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
Let the Truth be known. If you read VB and like VB, please be a VB Supporter and Help us deliver the Truth to one and all.
Vijayanagara: One dead, 12 injured as trucks hits their vehicle from behind on NH 50
Vijayanagara: One man was killed and 12 others were injured after a truck hit vehicle they were traveling in on the National Highway 50 stretch on the outskirts of Koodligi in the district.
The accident victim, Madhu (27), is learned to have been an employee of Reliance Digital from Andhra Pradesh.
The vehicle was reportedly traveling from Bengaluru to Koodligi and the passengers are learned to have been seriously injured following the collision with the truck, which was found to have a Maharashtra registration.
Koodligi Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) Mallesh Dodmani and Circle Inspector Prahlad Channagiri arrived at the accident spot on being informed of the accident.
The police officers and locals rescued the injured passengers and got them shifted to the Koodligi Government Hospital. Some of the passengers were reportedly taken to the Ballari Trauma Care Centre for further treatment.
A case has been registered at the Koodligi Police Station and the officers are investigating the incident.
