2015 Rewind: The times when Journalists got trolled by Twitterati
9 years, 3 months ago

2015 Rewind: The times when Journalists got trolled by Twitterati

Op India  

Social media has been the greatest leveller in 2015. Sure, most of the times the journalist will not respond, in fact the chances that he will read your views are also very less. But there are some occasions when your reply is so witty that it smacks the journalist in the face and earns you lots of kudos from the other twitter users. Presenting some of these epic moments from 2015, when journalists got flogged on Twitter for being uninformed, petty and sometimes just illogical: It was February and the Government in Delhi changed and with it some people like Sagarika Ghose changed their views too: We also had Sagarika’s ex-colleague, Bhupendra Chaubey bat for Arvind Kejriwal very bravely Later we heard an innovative way of defending frauds and scams, from Shekhar Gupta. Move aside Mr Zero Loss Sibal Soon, in line with Digital India, Journalists began getting schooled on Technology: And some terrorists have no religion: And this “troll” reminded Sagarika of the time when she called APJ Abdul Kalam “Bomb Daddy” This parody handle had just the right suggestion for Rajdeep Sardesai: Click here to see more on the next page

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3 years, 8 months ago

Twitter sees jump in govt demands to remove content of reporters, news outlets

The Hindu  

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Live Mint  

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6 years, 1 month ago

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Op India  

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Tweet Revenge
6 years, 4 months ago

Tweet Revenge

Deccan Chronicle  

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6 years, 7 months ago

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Op India  

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Behave responsibly on social media
6 years, 8 months ago

Behave responsibly on social media

Hindustan Times  

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Live Mint  

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7 years ago

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Op India  

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8 years, 2 months ago

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Firstpost  

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Editor’s Pick: The six articles of 2016 you must read
8 years, 2 months ago

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Op India  

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Why does Narendra Modi follow trolls on Twitter, asks author Swati Chaturvedi
8 years, 3 months ago

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Firstpost  

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8 years, 10 months ago

Bogey against Social Media “trolling”, a conspiracy against Free Speech in virtual world?

Op India  

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Niti Aayog CEO uses social media to call out The Hindu journalist’s gossip
9 years ago

Niti Aayog CEO uses social media to call out The Hindu journalist’s gossip

Op India  

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11 years, 8 months ago

Why some writers shun social media

The Hindu  

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11 years, 10 months ago

A social media policy

The Hindu  

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