting would get over at 2:30 am and you would be asked to report back at 7:30 am. We never got weekly offs. We would sleep in the office, sometimes get woken up at 3:30 am to shoot promos. I wanted to leave the office once because I had a running temperature, I was simply told to take a pill and stay on.”

A former reporter had similar experiences to speak about when it came to stings. “You are given mindless directions to just sting people, even if they are willing to talk to you or even when you can get that information on record. I was just told to sting students of a particular university. I left Republic TV within a brief time of joining. I knew this wasn’t for me.”

The reporter said it shouldn’t take people years to figure out that what is happening at that channel is not journalism.

Shweta Kothari was a founding member of the Special Investigative Team at Republic TV. The team was headed by Prema Sridevi, who too has left and is set to launch her own venture. Shweta, currently managing editor at the Logical Indian, highlighted the paranoia that pervades her former workplace.

“I was accused of being a spy for Shashi Tharoor,” she said. “This was around the time when the channel was launched and we were chasing Tharoor on the Sunanda Pushkar story. When I confronted Arnab on this, he simply told me, ‘We are trying to protect you and keep you off stories on someone you are close to.’ I have no idea what he meant by that.”

Shweta suspected that it was because Tharoor followed her on Twitter.

“The one thing that came up was that I had signed a change.org petition to make Tharoor the chief of the Congress maybe sometime in 2014. But there was no way of knowing that unless they went through my emails,” she said.

Shweta had joined Republic TV from NDTV and had clearly told Arnab in her interview that she was not Right-leaning. “He and his wife both assured me that with their own brand, their aim was to do right by India and the armed forces. I thought since he was no longer with Times Now, Republic TV would be built differently.”

This was echoed by other people who had agreed to work with Arnab despite his pro-BJP tilt from 2014 onwards. “I left Times Now to work with Arnab because, until the time he was there, at least he never pressured us directly, he never told you that you could not do this story because it was against the BJP. Navika started doing that more openly. But things changed drastically at Republic in 2019, earlier I could at least push some stories across,” said a former Republic TV anchor-editor.

By way of an example, she recalled a banking scam that she had been covering. “They wanted me to pin the blame on Congress MLAs who were not involved in the scam but were in fact trying to bail out certain people. They played up pictures of the accused with some non-BJP leaders saying they were hand in glove. When I sent them pictures of the accused with BJP leaders, there was radio silence.”

The anchor-editor said when it came to interviews with opposition leaders, the staffers were expected to be uncivil. “If it’s a regular, sitdown interview, it doesn’t work. They want you to be rude to people because that’s more drama, right? The reporters are supposed to chase people and it’s not about asking hard-hitting questions but being rude.”

As far as pre-deciding a story, Shweta said she had her first experience in the early months of the channel’s launch. She was told to conduct a sting operation on what Kashmiri Muslims thought of Kashmir Pandits returning to the valley. “I travelled village to village and I got a bunch of people to say they would welcome Pandits. There were some people, mostly people who had picked up the gun at some point, who talked about taking part in violence against Pandits. I must have spoken to 50 people, 20 on camera, out of which three or four said the things Arnab wanted to show — hate against Pandits. People who spoke of a hope for peace with their exiled Kashmiri brethren were never aired.”

Ironically, Arnab comes across as a Rahul Gandhi-esque figure when former Republic TV staffers speak of a “coterie” around him. Except maybe Arnab is actually successful at what he does.

A common refrain was that he surrounds himself with loyalists who get insecure when anyone outside their circle starts getting noticed by him.

A former editor said she was glad that Tejinder’s email had brought to light Samyabrata’s role in the organisation. “They really cannot go on about nepotism because they are nepotistic themselves. Arnab has practically handed over the reigns of the channel to his wife. There is a little incestuous pool they have built and ones who are loyal to it will be rewarded.”

