“People from @republic have dragged the whole media in the dirt."

@tweets_prateekg spent a day with reporters standing outside #RheaChakroborty house and came back very depressed. Must read. https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/08/31/media-circus-a-day-with-reporters-outside-rhea-chakrabortys-house

“Rhea Chakraborty only speaks to a select few channels,” I heard one Republic Bharat reporter speak into the camera. “Is she afraid of Republic Bharat?”

Just then, she directed her cameraperson to pan towards a man leaving Primrose Building and started yelling, “This is an informer of Rhea Chakraborty.” The man ignored her and went on his way.

He was Ram, a watchman at the building. Through the day, Ram would repeatedly face disrespect and humiliation from Republic TV crews, with the videos of some of these incidents going viral. Seeing the Republic Bharat reporter badger Ram, journalists from other channels joined in.

It seemed that they all thought Ram was their property, not a free man deserving of respect. When Ram returned after some time with a taxi, the same Republic Bharat reporter directed her cameraperson to follow him.

What's crazy is to watch "reporters" make a celeb out of a random woman who claims that the Chakraborty family practises black magic.

When asked how she knows this, she simply says: "mujhe sab pata hai." And that's that. Woman is an Arnab fan obviously.

M A D N E S S

You can read the piece in Hindi here. English one linked right at the top of this thread. https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/08/31/one-day-at-rhea-chakrabortys-house-media-circus