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Indian journalism has come a long way and churned out some brilliant reporters India has ever seen. Everyone is familiar with the leading names of the industry.
But with fame and responsibility comes cut-throat competition. And with that, comes bitter rivalry. Hailing from powerful and competitive channels of the Indian television fraternity, Barkha and Arnab are known for taking digs at each other.
So recently, after Arnab criticized journalists questioning Indian army operations in Jammu and Kashmir, she wrote this fuming Facebook status about him, and boy she didn’t hold anything back.
This is what it says.
Times Now calls for gagging of media & for journalists to be tried &punished. This man is journalist?I am ashamed to be from same industry as him. What’s striking is his brazen and cowardly hypocrisy. So he drones on and on about Pro-Pakistan Doves without one word on the JK alliance agreement that commits the BJP and PDP to talks with Pakistan and Hurriyat and is silent on Modi’s own Pakistan outreach- neither of which I object to- but since Arnab Goswami measures patriotism by such views why is he so silent on the government? Chamchagiri? Imagine, a journalist actually exhorts the government to shut down sections of the media, misrepresents them as ISI agents and terror sympathisers, calls for them to be tried and acted against. And our fraternity remains locked into politically correct and timid silence. Well, I’m not a shrinking violet Mr. Goswami and no matter how many times you take my name directly or indirectly on your show, I really don’t give a toss for your opinion. I hope I will always be someone whose journalism you loathe, because trust me, the feeling is so utterly mutual that it would kill me to be on the same side of any issue as you.
Well, looks like Barkha had enough of it. What might follow is an apology, a rebuttal, or a battle of words/ideologies.
Whatever, it might be, we shall keep you updated.
Do you think Barkha made sense? Or are you on Team Arnab? Let us know in the comments.
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