NY Times Called Lata Mangeshkar A ‘So Called Playback Singer’ And Twitter Lost Its Shit

This is becoming a vicious circle of identity now. So here’s what has been happening while you were away. Once upon a time Maria Sharapova didn’t know who Sachin Tendulkar was, until social media backlash taught her better. Then, Lata Mangeshkar didn’t know who Tanmay Bhat was, leaving some mixed reactions on Twitter. And now…

New York Times has called Lata Mangeshkar a ‘So Called Playback Singer’.

Yeah, so what do you think happened? That’s right, a twitter uproar.

 

The NYT article was written in context to the Tanmay Bhat Snapchat controversy, by Nida Najar and Suhasini Raj.

What might surprise you a little more is that both the writers are based in Delhi and work for the South Asia bureau of The New York Times.

 

And here is the Twitter aftermath of the plain ignorance of this article

So called song from a so called singer.Don’t miss so called taans during the song to get soaked in so called magic:) https://t.co/JouTGo43Kv

— Sunanda Vashisht (@sunandavashisht) May 31, 2016

 

@nytimes #LataMangeshkar a “So-called” playback singer??
Ok I forgive u @nytimes , u belong 2 a country that’ll be electing Trump as Prez

— Bhamini Ravishankar (@Bhamini_11) May 31, 2016

 

Thought “#LataMangeshkar is a so-called singer” was a spoof. It’s not!
What next @nytimes? Sinatra & Whitney Huston are “so-called singers”?

— Smita Barooah (@smitabarooah) May 31, 2016

 

@chitraSD Really Chitra, this description of legendary Lata Mangeshkar in @nytimes is shocking-Lata Mangeshkar, a so-called playback singer’

— Vinita Deshmukh (@VinitaDeshmukh) May 31, 2016

 

Dear @nytimes there is nothing “so-called” abt @mangeshkarlata being a play back singer.

— Nistula Hebbar (@nistula) June 1, 2016

 

‘So-called singer Lata Mangeshkar’!! Are u serious @nytimes? I thought you had high standards, so wrong I was!! https://t.co/yjZlCZG56M

— aditi tyagi (@aditi_tyagi) June 1, 2016

 

Have New York Times mentioned Rohit Sharma as ‘so called talent’ yet? ?

— Keh Ke Peheno (@coolfunnytshirt) June 1, 2016

 

Yet another example of stupidity by the so -called media house @nytimes calling an Indian legend a so called singer.Shame on such journalism

— Vardhan Dongre (@Vardhan_Dongre) June 1, 2016

 

My Dear @nytimes, you’re a “so-called” publication and @mangeshkarlata is a national treasure! Thank you!

— Shakthi (@v_shakthi) June 1, 2016

I think it’s time to do some serious fact checking, what do you say?

Here is the article for your own deliberations

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