Questions, questions, questions and more questions.
What is the truth about Sushant’s death? (CNN News18); Case covered up after murder? (Times Now); Sushant’s death ‘normal’? (Republic TV); Where did Rhea get her money? (CNN News18); What is the ‘sly girl’s’ source of income? (India TV); Who’s behind Rhea’s machinery? (Republic TV); Rhea and Sushant Singh Rajput went on Europe holiday — what changed after that? (India Today); Why is Mahesh Bhatt quiet? (Times Now)
NewsNation said there were thousands of questions related to Sushant Singh Rajput and Rhea Chakraborty.
Now it’s our turn to ask the questions. Here are five:
— Who will question the questioners?
— Who will question TV news anchors and reporters about the non-stop tabloid TV coverage of Sushant Singh Rajput’s death, which has now clocked almost three weeks?
— Who will question their motives behind the character assassination of so many individuals who may or may not have a role to play in what may or may not be Rajput’s death by suicide?
— Who will question their right to play the police, the prosecutor, judge, jury and `journalist’?
— Who will hold them accountable?
Oh, and yes, one more: ‘#JusticeForRajput’ is the popular hashtag on channels like Republic TV and Times Now. But who will bring the likes of them to justice for all the injustices they have committed in the name of ‘Breaking News’?
Also read: Indians find the perfect villain in Rhea Chakraborty. It says more about India than her
The coverage is an injustice
From the most trivial pursuit of Rhea Chakraborty’s apparent fondness for clothes to the most serious charge of murder, there is nothing that news channels have not ‘exposed’. And they don’t care whether they will be proved right or wrong, eventually. They just want an ‘Explosive Exclusive’, in Times Now’s inimitable phrase.
From the TV cameras peering into the ambulance that carried Sushant’s body to the fake autopsies; from examining the green cloth found hanging in his bedroom that day to the photographs of his bruised neck in order to ‘prove’ that he wasn’t hanging; from doctors speculating on his possible depression to excerpts from his WhatsApp messages; from discussing the film producers and directors he worked with or those who supposedly ignored him to his cook, his friends, his former manager, his former girlfriend; from his films contracts, his financial status to his personal letter to his family; from video clips of him in his films to reconstructions of his life and his holiday in Europe last year where he allegedly had “hallucinations” — in the name of giving him ‘justice’, the news channels have stripped him of everything but his skin.
Rhea Chakraborty has been subjected to the same scrutiny, except that in her case it has been entirely negative and one-sided. News channels have only reported against her. There is not even a pretence of being objective here.
Everyone the channels have interviewed has been asked leading questions to implicate Rhea Chakraborty and her family. Her bank accounts have been scrutinised threadbare, her call data records have been examined – where Times Now found the initials ‘AU’ and then innocently said that Aditya Thackeray’s name had come up in the Supreme Court hearing.
We have read her WhatsApp messages, heard the questions she was asked by the Enforcement Directorate, the parties she attended, the “honey trap” she laid for Sushant Rajput, how she alienated his affections from his family, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. News channels have snapped up every morsel of information they could obtain from Sushant’s bereaved family and flung it at us, hoping we will gulp it down, hungrily.
Sushant Rajput’s manager Disha Salian, who also was declared to have died by suicide, has been dragged into the controversy – despite her parents’ pleas to the media to let her rest in peace. No such luck. News channels have been doing everything they can to establish a link between Sushant’s death and hers. No RIP for her nor for Sushant.
Also read: Aatma, autopsy, jadu—After Ayodhya, TV news went right back to magnificent Sushant obsession
Can the lawless be controlled?
We need to ask the news channels, the anchors and the reporters this: how did they gain access to call records, bank statements, post-mortem photographs, contracts, etc? Isn’t this an invasion of privacy? Isn’t it against the law? Are news channels allowed to name and defame anyone they choose to with impunity?
Can they simply look someone in the face and declare them depressed or not depressed? Can they conduct fake autopsies and decide the cause of death
Who will ask them these questions on behalf of decency, if nothing else? More significantly, who will answer for all that is being perpetrated in the name of news?
