Twitter users demand apology from media outlets for reporting fake news, after VB carries fact check
Mangaluru: Twitter users, mainly from Coastal Karnataka demanded apology from media houses for reporting fake news and for defaming Bhatkal in the wake of spread of COVID-19.
A few media outlets had falsely claimed that a Bhatkal family had visited a private hospital in Mangaluru and had misinformed hospital authorities that they had come from Kundapur and not from “COVID-19 hotspot Bhatkal”.
The family reportedly had arrived on May 12 with a six-year old kid with a fractured arm. According to the media reports the family after misinforming the hospital authorities had received treatment to the kid.
The reports had further added that following the incident the private hospital was completely sealed down and the doctors and staff of the hospital were sent to quarantine.
The hospital after a couple of days of the incident issued a clarification and added that the Bhatkal family had not hid any facts or information from the hospital and had duly presented the Aadhar card upon arrival at the hospital.
The news of the hospital’s clarification was immediately carried by Vartha Bharati.
CLICK HERE to read the Fact-Check report by Vartha Bharati:
A twitter campaign was run on Monday with users demanding apology from leading media outlets while also citing the fact-check report of Vartha Bharati.
Hashtags #Stopdefamingbhatkal and #DeccanHeraldlies were soon trending on twitter in Karnataka with both the hashtags recording over five thousand tweets in less than two hours after the campaign began.
Bhatkal family did not hid facts, Mangaluru hospital issues clarification.@spkarwar @dcuttarakannada should take strong action against #DeccanHeraldLies
— SYED INAM-UL HAQ (@SYEDINAM92) May 18, 2020
FACT CHECKED? https://t.co/g2t51y4KbS@IZaorez
@MediaScannerIn#StopDefamingBhatkal
@VarthaBharatiEn first to publish the fact check and expose fake claims of @prajavani @DeccanHerald @kadalavani and others.https://t.co/ARnlbncCMB#Stopdefamingbhatkal #DeccanHeraldLies #Closedownfakenewsfactories
— Ismail Zaorez (@IZaorez) May 18, 2020
We demand apology @DeccanHerald @prajavani @kadalavani @VijayavaniMng @dcuttarakannada@shankarsview@ap#StopDefamingBhatkal#DeccanHeraldLies https://t.co/40or9JBiK6
— Mohammed Saqib (@tm_saqib) May 18, 2020
Deccan Herald why would someone lie during emergency. Empathise, she is a minor god dam it. @dcuttarakannada@shankarsview@ap@DeccanHerald @prajavani @kadalavani @VijayavaniMng @bsarun24#StopDefamingBhatkal#DeccanHeraldLies pic.twitter.com/FJyK0taK0W
— Syed (@SMafzal_) May 18, 2020
Unbelievable!!! Deccan Herald a 70 years old newspaper is publishing FAKE NEWS. #StopDefamingBhatkal @free_thinker @zoo_bear @QuintFactCheck @boomlive_in @TheQuint @thepeeinghuman pic.twitter.com/JY9YNp0lQD
— Mohammed Siddique (@immdsiddique) May 18, 2020
Pandemic has become a new tool for media to harass & humiliate Muslims & Especially Bhatkallys.
— Misbah Ul Haq (@citizen_misbah) May 18, 2020
Imagine the pain of Bhatkally Patients family ?
How can this trust be built when media is full of hate against the Muslims?@PTI_News @MediaTSI#DeccanHeraldLies #StopDefamingBhatkal pic.twitter.com/yMUm1poG3X
Bhatkal family did not hide facts, Mangaluru hospital issues clarification https://t.co/v2P5Wqmvn7 via @MediaScannerIn#StopDefamingBhatkal
— Media Scanner (@mediascannerin_) May 18, 2020
When the entire world is busy fighting with #CoronavirusPandemic our shameless indian media is busy in spreading false news.#DeccanHeraldLies#StopDefamingBhatkal @prajavani @DeccanHerald @kadalavani @VVani4U pic.twitter.com/xJGzJ7Rezr
— Faizal Peraje ?? (@faizal_peraje) May 18, 2020
Who is pushing these media to write false against Bhatkal@dcuttarakannada@shankarsview@ap@DeccanHerald @prajavani @kadalavani @VijayavaniMng @bsarun24#StopDefamingBhatkal#DeccanHeraldLies pic.twitter.com/PWekq29uDv
— Mohammed Sd (@Mohammedsd88) May 18, 2020
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Organisation urges Centre to set up National Widows' Rights Commission
Mumbai (PTI): A Maharashtra-based voluntary organisation has appealed to the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development to establish an independent National Widows' Rights Commission to address "systemic and lifelong injustices".
Mahatma Phule Samaj Seva Mandal (MPSSM) said widowed women in India face social ostracisation, denial of property and inheritance rights, economic insecurity, psychological trauma, and heightened sexual vulnerability.
These issues are not adequately addressed by existing institutional mechanisms, it said.
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In its representation to the ministry, the organisation stated that despite Constitutional guarantees of equality and dignity under Articles 14, 15 and 21, there is no exclusive statutory body that focuses specifically on the unique and long-term vulnerabilities of widows.
The proposal notes that while women's commissions function at the national and state levels, their broad mandate limits focused attention on widows' issues, leading to gaps in grievance redressal, monitoring and accountability.
Calling widowed women a "structurally vulnerable group" comparable to other constitutionally recognised categories, MPSSM has proposed the creation of National and State Widows' Rights Commissions with the power to inquire into complaints, summon reports from police and administrative authorities, and make time-bound recommendations, including registration of FIRs and legal action where required.
It demanded that the commission be empowered to suggest rehabilitation measures, financial assistance schemes and amendments to existing laws, and submit annual reports to Parliament or state legislatures.
MPSSM president Pramod Zinjade said the establishment of a dedicated Widows' Rights Commission was a "constitutional necessity and moral obligation" to restore dignity, security and human rights of widowed women and to eliminate regressive social practices.
Zinjade said he has also written to the United Nations seeking the establishment of an International Widows' Rights Commission (IWRC).
He has been leading a campaign in rural Maharashtra to eradicate evil customs related to widows. Several villages have passed unanimous resolutions banning such customs.