The former editor said she had a particularly hard time coping with Samybrata even though her equation with Arnab was always cordial. “There are constant shouty instructions given to be aggressive and to sensationalise. I was doing a minimum 13-hour shift, which is ok if it’s productive work. But they already have a conclusion ready for every news story and they have a trajectory in mind, so your job is only to get them what they want.”

Another ex-staffer of the founding team said for Arnab, there was only black and white, there were no shades of grey. “You are either good or bad, you are either for him or against him. I left Republic TV because the office was only about one-sided journalism and dirty politics. People who were the fixers rose up the ranks while hardworking journalists were either pushed to the wall or exploited,” the person said, adding that there was a time when Arnab would recognise merit and talent, but not anymore.

The former editor added that there were, however, some positive points to the man. “It doesn’t matter to Arnab how you look, who your family is, or where you come from. He will give you an opportunity to be in front of the camera and push you if he thinks you are talented.”

The former editor-anchor seconded this opinion: “You could be a nobody from any kind of family, that is immaterial to Arnab. Broadcastibility for him is if you can speak on air or not. I know one reporter who was told to his face in the channel he came from that he was ‘too dark’ to be put on air. But Arnab put him on air on all stories because he doesn’t care about these things.”

Another former anchor, though, disagreed on the presence of a coterie, citing the example of Aditya and Prema as old-timers who left Republic TV without a job in hand. "For Arnab, no one matters. He relies for certain things on certain people, but everyone is disposable. Besides his wife, who practically manages everything in Republic, and the production head who has been with him since the Times Now days, I don't think there is anyone else who is permanent.”

“You have to give it to him,” the anchor added. “He was just a journalist and is now sitting on a media empire worth crores. He's a brilliant businessman and knows what his audience wants. During elections, he would sit at 6 am in the studio and stay till 12 in midnight, would only take lunch breaks. I think in Arnab's head, aside from Modi, he's the most powerful person in India. He enjoys his stardom, people talking about him on social media. I think he would be very depressed if people stopped talking about him.”

According to the latest BARC data, Republic Bharat has displaced Aaj Tak as the Hindi TV news channel with the highest ratings. It is this battle for TRPs that has perhaps resulted in some of the ugliest TV moments of the past month. On the one hand, you had Republic Bharat anchors heckling ordinary folks outside Rhea Chakrobarty’s house and, on the other, an Aaj Tak reporter’s blatant invasion of a citizen’s privacy.

In this context, a former employee at Republic Bharat said, “I am not very taken in by this urge to single out Arnab as the worst thing that’s happened to TV news. Who’s any different? Turn on any news channel, and they are selling ‘rastravaad’ and ‘Hindu-Muslim’. I was very clear when I joined Republic Bharat that this was not journalism, it was jingoism. Unmaad phailane ka kaam kar rahe hain. This is the game of TRP.”

He, however, said the biggest fault in all of this was that of the viewers. “Do you know how much pressure we are in every Thursday when ratings come out? You are answerable for every little drop in ratings. But the question is why do news consumers watch this tamasha?”

Like news consumers, it appears that news professionals have also grown accustomed to the plummeting standards of what’s dished out as news on TV. Those who took the plunge with Republic TV probably knew that they wouldn't be working with a Walter Cronkite or the legendary SP Singh. The problem wasn’t that they weren’t willing to demonstrate flexibility while at the channel, it was that they weren’t willing to crawl — something that seems to be a prerequisite in Arnab’s scheme of things at Republic.

Newslaundry reached out to Arnab for comment on the allegations made by Tejinder and other former employees. This report will be updated if a response is received.

 

[MP2011]

A long read but a good read nonetheless, coming straight from horse's mouth.

Shows who is the real anti national. As has been said multiple times, these media personnel are the lapdogs of powers that be. And they use them to the hilt for their hitjob on opposing voices. And considering that over 40% of our electorate is gullible to its core, they succeed in their evil designs.

If this is not fascim what else is.

 

[CricketCartoons]

A long read but a good read nonetheless, coming straight from horse's mouth.

