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.
Drug peddler's property worth Rs 1 crore attached in Srinagar
Srinagar (PTI): Property worth Rs 1 crore belonging to a notorious drug peddler was on Saturday attached in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar, police said.
A double-storey house on eight marlas of land situated at Wantpora Eidgah, belonging to Basit Bilal Dar, a notorious drug peddler, valued at approximately Rs 1 crore, a police spokesperson said.
He said Dar is involved in two cases registered under various sections of the NDPS Act.
During investigation, it was established that the accused had acquired the said property through illicit proceeds generated from drug trafficking activities, the spokesperson said.
Consequently, the property was attached under the provisions of the NDPS Act. The attachment proceedings were conducted in the presence of the two independent witnesses, strictly in accordance with the prescribed legal procedures, he said.
As per the attachment order, the owner has been restrained from selling, leasing, transferring, altering, or creating any third-party interest in the property till further orders, the spokesperson added.