The unfortunate answer is no one.
And so the film hero, the ‘outsider’ who became a superstar surpassing expectations, has been reduced to a victim of Rhea Chakraborty, her ‘machinery’ by news channels chasing viewership ratings at any cost. Who’s next?
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Well sorry, here you look like loosing trust and paid media. I am not a fan of Replublic Bharat but they are the ones bringing news in SSR case otherwise everyone else was satisfied with mumbai police interrogation.
Anyways, Shekhar Gupta, I had recently started watching The Print but guess not anymore.
This is was expected. These are the paid grassroot sleeveless Lutyens journalists who have been responsible for propping up this Bollywood gang. Depression, bipolar, suicide, rapist, nothing worked right? So you just killed him brutally and continue to justify it despite everyone knowing what and who the killers are. How much did you get for this?
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Its difficult to make head or toe of this article… why will anyone question the journalists when they are pointing out the right questions??? This article seems to be a PR driven article by some Bollywood biggie, trying to attack channels…
Are you guys born as human ? I mean seriously…this article and its author is nothing but pathetic (human?) being!!! Guys grow up. Henceforth, I will stay away from the Print. Mr. Sekhar Gupta comes with lots of facts on paper and speak about real facts. Can’t you guys see the evidence. Do you think the whole world is fool ?
It’s disappointing to see the comments here, but I completely agree with this post. This is worst case of media trial coming at the worst time when nation in going through the pandemic. Let’s say even if what Republic and other media saying is correct, does this really deserve 95% of the screen time on news media when the country is going through the worst time we’ve seen in our lifetime? How much coverage Republic TV or other news channels had on situation of the country on during Corona Pandemic in last 3 months compared to SSR death? Or are they doing it purposely just to keep attention of country away from pandemic? Seriously guys it’s time to get our priorities right. Do discuss about state of economy and healthcare facility in the country if you really thing that is more important than SSR death conspiracy (if it really exists).
Definitely this case is going to carry on for months, let’s see how much coverage it gets after Bihar election.
The goof up by Mumbai Police is all blatant. The reality of Bollywood and role of PR machinery as well hobnobbing of Starrs with powerful is well known. Bollywood has craft and talent but extremely poor ethical and moral standards. Media is one of the pillars of democracy and let it do its job.
Getting paid by Maharashtra govt and Bollywood to cover up murder. Shows how disgusting the print is !!!
You too The Print?? Shamelessly trying to fool the people on media that its suicide? Paid media and chamchas of powerful crooks are desparately writing ‘smart’ theories to help cover up. These are not only devil’s advocates but devils, the vultures feasting on the dead.
And Rhea is collateral damage.
I now realize I was naive and took the article at its face value. Like most media, you are also willingly playing into the hands of a political party’s cynical design. It is clearly migrant labour issue Vs SSR.
Use Burn0l plz if you have burns
Use burn*l plz
The answer to your questions of all the who’s – atleast you will not when you will look in the mirror and question ur conscience
shame on you the print. asking question is also a crime in your eye
now i want to ask
whom do you want to protect sonia sena ? bollywood gang ?
Dipanker gomitra dutta. Where are you living? And what are you drinking. The print is the representative of true journalism- not gobar Arnab and gang
Rubbish article
Arnab needs to be and is applauded for this brave and honest journalism.
Unlike others he is not putting made up stories.
All Power to Republic TV.
Applaud for one sided negative coverage on rhea. Like Arnab is judge and has decided to take it in his hands show her only in a negative way.
He is spewing vomit on rhea for his own political agenda.
Brave and honest journalism!!!??? Arnab is a chamcha a nepo kid of Modi and Shah. LOL, nothing more comical than this. Thrust your head in the coverage of godi gobar media and believe in their bull propagandist theory.
