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?
Views are personal.
Plz anyone invescate about the innocent elephant who died by pataka or something.. she was pregnant.. who will give justice to that innocent animal.. because she was an animal..?.who will give her justice..human being has many ones too support.. but they don’t.. Any news channel did that coverage how the elephant died.. no one… This is all about popularity.
I completely agree. Media and news channels are at their worst. I am surprised on the role played by the family, posting hashtags…… and worse is advertising on black magic….bad times. This should be stopped. When attention should have gone to innocent victims of COVID and government action related to COVIDreluef for poor people, Republic and other channels are hiding everything. It seriously indicates that current government is misusing the power of media to hide their failures.
Reading this article was such a waste of time. Would have made sense, if, Instead of asking 6 questions, you had tried to answer 6 of those thousand questions.
Puchta hai Bharat!!!!
Who paid You to write this?
Everybody says that your paper and website is a paid phony on the take. Sometimes left., Sometimes congress your paper is more saleable than a product. Atleast don’t sell urself for money. Be a true journalist. Don’t sell ur sole.
Such a horrible and biased article!!You are always on the wrong side .Paid media
Why are you asking money when you already got money from Rhea and Mahesh Bhatt ? They are doing what Mumbai Police should have done You paid journos, B’wood mafia, Shiv Sena and NCP want to sell the suicide theory to cover up
Great and sensible article.Just on the basis of a family’s viewpoint,a girl should not be subjected to media trial and her private life exposed.Media is just brainwashing the public for their marketing.
So you would have preferred a cover up?
It is now not only a question of media coverage, it is a question of the opinion of the majority of people who are part of this democracy who do not want this injustice to go unchallenged. It is the question on the mind of every middle class citizen in the country – Do we need to put up with such an obvious cover up with an added explanatory narrative of depression and suicide of a discerning young man who had a bright future ahead?
Just like you have the right to write whatever you want, even they too have the same right. Everyone just wants a closure. If you really want to do good journalism, please leave all this for ratings and cover up other relevant issues of our country. First practice and then preach. You too are a part of the ‘Vulturism’.
Just like you have the right to write whatever you want, even they too have the same right. Everyone just wants a closure. If you really want to do good journalism, please leave all this for ratings and cover up other relevant issues of our country.
First practice and then preach. Vultures.
This case is similar to the Sheena Bora murder case.
The media has the right to highlight what they think is the truth. Keep up the good work.
Great Article! I think there’s bigger issue in India than corona virus, you know what I mean.
You guys are really shameless. It is a shame you are sold on the hands of Rhea and Inc.
If there is little bit shred of humality left in you, then ask for the #JusticeToShusjant. Not because he was an actor, because he was a human being who was murdered cold blooded and he does deserves JUSTICE.
It seems paid article by bollywood mafia, either by Khan gang or neppo gang or politico – underworld nexus gang. Article have no sense of intellect only absurd questions.
pity and shame on you.
Who will question you as journalist
Who will question the cover up
Delete this non sense article.
I have a fair idea who have paid you to write this.
The Print – Paid media , initially stating bad about bihari families. Now bad about media who questions sushants death .Paid by Rhea chakraborty.itna tho samajh main aatha hai .Public is not stupid !!!.
You guys should rot in hell, we all know where you guys get money from. Instead of doing any professional journalism or trying to dig in the case and help fight or justice or even once showing support for Sushant’s family – you’re coming at other media outlets who are trying to help here. They’re the reason this case is where it needs to be otherwise the people who are sponsoring you would have chilled at their place in the name of suicide. We have just one question for you – how does your founder, being a journalist, have a 100 cr mansion?! Go answer that first.
“The Print” : Name just tells that you guys just print news for which you get Paid.. Instead of voicing for right thing, you are taking sides for wrong..
Tell me one thing: what is the Media role in any country? To open up and expose issues ? Other newspaper like Republic, Timesnow are doing that meanwhile you guys are busy pitting people on the name of religion, false news and paid news…
Shame on You Guys!
Kab tak dabaoge logo ko aap log?? Pls awake
“The Print” : Name just tells that you guys just print news for which you get Paid.. Instead of voicing for right thing, you are taking sides for wrong..
Tell me one thing: what is the Media role in any country? To open up and expose issues ? Other newspaper like Republic, Timesnow are doing that meanwhile you guys are busy pitting people on the name of religion, false news and paid news…
Shame on You Guys!
