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Editor quits over 'fixed' Narendra Modi interview, sparks row
NEW DELHI: India TV editorial director Qamar Waheed Naqvi's resignation over an allegedly "fixed" interview of BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi acquired deep political overtones on Tuesday with Congress claiming that it showed the kind of pressures journalists faced from BJP. AAP was also active on the social media congratulating Naqvi for his "courage".
Congress recalled the police complaint of a senior journalist of the Hindu after she received got threat calls for a piece she wrote on Modi late last year. "This is the trailer of the good days that BJP advertisements are promising" said the party's media chief Ajay Maken.
Naqvi quit on April 13, hours after Modi was featured in Aap Ki Adalat on the evening of April 12. The interview programme is hosted by India TV chairman Sharma. The resignation came amidst accusations that the channel's Modi interview resembled a "public relations exercise."
Naqvi could not be reached for comment despite repeated attempts on his phone and e-mail. However, on Tuesday in obvious reaction to supportive statements of Congress and AAP, he tweeted, "I request politicians to stay away from my resignation episode.''
Sources in India TV said that the channel's pro-Modi bias was clear in the news bulletin line up with the pieces loaded heavily in favour of BJP. "If there were 10 negative stories against Rahul Gandhi or Arvind Kejriwal, there would be one against Modi," a source with the channel said.
He said Naqvi had expressed his reservations to Sharma on several occasions. Channel sources also pointed out that Naqvi had expressed the apprehension about the channel's alleged bias before he was hired, but was assured that India TV wanted to move away from being a "sensational, soap-opera driven channel to a serious news channel."
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/Editor-quits-over-Modi-interview-sparks-row/articleshow/33797939.cms
Congress recalled the police complaint of a senior journalist of the Hindu after she received got threat calls for a piece she wrote on Modi late last year. "This is the trailer of the good days that BJP advertisements are promising" said the party's media chief Ajay Maken.
Naqvi quit on April 13, hours after Modi was featured in Aap Ki Adalat on the evening of April 12. The interview programme is hosted by India TV chairman Sharma. The resignation came amidst accusations that the channel's Modi interview resembled a "public relations exercise."
Naqvi could not be reached for comment despite repeated attempts on his phone and e-mail. However, on Tuesday in obvious reaction to supportive statements of Congress and AAP, he tweeted, "I request politicians to stay away from my resignation episode.''
Sources in India TV said that the channel's pro-Modi bias was clear in the news bulletin line up with the pieces loaded heavily in favour of BJP. "If there were 10 negative stories against Rahul Gandhi or Arvind Kejriwal, there would be one against Modi," a source with the channel said.
He said Naqvi had expressed his reservations to Sharma on several occasions. Channel sources also pointed out that Naqvi had expressed the apprehension about the channel's alleged bias before he was hired, but was assured that India TV wanted to move away from being a "sensational, soap-opera driven channel to a serious news channel."
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/Editor-quits-over-Modi-interview-sparks-row/articleshow/33797939.cms
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Re: Editor quits over 'fixed' Narendra Modi interview, sparks row
Do you know how much Naqvi was paid by CONartists?
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Re: Editor quits over 'fixed' Narendra Modi interview, sparks row
Vakavaka Pakapaka wrote:Do you know how much Naqvi was paid by CONartists?
The guy seems to be an honest and upfront journalist. That is why he publicly requested politicians to stay away from his case.
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