In reality, the individual had only quote tweeted a tweet made by Barkha Dutt where the controversial journalist had shared a part of a conversation from a WhatsApp group which she claimed showed an individual trying to organize against the JNU.īarkha Dutt shared the number on. Twitter suspended the account of a pro-rightwing handle with the username for apparently violating the rules of the platform by ‘posting private information’. In the ongoing chaos surrounding the Jawaharlal Nehru University, the selective bias of Twitter again came to light. Twitter, especially, has been known to have implicit leftwing bias and engage in the suspension of rightwing accounts selectively. She ups her defence by saying that media wasn’t aware that the handlers of the terrorists were monitoring news channels.The political bias of social media platforms has been well known for quite some time. However, she does add quickly that when they ‘realised’, from the second day they started deferring visuals of live coverage of the attacks by 15 minutes. Journalists across the board said that.”īarkha admits that perhaps in hindsight did journalists made mistakes during the Mumbai siege. I don’t believe I was the only one who said it. The Oberoi story, I do remember having said at some point… not the exact number but when they was confusion over the fact that the hotel has been cleared, I did say that no, we still have reasons to believe that there are people who are trapped as hostages. I know who they were, I am not going to name them. The Chambers’ conversation that you report, that happened with other set of journalists as well.
Hemant Karkare died the first night, I was in Delhi. Barkha adds, “Chaitanya Kunte said I was responsible for Hemant Karkare’s death. In her defence, Barkha says that like in Kargil war, during Mumbai attack, she became the ‘symbol’ for something every other journalist was doing. Another allegation was about her calling up the Oberoi hotel management which was under siege by the terrorists who confirmed that there were hostages in the hotel the terrorists weren’t aware of. Barkha denies the allegations by saying that she wasn’t the one who reported it. Trehan asks Dutt about allegations that the latter called up someone whose relative was held hostage who inadvertently ended up disclosing location which was used by the terrorists after it was telecast on TV. In a 2012 interview with leftist media outlet Newslaundry, controversial journalist Barkha Dutt had admitted television channels’ role in endangering lives of civilians as well as security personnel by not restraining themselves during telecast. They held the country on ransom for almost three days as some of them holed up inside star hotels in Mumbai, holding hostages, many of them foreign nationals, as the ghastly scenes were telecast live in our living rooms. On 26th November 2008, ten terrorists from Pakistan wrecked havoc in Mumbai. Similarly, almost a decade after the Kargil war, Barkha Dutt once again came into the crosshairs for her irresponsible journalism during the Mumbai 26/11 terror attacks. Barkha admits television channels’ role in endangering lives of civilians as well as security personnel during Mumbai siege Her reporting was threatening to hurt the secrecy of the operations, the book hints at that. It is worth noting that the book does not prove that Barkha’s reporting caused casualties on the Indian side, however, her reporting was a “concern” for the Army, so much so that a senior army officer had to be called up and asked to take the matter seriously. Capt Vikram Batra’s energy runs into our souls, few Humans are able to reach such a height, Bhavvpoorna Naman,” she tweeted. Filmmakers should have shown her part too. “Watched #Shershaah yesterday it reminded me of what did at Kargil war.
#TWITTER BARKHA DUTT MOVIE#
One of Twitter users posted a tweet stating that the movie Shershaah should have included the part of Barkha Dutt. The movie once again brought under the spotlight the controversial role of journalist Barkha Dutt during the Kargil war as social media users highlighted her role in aiding the enemy forces with her questionable coverage of the war. The movie opened to mixed reactions, with many lavishing praises on the movie for showcasing on reel life the supreme sacrifice made by the Kargil War hero while others panning it for not doing justice to Captain Vikram Batra’s enduring legacy.
Shershaah, the cinematic retelling of the courage of Kargil war hero Captain Vikram Batra, has recently been released on popular OTT platform Amazon Prime Video.
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