Kab tak dabaoge logo ko aap log?? Pls awake
Well, I also believe that some new channels like Republic TV & Timesnow are being too unfair on already labelling a person criminal and just doing all the propaganda to garner high TRPs and being loyal to a certain political wing but c’mon…. the way the Mumbai police & govt are working & saying that the actor was not a big deal to be given so much importance is totally shitty and the beautiful Mumbai city doesnt deserve these 3rd-world corrupted jokers in govt. I am sure nothing is gonna come out of this investigation and at the end these investigation is gonna conclude as a suicide & depression only and all those genuine questions and doubts around the death are gonna be thrown out of the window because this is India afterall. Hypocrites, materialistics, rich people are the only powerful people here & even God has packed their baggings from this mahan country because of these people. & those people who based on this incident typecasts all bengali women in a certain way are so pathetic that they are laughable. Oh & also its funny when THE PRINT articles says that their articles do not convey personal opinion but then their all articles in this matter show that they favour the Mumbai govt so screw you….THE PRINT and your third class writers whoever they are.
I love u sir u are great
mumbai police adamanent.they dont have any accountability.whatever they do they will get salary, pention, perks etc..
They are cost to tax payers.
What is their cost to Nation per year.what is their contribution to get their big salary?
why the polical partys before election are with people and after winning election they goes toalong with beuracrats?
In my experiance of murder of my relaitve in Borivili, the mumbai police not controlled by any poltical party or government.they are controlled by some goondas.
goondas produces whatever certificate for every death.Goondas not allows to do postmortem for common citizen.
Either you have been paid to right this (then it is okay to earn with whatever way you can- your right to employment) or you have lost all the empathy and humanity that you are supporting a person who is the prime cause of sudden demise either directly or indirectly. People only want fair probe , in which republic TV has helped a lot ( may be they might be having some agenda but still they are doing good job) compare to bending in front of influential Bollywood lobby who is hell bent on declaring this as suicide. Even if it is suicide, then any friend will not leave his/her depress friend like the way she did and She is saying she is his girl friend. NO sympathy for such a useless Friend.
Bottom line. The reader today distrusts the media. All of you in our eyes lack integrity or objectivity. Sad but true.
Paid article written all over it…
Print should understand that times have changed and people are very smart these days.
The writer has tried well to please masters but no-ones buying it.
Actually Print/Wire/Quint/NDTV they all have a same DNA….
Nobody knows the name but how mumbai police has covered the death and slowly step by step erasing the evidence from the very beginning at the house to till now. It might be possible if any polical leader who have any cases might not get this much media coverage. Its due to the space who made in ones heart. ” The print” dont have right to show against the public opinion.
Sushant was murdered by peoples who lives with him. Nobody knows the name but how mumbai police has covered the death and slowly step by step erasing the evidence from the very beginning at the house to till now. It might be possible if any polical leader who have any cases might not get this much media coverage. Its due to the space who made in ones heart. ” The print” dont have right to show against the public opinion.
Let Print learn how to report news first. Let Print be accountable for all false campaign against BJP and modi.. Yes other News channels will question when whole Maha govt and mumbai police trying to cover up.
Can you stop this nonsense and Rhea can pay the legal. Fees of the lawyer… Surpringly?? How??? Oh..She is the top bollywood actress is it?? Stop and be responsible. We want # justice for SSR#
I accept media went overboard but one thing is for sure if it wasn’t for them this case would have been done and dusted a long back by now.
Also approach of Mumbai police has made this into what this is their whole investigation was governed by social media. It was obvious they were not even looking for any answers.
It is the fundamental right of all Indians to know the truth by whatever media chanels are available so they are working hard for it. If they don’t, social media will work. Today it’s Bollywood mafia’s time. Media is coming next!
One more question were the TV channels anchors present when Sushant Singh committed suicide? If yes, why they didn’t drop him. Poor SS’s soul has not been allowed to rest in peace.
It is the fundamental right of all Indians to know the truth by whatever media chanels are available so they are working. If they don’t, social media will work. Today it’s Bollywood mafia’s time. Media is coming next!
I read your other article which tells about son and the relationships with daughter in law in “Bihar”. Before asking these stupid questions to the respected channels, I want to ask you a question.. who are you to generalize and decide how the son’s and daughter in law’s of hindu families are treated exclusively in “Bihar” . What do you want to prove?
While this Team Rhea is targetting the Sushant’s family and media trials..you as a friendly media are back of them and making such sick articles…we audiences are very smart and can differentiate between paid articles and actual facts!!
Having listened to a. few latest videos of Seker Gupta on topics of national interest I felt he has shed his feathers of Lutyens
Shocked to find has not.