Shows who is the real anti national. As has been said multiple times, these media personnel are the lapdogs of powers that be. And they use them to the hilt for their hitjob on opposing voices. And considering that over 40% of our electorate is gullible to its core, they succeed in their evil designs.

If this is not fascim what else is.

These media channels are popular because people watch them. Whatever their political leanings may be.

This is not fascism. This is democracy.

 

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[Gabbar Singh]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh told media that news anchor Arnab Goswami, the promoter of Republic TV, will soon be questioned in the case of TRP fraud. <a href="https://t.co/20OTKd7h9m">https://t.co/20OTKd7h9m</a></p>— IndiaToday (@IndiaToday) <a href="https://twitter.com/IndiaToday/status/1314170323659440128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 8, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Republic TV To File Criminal Defamation Case Against Mumbai Police Commissioner Over TRP Fraud Allegation<a href="https://t.co/V8env9F4t6">https://t.co/V8env9F4t6</a></p>— Swarajya (@SwarajyaMag) <a href="https://twitter.com/SwarajyaMag/status/1314174355388067840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 8, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[pillionrider]

Kangana will be a worried person now.

Shiv Sena might be a small party relative to the BJP, but the biggest miscalculation has happened from Modi-Shah in trying to set their lapdogs on the Sena.

Modi exists today because Bal Thackeray supported him.

BJP going down...

@Romalli_rotti

 

[pillionrider]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RepublicFightsBack?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RepublicFightsBack</a> | Watch Arnab Goswami give it back as Mumbai Police targets Republic for its coverage; Fire in your views, send in your videos of support, take on this overreach and attempt to suppress the voice of the people; Tune in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LIVE?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LIVE</a> here - <a href="https://t.co/rGQJsiKgt2">https://t.co/rGQJsiKgt2</a> <a href="https://t.co/aUIMt27Cve">pic.twitter.com/aUIMt27Cve</a></p>— Republic (@republic) <a href="https://twitter.com/republic/status/1314188488690987010?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 8, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[MenInG]

The Mumbai Police has sent a show cause notice to Republic Television editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami asking him why a chapter proceeding under Section 108 of the Criminal Procedure Code should not be initiated against him.

Sudhir Jambavdekar, assistant commissioner of police (Worli division) who has sent the notice, has asked Goswami to remain present before him on October 16. The notice (HT has a copy) refers to objectionable coverage of two incidents-- lynching of sadhus in Palghar district, and the issue of Bandra migrants gathering during lockdown-- and states that Goswami and his channel gave communal colour to the incidents and tried to incite communal tension between Hindu and Muslims.

Goswami has two FIRs registered against him in Mumbai. One has been registered at NM Joshi Marg police station earlier while the other is at the Pydhonie police station. Both the offences indicate similar allegations against Goswami of inciting hatred and communal tension between two religious groups or communities.

Senior inspector of the NM Joshi Marg police station sent a proposal to the ACP seeking preventive action against Goswami. Acting on the proposal the ACP initiated the process.

ACP Jambavdekar, a special executive magistrate, confirmed the development, but refused to comment.

The notice states that Goswami’s channel spread communal tension and it can be easily seen from the extremely abusive, communal and hateful comments from the viewers of videos of the shows on YouTube.

Goswami will have to appear before the ACP and give satisfactory reasons on why such preventive action should not be taken against him.

If the ACP does not find his response satisfactory then he can initiate chapter proceedings against Goswami. Once that happens, Goswami will have to sign a legal security bond for good behaviour for a year (if he violates the bond then he would have to pay penalty of Rs 10 lakh). He would also have to pledge not to indulge in any act of dissemination of seditious matter. He would have to take along a person as security who would take responsibility of his behaviour for the duration of the bond.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumb...nab-goswami/story-tgLVkToNhfRTh2O1hp69RP.html

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

 

[IndoorCricket]

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[Rajdeep]

Arnab Goswami is missing from TV for weeks now. Last time he was seen shortly on 2nd may from an undisclosed location. No one is aware of him or his whereabouts.