One-sided driven article. His soul wouldn’t have rest in peace, knowing his perpetrators were out in the open. This was suppose to be a comparatively straight forward case of a great actor and an even better human being. However, with the innumerable botch ups, manipulation of witnesses, improper conduct of the investigation, the case would have been hurried under the rug, labelled ‘suicide’ and shut, for not just his family but also the public reading his ever so inspiring story. It’s already been seen that the father vehemently filed an FIR with Bihar Police and how badly the officers, that risked their lives to travel at the time of a pandemic, were treated by the Mumbai Police. Hence, it’s clear that had things not been dug from the grave (metaphorically), this case would have been hurried amongst the many questionable suicides in Bollywood.
Commendable job done by the journalists, considering they’ve put their own lives at stake, collecting the massive information that they have. Hats off to Republic TV and Times Now team, especially!!
Have been following The Print since a long time but a couple of articles recently changed my view. I am in no support of these News Channels. The extent to which they can go was seen yesterday when the very experienced Rajdeep Sardesai reported of a fake demise news of our former President. And you guys are no different. News channels, Journalism and journalists in India have stooped to the lowest level.
As for the case, it might to wrong to target Rhea Chakraborty here. But Ms Bajpai,the author of this article, have you given a thought if she was innocent or had no involvement of any kind,be it the alleged murder or looting his money, why the hell is she so scared and was missing for few days. If she sincerely had loved and and was honest,she would have had no reason to be afraid, that’s it!
Have been following The Print since a long time but a couple of articles recently changed my view. I am in no support of these News Channels. The extent to which they can go was seen yesterday when the very experienced Rajdeep Sardesai reported of a fake demise news of our former President. And you guys are no different. BTW, what was the “ToxocBiharis” article about,heard a lot of that too!
News channels, Journalism and journalists in India have stooped to the lowest level.
As for the case, it might to wrong to target Rhea Chakraborty here. But Ms Bajpai,the author of this article, have you given a thought if she was innocent or had no involvement of any kind,be it the alleged murder or looting his money, why the hell is she so scared and was missing for few days. If she sincerely had loved and and was honest,she would have had no reason to be afraid, she would have been cooperative. Period.
By now you must have understood that sensible can’t hope win over bloodthirsty mob. It is futile even to try. Our very own tucker knows it is extremely easy to manipulate the viewers with high decibel motivated fake stories.
Hope to win over a
No need to question the questioner. We have to question you regarding how much money did you take to write this article? Stupid, just stupid. . .This is a republic and independent India, here the common citizens have the right to question on any matter which they find to be injustice. Don’t spread this kind of harmful articles. No matter how much you try to supress but the truth shall prevail. .
#CBIForSSR
It is not independent of paid nonsense. We have failed because an election in Bihar can change the path of an investigation. And bhakts and urinary infected brains can effectively question everything because gobar gas Arnab shouts like mad.
Why not you answer, that rhea and the all othes related to the case gets clean sheet from so much long investigation of mubai police till now and also not supporting bihar ips officers in investigation.
Fake investment
#Paidpuppettheprint.
#justiceforsushant
bakwas
What a shameless article by Print which tries to point fingers at the Media but keeps mum on the real question..Why did Mumbai Police and Mah govt fail to conduct a fair investigation for 2 long months. This article gives more credibility to claims of Republic and Times Now that PR agencies hired by Rhea camp are offering money to media outlets to belittle the reveal of sham investigation our state agencies have done so far.
As an educated university graduate, I want to express my feedbacks on this article. First for most, it is disgraceful that the article blames credited media such as Republic media and Times now as truly understanding how the system works in Mumbai such as the Maharashtra and the Mumbai police. Only from such a truthful media that they can get exposed for covering up a brutal murder of a innocent life, but not only that they try to ruined his reputation by saying he is committed suicide and now blaming the parents is absolutely disgraceful. I now wonder just how many cases like these is being unseen and unresolved. I believe someone has to do a truthful job and that is all credits to the mention media channels doing it. My thoughts are for this article writer to please get some common sense first and stop sounding so educated when the fact is that you are not. Look at the bigger picture, India is awakening and justice should be served equally.
Ok. So tell me what would have been your response had Rhea your sister?
