New Delhi: Twitter was pretty angry on Thursday, see why.
Incorrect information about former president Pranab Mukherjee’s death, saw senior journalist Rajdeep Sardesai apologise for his tweet.
My deep deep apologies for falling for fake news being circulated on Pranab Mukherjee passing away. I am deeply distraught for falling for this fake news.. it was unprofessional of me to not reconfirm it before tweeting. Apologies to all.. and prayers with the family.. 🙏🙏🙏
— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) August 13, 2020
Mukherjee’s children call out the fake news.
Rumours about my father is false. Request, esp’ly to media, NOT to call me as I need to keep my phone free for any updates from the hospital🙏
— Sharmistha Mukherjee (@Sharmistha_GK) August 13, 2020
My Father Shri Pranab Mukherjee is still alive & haemodynamically stable !
Speculations & fake news being circulated by reputed Journalists on social media clearly reflects that Media in India has become a factory of Fake News .— Abhijit Mukherjee (@ABHIJIT_LS) August 13, 2020
Congress spokesperson Rajiv Tyagi died Wednesday after suffering a heart attack. This happened shortly after he featured on a TV debate — and many came down heavily on the volatile news channel debates.
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Lawyer-activist Prashant Bhushan on who killed Rajiv Tyagi.
#RajivTyagi had a heart attack & died within an hour of getting up from a poisonous debate on #aajtak where he faced vile abuse by #sambitpatra. In my view, he was murdered by these channels, anchors & spokesmen like Patra who thrive on hate & abuse
— Prashant Bhushan (@pbhushan1) August 13, 2020
Shiv Sena leader Priyanka Chaturvedi said what most of us think about TV debates.
Spokespersons have to day in-day out face these toxic debates yet be considered lightweight in politics&mere TV faces,the mental strength to carry on day after day isnt easy.Also the trolling&judgement they face on social media platforms.If 2020 teaches you anything,it is empathy
— Priyanka Chaturvedi (@priyankac19) August 12, 2020
Author Devdutt Pattanaik reveals why he doesn’t participate in hem.
I avoid television panel discussion despite many invitations from 'respectable' anchors as they are designed to create stress & death- like barbaric and bloody rooster-fights & gladiator games – for public entertainment.
Blood not knowledge is what they seek. pic.twitter.com/YXSjnzQ82N
— Devdutt Pattanaik (@devduttmyth) August 13, 2020
Congress’ Milind Deora has a message for the media, featuring actor Denzel Washington.
“Anything you practice, you’ll get good at… including BS!”
Actor Denzel Washington’s eloquent message to the press, many of whom are creators of fake & sensational news pic.twitter.com/CH1WQaJC3m
— Milind Deora मिलिंद देवरा (@milinddeora) August 13, 2020
In other news, Union Minister Union Minister of State for Finance & Corporate Affairs Anurag Thakur shares a moment from the launch of the new tax paying scheme, #HonoringTheHonest.
Honoring the Honest-ईमानदार का सम्मान।
“इस प्लेटफॉर्म में Faceless Assessment, Faceless Appeal और Taxpayers Charter जैसे बड़े रिफॉर्म्स हैं।
Faceless Assessment और Taxpayers Charter आज से लागू हो गए हैं”
PM @narendramodi— Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) August 13, 2020
Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav on why Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has an aversion to social media.
आदरणीय नीतीश जी, सोशल मीडिया को लेकर आपकी बेबसी और बेचैनी समझने लायक है क्योंकि यहाँ आप खबरों को सेंसर नहीं कर सकते।बिहार में प्रिंट मीडिया को केवल सरकारी विज्ञापन पर ही सर्वाइव करना है।वैसे भी सब आपकी विज्ञापन के बदले की जाने वाली ब्लैकमेलिंग से वाक़िफ है https://t.co/k9CnppoKyN
— Tejashwi Yadav (@yadavtejashwi) August 12, 2020
Actor Dia Mirza shares a way to calm your nerves.
Listen 💚 and have a peaceful day. pic.twitter.com/VxG0CvJjoz
— Dia Mirza (@deespeak) August 13, 2020
Photographer Vinay Aravind has a sly suggestion for actors Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor.
Starting petition for Kareena and Saif to name their second child Aurangzeb, just to see the bhakt meltdown.
— Vinay Aravind 📷 (@vinayaravind) August 12, 2020
Anupam Kher is a great actor but his poetry skills are debatable.
ऐ दर्द कुछ तो discount दे,
मैं तेरा रोज़ का “ग्राहक” हूँ… 🙂
— Anupam Kher (@AnupamPKher) August 12, 2020
Amid all the negativity, here’s a heart-warming account of the reunion of US house representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her second-grade teacher.
This is so heartwarming!! pic.twitter.com/3eu1zbAaZC
— Karthik (@beastoftraal) August 13, 2020
Work from home is making smoking in peace a little difficult as senior advocate Rajeev Dhawan found out…
The Rajasthan High Court hearings are on fire – mostly from the coals of Senior Advocate Rajeev Dhawan's hookah pot.
Video credit: @utkarsh_aanand pic.twitter.com/MVMSbfTc0s
— Firstpost (@firstpost) August 13, 2020
We still draw lessons from Mr Bean.
Bean there, done that!
Mr Bean taught us the art of Social Distancing long before #COVID19.
It's no Joke. 6 Feet can save lives! #SocialDistanacing pic.twitter.com/aVTJ31EtnX
— Assam Police (@assampolice) August 12, 2020
Here’s Baba Sehgal injecting some food for joy into our lives.
Lucknow ki khayega toh Moon pe jayega,
Hyderabad ki khayega Honeymoon pe jayega 😜BIRYANI – serving now pic.twitter.com/lZ0zSPgdUM
— Baba Sehgal (@OnlyBabaSehgal) August 12, 2020
With inputs from Shubhangi Misra
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