New Delhi: Hours after Republic TV ediror-in-chief Arnab Goswami alleged that he was attacked by Youth Congress workers at the behest of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, the journalistic fraternity took to the social media to express their views.
टीवी पत्रकार #ArnabGoswami पर और उनकी पत्नी पर जानलेवा हमला, कांग्रेस कार्यकर्ताओं पर आरोप, दो गिरफ्तार
Read-https://t.co/VOe6Q3L5u2 pic.twitter.com/QELwM2S9EW
— Newsroom Post (@NewsroomPostCom) April 23, 2020
Many journalists outrightly condemned the assault on journalist for doing his duty while a few called it staged.
Condemning the attack, ANI editor Smita Prakash also shared a video in which the attacker is seen to have no remorse for the incident & is rather proud of how he accosted Republic TV editor-in-chief.
One of the two attackers while boarding the police jeep last night, says about Arnab “he is not a journalist, first of all you should know it”. As if that justifies accosting any citizen and his wife, throwing ink (probably) on his car. pic.twitter.com/p7IHOh6GU2
— Smita Prakash (@smitaprakash) April 23, 2020
“One of the two attackers while boarding the police jeep last night, says about Arnab “he is not a journalist, first of all you should know it”. As if that justifies accosting any citizen and his wife, throwing ink (probably) on his car,” ANI editor tweeted.
Tweets by fellow TV journalists:
India Today news director Rahul Kanwal wrote, “You set up a nightly cock fight. Initially it has novelty. Then viewers get bored. It’s repetitive. Predictable. Ratings nose dive. You go crazy. Pressure starts showing. Ratings slip further. Then suddenly you are on the edge. How low can one go? That’s the big question.”
You set up a nightly cock fight. Initially it has novelty. Then viewers get bored. It’s repetitive. Predictable. Ratings nose dive. You go crazy. Pressure starts showing. Ratings slip further. Then suddenly you are on the edge. How low can one go? That’s the big question.
— Rahul Kanwal (@rahulkanwal) April 23, 2020
— barkha dutt (@BDUTT) April 23, 2020
लोकतंत्र में हिंसा की कोई जगह नहीं है। यदि आप किसी पत्रकार की बात से असहमत भी हो तो उसे जवाब देने के कई और तरीक़े हो सकते हैं। #ArnabGoswami पर हुए हमले की मैं कड़े शब्दों में निंदा करता हूँ। @republic #ArnabGoswamiAttacked #AttackOnArnab
— Deepak Chaurasia (@DChaurasia2312) April 23, 2020
So glad India Twitter trends reflect the crisis of the pandemic we all face. pic.twitter.com/gJPFncmoBy
— Nidhi Razdan (@Nidhi) April 23, 2020
When you’re so rattled after an attack that you shoot a perfectly rehearsed video
Woman: start
Arnab: hello viewers
Viewers : Errrr …PS: I want to see the smashed car!#ArnabGoswamiAttacked #ArnabAttacked pic.twitter.com/gx8iy4S0QJ
— seemi pasha (@seemi_pasha) April 23, 2020
Funny, no? Ecosystem that cries loudest about muzzling of journalists under Modi attacks Arnab Italian mafia-style, files dozens of cases because Godmother was questioned.
While Varda-bhai is whining in western media about press freedom 🙂#SoniaGoonsAttackArnab #ArnabAttacked— Abhijit Majumder (@abhijitmajumder) April 23, 2020