Covid??

 

[OMB]

Arnab Goswami is missing from TV for weeks now. Last time he was seen shortly on 2nd may from an undisclosed location. No one is aware of him or his whereabouts.

Covid??

hilarious article on similar
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Where is Arnab Goswami? The nation wants to know

Stories in Mocktale are works of fiction intended to bring a smile to your face. They bear no connection to events and characters in real life.


Times Now editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami's conspicuous absence from the channel’s prime time show ‘The Newshour’ has created panic in the ‘nation’.
Politicians, spokespersons and analysts, who are regulars on Goswami’s debate are now confused. A senior party leader was quoted saying, “We are not used to speaking more than 8 seconds. Now, we are actually speechless.”
Some reports suggest that anchors from other news channels have decided to cash in on this opportunity. They have decided to undergo a face transplant to look exactly like Arnab Goswami in a desperate bid to boost TRPs and attract advertisers.
A regular viewer of Newshour said, “I had to increase the TV volume to listen to what the panellists are saying. It never used to happen when Arnab was there. I could hear the debate even when my TV was on mute.”
Restaurant owners, on the other hand, are rejoicing. “Our business has doubled since that ‘loud’ anchor disappeared. In order to attract customers, we have decided to launch a special menu dedicated to Goswami.”
Aneen: #NewshourWithoutArnab is bad 4 TRPs n good 4 my migraine. Jokes apart, whr r u? The nation wants to know. We can't connect the dots *Shakes Pen*

Haha Man: #NewshourWithoutArnab is like sholay without gabbar

Bharat Jain: #NewshourWithoutArnab is like Sunny Paaji without Dhai Kilo ka Haath.

Hardik Rajgor: #NewshourWithoutArnab is like Man Utd without Giggs. Chelsea without Lampard.

Liverpool without Gerrard. Barcelona without the referee.

Comedy Central India: #NewshourWithoutArnab is like Manmohan Singh without his silence.

Arnab Ray: #NewsHourWithoutArnab is like the morning without the sun, the Indian right wing without Modi, Congress without the Gandhis.

Sir Ravindra Jadeja: #NewshourwithoutArnab is like an Engineer without a Backlog.

Gappistan Radio: #NewshourwithoutArnab is like Samosa without Aloo, Bihar without Laloo and Mowgli without Bhaloo

Mr. Tippler: #NewsHourWithoutArnab is like Salman Khan with his shirt on.

Gappistan Radio: #NewshourWithoutArnab is like Rajma without rice, casino without dice

Sumit Khadse: #NewshourWithoutArnab is like sarkari yojna without Rajiv Gandhi's name.

Sameera Gawandi: #NewshourWithoutArnab mumbai without potholes

Mansi: #NewshourWithoutArnab is Bollywood without its song-and-dance spectacle

Smitabarooah: Seems Arnab Goswami 's disappearence fr 3 days causing withdrawl symptoms in tweeple.Come back Arnab!
All is forgiven #NewshourWithoutArnab

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/humour/mocktale/Where-is-Arnab-Goswami-The-nation-wants-to-know/articleshow/22515018.cms

 

[IAJ]

"America is the world's biggest hypocrite" - Arnab Goswami [Video]

Interesting video from India

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[guna]

USA can do nothing good.

If they care about the world, they are bashed for interfering in world politics.

If they do not care about the world, they are selfish and hypocrites.

 

[JaDed]

Im guessing Arnab has become like a huge personality of South Asia.

 

[WhenSultansBowled]

This warmonger hate spreader clown doesn't deserve any attention.

This has to be just an embarrassingly pathetic typical Indian attempt to cope with the fact that India have had to close their dozens of 'consulates' and flee.

(Didn't watch the video, just can't bear his irritating voice and obnoxious background music.)

 

[Varun]

Chuck him in Taloja jail again.