First you tell me what would have been your response had Sushant your brother?
It seems you want the truth to be pushed under the rug. In the country where the nation needs to participate in candle marches together for the law and order hierarchy to move and take action on something. A country where the the rich and powerful find their way out after committing crimes. You object the media from raising valid strong questions?? You are objecting people to think. You are indirectly trying to suppress the truth. What are you upto Mr. Gupta??
U have 6 questions, I have 3:
1. Why is ur publications against Sushant Singh family and totally in support of Rhea? I cant forget that disgusting article about “Bihari Toxic family”
2. Why do u advocate urself as ‘quality journalism’ when u cant even raise ur voice against the poor investigation and baseless statements given by Maharashtra govt against the victim family and in support of the accused.
If u cant report that, I think u should better stop writing about this case at all. Dont potray urself as an unbiased media!! shameless
Just unsubscribed. Not that it does matter to you but it will when you see considerable amount of less subscribers. Hope Karma gets back at you for murdering ethics in the name of Journalism. Clearly you are SOLD OUT and we are not fools to get swayed away by your effortless trial to influence our thoughts far from TRUTHS. Peace out
This article is crap. The print is a shame, a scam, a scum. Cause articles like this are biased, paid and very disgusting. you want every one to pay and watch movies and also make gossip articles like dirty crap: who is fighting whom and who is doing whom? but you dont want us the people to ask justice or to know what exactly happened? WOW.
who will ask how much they paid you for this dirt article?
who will ask why the print doesn’t want justice for SSR?
who will ask why the editor doesn’t have brain to think about the facts and the weigh the confessions got from accused and staff of SSR so far?
who will ask the print why financial discrepancies in SSR account went unaccounted?
who will ask why all or most of the staff SSR was changed by rhea?
who will ask why cbi demand is getting snubbed?
who will ask what the pain of SSR father and sisters is when they have lost a dear son and brother who was their pride to the dirty bollywood mafia?
who will ask why the Maha govt is indulging in the bollywood business? were they co- conspirators?
who will ask why your stupid, piece of SH*T article is so biased to give clean chit to the girl who character assassinates a man who is no longer alive and cannot defend himself?
who will ask why rhea and her manager didnt reply to SSR father when he wanted to talk to him?
who will ask why was SSR given nasty meds and made to sleep most time and call it depression?
who will ask why the family wasn’t informed of his illness? infact Mitu is so close by 15 mins to his home. even she never knew.
who will ask why there was forensic lapses in the case of SSR? why there was no hanging picture of him? and mny question regarding that day CCTV, tensile strength of hanging cloth, no table or chair to tie the cloth on fan? no finger prints anywhere in the room? not even SSR? wow? and many Qs
who will ask all these?
of course , we the people of India will ask and demand to know. SSR was epitome of a common man making it big in bollywoood by his sheer hard work and sincerity. If he cannot get justice then there is no hope for the common people like us. And that’s why we ask and we will ask and will keep on asking.
Print is one of the worst leftist news agencies in the world. You people only know how to stop movements, protect the bad guys in our country. How much money did Rhea and company give you to write friendly articles (Friendly media sic)
I agree with you that no one should be convicted or tried by media. However, in a democracy, the process is as important as the final outcome. Unfortunately, in this case, the process of investigation was thrown out of the window by Mumbai police at the very outset and they are responsible for the mess that the media is today. They haven’t registered an FIR until today, did not even make an effort to question simple things such as why wasn’t the locksmith allowed to open the door unless something untoward was known to Mr Pithani (why wasn’t an alarm raised if the door was closed for such a long time).
Your article is biased too. On one hand, you highlight Disha’s parents asking for privacy and on the other hand, do not consider that Sushant’s family is asking for justice and their message in February was completely ignored. Keep it fair if that is what your intent is.
a similar article was published this week on ndtv.. Its high time to ignore these low lifes..
they can’t raise their voice against powerful few and are embedded in the society as a passive pr machinery to demean the voice of justice ..
#RealHeroArnab
#CBIforSSR