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| After Modi supporters pulled it up, Aaj Tak apologisied saying the tweet was meant to be posted by a personal handle and was by mistake posted officially. |
June 28, 2016, Newscrunch
TV channel Aaj Tak faced anger of Modi supporters when it tried to troll the interview PM gave to Times Now editor Arnab Goswami.
It sought to contrast the Times Now programme with the hostile interview carried out by Karan Thapar in 2007 for his show The Devils Advocate.
The Thapar interview had lasted for only 3 minutes after Modi had walked off unable to take his relentless questioning on Gujarat riots.
On Tuesday, Aaj Tak posted a tweet with two images - one with Arnab Goswami interviewing Modi, which was captioned when interviewed by chamchas. The one carrying snapshots of Modi during Karan Thapar show was captioned, when interviewed by a journalist.
After Modi supporters pulled it up, Aaj Tak apologisied saying the tweet was meant to be posted by a personal handle and was by mistake posted officially.
It also requested in vain a Twitter user @manichejain to delete a tweet he had posted to which he had attached the screenshots of Aaj Tak tweets.
Aaj Tak trolls Modi and Arnab Goswami for the chamcha interview - says sorry
@manichejain Our apologies. this was to go from someone's personal handle. Since we have humans behind the machines, please do omit— आज तक (@aajtak) June 28, 2016
Dear @aajtak@aroonpurie shame on you..this is journalism..a media handle reduced to a lowly troll? #ShameOnAajTakpic.twitter.com/RuYjfaY8uu— Jaini (@manichejain) June 28, 2016