 

[Ahmad-GERMANFC]

Im guessing Arnab has become like a huge personality of South Asia.

He’s the most popular news personality in all of South Asia of you go by ratings

 

[IAJ]

This warmonger hate spreader clown doesn't deserve any attention.

This has to be just an embarrassingly pathetic typical Indian attempt to cope with the fact that India have had to close their dozens of 'consulates' and flee.

(Didn't watch the video, just can't bear his irritating voice and obnoxious background music.)

You should watch it only 4-5 minutes, entertainement. It's funny since they look at USA as their biggest ally.

 

[guna]

He’s the most popular news personality in all of South Asia of you go by ratings

No one outside India knows him. But then again, India itself is a world due to its huge population.

 

[WhenSultansBowled]

You should watch it only 4-5 minutes, entertainement. It's funny since they look at USA as their biggest ally.

Watched it. As expected, a recycled masala narrative to misinform the uninformed.

It was so funny to hear an Indian like Arnab criticize legitimacy of BBC. I can understand CNN criticism but BBC? Really?!

 

[JaDed]

You should watch it only 4-5 minutes, entertainement. It's funny since they look at USA as their biggest ally.

Who is they? I’m sure most consider Israel
or France to be biggest allies at least based on UN help.

 

[MenInG]

The rabble-rouser Indian anchor Arnab Goswami was left embarrassed in a recent television show when his claims regarding the presence of Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) officials at Kabul's Serena Hotel backfired, making him the subject of countless memes on both sides of the border.

In the programme 'The Debate' aired on Republic World on September 15, Goswami discussed with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) spokesperson Abdul Samad Yaqoob as well as an Indian analyst the 'split' within the Taliban following the takeover.

Goswami, known for his war-mongering journalism, claimed that Pakistan Army officers were staying at the Serena Hotel's 'fifth floor'.

The anchor implied that the officers had been present in Afghanistan to support Taliban in the Panjshir fight against the warring resistant groups.

The only problem with the claims made was that the hotel under discussion has only two floors.

When Yaqoob questioned Goswami's claims, he went on to say that his information was correct, saying the fighters were still resisting Taliban and Pakistan's forces were retreating from the valley.

The anchor even told the PTI spokesperson, "You go and check today ... on the fifth floor of the Serena Hotel, I am telling you, please check, fifth floor of the Serena Hotel in Kabul, how many Pakistani army officers are there?"

"I can also maybe tell you what they ordered for dinner so don't question my intelligence sources. We've got all our aerial surveillance on you people."

However, a day later, Yaqoob returned to the show and responded to the claims, saying, "What I got to know from my sources [is that] Serena has only two floors. There are no third, fourth or fifth floors."

What followed was a sheepish look on the firebrand anchor's face underneath a forced laughter.

Shortly after, Twitter users from Pakistan and India shared countless memes, laughing off the absurd claims.

https://tribune.com.pk/story/232107...ed-faced-over-false-kabul-serena-hotel-claims

 

[PakLFC]

Arnab is free to send his army to fight Pak in a real war with him leading from the front! No, in such a scenario he will just sit behind his desk applauding his dead soldiers not bothering about what war widow's go though. When challenged he switches of the other person's microphone exposing his insecurity. He feels threatened very easily with those who disagree with him. Many Indian free media journalists like Sakshi Joshi hate him much more then anyone else for making Indian media a joke, for us he is just a comedian.

 

[PakLFC]

Arnab Goswai fined again.

Arnab Goswami has been heavily fined again by the UK after he called British Pakistani businessman Aneel Mussarat an "ISI stooge" some years back. The Pak businessman won the case case means Goswami will be forced to heavily pay up for the second time!! How much humiliation and battering does this man want at the hands of Pakistanis Get the money out!

https://scroll.in/latest/1027497/br...republic-bharat-for-calling-him-an-isi-stooge
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2364508/aneel-mussarat-wins-defamation-suit-against-indias-republic-tv