Times Now Ran A Story On RaGa Going For A Movie After Losing Elections And Twitter’s Furious!

So, just in case you’ve been living under a rock, Indian telly is not just about naagin(s), it also showcases ill-equipped doctors who apparently do not check a person’s vital before they plan to cut them open on an autopsy table! Lucky, right? Well, that and BJP won the assembly elections in Gujarat with a mandate that is good enough to win!

PM Shri @narendramodi arrives at BJP HQ. Celebration at BJP HQ after win in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh elections. Watch LIVE at https://t.co/MOwcUKfffU pic.twitter.com/DJM9KIIsY7

— BJP (@BJP4India) December 18, 2017

In fact, the man of the hour, PM Narendra Modi himself took to Twitter to share his pride at the fact that Gujarat still stands by his party and its ideologies. 

जीता विकास, जीता गुजरात।

जय जय गरवी गुजरात!

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 18, 2017

Naturally, newsrooms of all media channels were bustling in the aftermath to report the results the key-factors that affected the polls. Well, not all. Let me enunciate…

Times Now, in an effort to do God knows what, ran a ‘newshour’ about Rahul Gandhi going for a movie post-election. 

6 hours after Gujarat loss, Rahul Gandhi was watching ‘Star Wars’ at a cinema hall in Delhi. #AreYouSeriousRahul Watch @thenewshour with @navikakumar pic.twitter.com/LriW6Fefe4

— TIMES NOW (@TimesNow) December 19, 2017

You heard/saw that right. In fact, they ran it with a ingenious and unique hashtag, ‘#AreYouSeriousRahul’.

Needless to say, it took the Internet as long as a jiffy to use the hashtag the right way (read people roasted them left, right and centre) irrespective of their political inclination. See for yourself.

1. Would you, now?

Thank you @TimesNow for letting us know you think watching a movie at a cinema hall is condemnable. Would you have preferred it if #RahulGandhi watched porn on his cellphone like your party's Karnataka MLAs? #AreYouSeriousTimesNow #BJP https://t.co/hq326uXGn7

— Anna MM Vetticad (@annavetticad) December 19, 2017

2. *facepalm*

6 hours after Gujarat loss Rahul Gandhi went to toilet. Times now has exclusive footage of the toilet seat and water collected from commode has been sent to the lab for testing. #AreYouSeriousRahul https://t.co/B544PdxwVA

— Restored (@brumbyoz) December 19, 2017

3. Get it? Get it? It’s right there!

Pulitzer worthy stuff from Times Now. Love the way they're making fun of their own editor Rahul Shivshankar with the hashtag #AreYouSeriousRahul https://t.co/PArqBWSYv1

— Aditya Menon (@AdityaMenon22) December 19, 2017

4. OUCH.

https://twitter.com/sanjayuvacha/status/943148653719330817

5. What can you say? A lot.

We're doing a story on @OfficeOfRG going to a movie? And feeling superior about the fact that he did? https://t.co/uXct5vTbkz

— Sunil Jain (@thesuniljain) December 19, 2017

6. Very.

https://twitter.com/NameFieldmt/status/943319232061702144

7. From one journalist to other…

Hi @navikakumar women in all professions are striving to be taken seriously. When you decide to air content as banal as this – by ignoring a politician's choice to relax – you do a great disservice to the many amazing journos out there doing good work https://t.co/9SC4Dnqv1t

— Priyanka Borpujari (@Pri_Borpujari) December 20, 2017

8. Hope you’re familiar with sarcasm.

The pinnacle of investigative journalism https://t.co/CFLBysqq8j https://t.co/wpeXeEsxgj

— r/India on Reddit (@redditindia) December 19, 2017

9. Yeah. What?

PLEASE SHUT DOWN THIS CHUTIYA CHANNEL AND GIVE THESE "REPORTERS" BETTER JOBS LIKE IDK SOCIAL MEDIA OR SOMETHING https://t.co/0pzLNUQo0g

— Anuya Jakatdar (@anuyeaah) December 20, 2017

10. Sarcasm 2.0.

https://twitter.com/xtahzy/status/943147971482337280

11. The chain reaction we all saw coming!

So @TimesNow & it's anchors want Rahul to become a non-human robot like themselves, at their master's service 24/7, ever willing to destroy public discourse for crumbs from those in power. Totally sickening @vineetjaintimes. Your 'boys' have brought journalism to an all time low https://t.co/PlzwbTylaa

— Prashant Bhushan (@pbhushan1) December 20, 2017

12. Well, at least Shamir has one…

https://twitter.com/ShamirReuben/status/943378462668152833

13. WORD.

That makes him sound like a chill dude you dumbasses. https://t.co/kdeuVxvhD8

— Utsav Chakraborty (@Wootsaw) December 19, 2017

14. ‘Nation needs to know.’

I don't know much but I think we don't need such journalism that doesn't even tell us whether he had pop-corn or nachos. The nation needs to know. https://t.co/Djy4XXRme5

— Ankur Bhardwaj (@Bhayankur) December 20, 2017

15. On another note,

.@TimesNow pls tell me if Rahul Gandhi brushed his teeth or no today

— Tanmay Bhat (@thetanmay) December 20, 2017

And this is just a sample of all the things Twitterverse has to say about this very important and crucial bulletin, the world can not do without.

Also, if you must know Rahul went for ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ and if not anything, I’d like to pat him for his good choice in movies!

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