One has to have courage and conviction to discuss SSR case in media like Arunab
Only cuz of the media the case is alive or would have been sabotaged a long time ago
Shame on u
Who are you? the poop(print)…how much money the Thackreys or the chakrabortys have paid you? They are saying, what actually is happening, unlike you, whose eyes have been groused out by those dirty politics. BTW baby nice try of getting attention of your stupid stuffs! The family wants justice. The family has suffered. If you can’t help them, then shut the fuck ass of yours! And before knowing anything, don’t dare to write such poopy articles, of course all of your articles are source of jokes, but still, at least have some self respect! You know what, writing rip has nothing to do with the case! The person who had gone, had gone, won’t come back for your rip, so be sensible enough what you write, well no body gives a damn to your nonsense! bye bye poopy
All the points I wanted to raise were already covered by the above comments. I LOVE THIS!
#MurderNotaSuicide #justiceforsushant
You are not work for truth. One lady took money from a new commer struggler which already said by ED. Then why Reha Chakraborty not arrested till now. For you and you like coward schemful people who destroy our country future in every sector.
Rhea PR paid machinery ??????
Print is churning pathetic articles day after day.
Great Article!
Great article my foot. this is imbecile moron, may be jealous of the work other news channels are doing. First of foremost police are bootlickers to people in power. Second they don’t follow any standard operating procedure. they use the powers vested in them to abuse misuse law and serve their political bosses. I don’t trust a police , not politicians they are scum of the nation.
Let print learn how to report news first. Let Print be accountable for all false campaign against BJP and modi.. Yes News channels will question when whole govt and mumbai police trying to cover up.
When all comments say the same thing in different words and sentences it means only one thing ie. These are the work of a few comment bots run by the famous digital response team of a certain party.
Israel used to do this for years in the comment section of major media in the west until they were caught out few years back by dedicated research ers.
Our gau gobar team is also on the same path. Who cares what happened to a rich actor who appeared in a few inconsequential movies .Millions of Indians suffered at the hands of an incompetent and uncaring Govt. Hundreds possibly thousands died. Nobody cared. These media worthies were spending their time diverting the attention on the supposed misfortune of the poor star who was able to accumulate just 20-40 crores and was somehow deprived of earning thousands of crores because of entrenched system in bollywood.
Now US economy contracted 9.5% EU 12% UK 19% India ? No one knows because we are busy with SSR or some other stupid stuff. Is there a banking system default coming in India? In COVID time we chose to further decimate our economy by banning trade with china. Will there be s run on banks? Will India turn out like Argentina with 1000% inflation ? Will we be paying Rs 500 for a cup of tea on a roadside stall next year?
Oh all this boring stuff. Let talk about SSR even if 90% of India has not heard of him.
Great article. I’m surprised that no action is being taken against people defaming Rhea. They would have been sued in the US by now. The social mob has gone to extremes, and that just shows how callous and abusive some Indians
have become hiding behind their online bubble.
People defaming Rhea? Are you so blind and ignorant to what’s happening?
Rhea’s lawyer charges more than 10 lakh per day and with Rhea’s annual income of 19 lakh, is she taking a loan every day?
The lawyer has always handled cases for seasoned criminals.. Sanjay Dutt for supplying AK-47 to Mumbai blast terrorists, Salman Khan’s car death, other criminal offenses. Crores of rupees missing, leaving Sushant just after Disha’s suicide. Then SSR also suicides. You must be horribly ignorant to think Rhea is being defamed.
Just because you are a bengali ,so that gives you the license to defend another bengali.Wow great.I wonder how lame you can be..
Moron like you is the reason the truth has not been revealed.Just keep your idiotic thoughts to yourself.
How can she sue when she knows she’s guilty? If she wasn’t guilty she would have allowed CBI or anyone to investigate not block them. I know arnab goes over the top and everything is TRP but he has also questioned some valuable points that everyone is hiding away from.
How much money you got from Reha’s team??
Please don’t try to be smart.
You only are blackmailing and cannot fool public. Why Police report is not fair. Please understand.
THE PRINT has got some problem with all the questions being asked….they have clearly got money to deframe someone .THE PRINT might have sold their ideology for money. 10000 more question will be asked…..and the way your authors have written the articles on SSR is quite unacceptable.
And i am not paid to write this and sold my ideology like the so called THE PRINT.
Oh god… I bow down upon You!! Please help me too… Solve the problem of my “reckless diarrhea”… Please the Lord… Please!!!
We are a failed nation because we find cheap thrills in exploiting the death of a sad and depressed person. We are a failed nation because people watch idiots like Arnab and question the best police force in the country and do not let them do their job and because idiots like you exist.
For understanding SSR sentiment first you need to be educated and understand the meaning of Democracy.
Honestly it’s waste of time to educate you.
As your bread and butter depends on spreading fake agenda.
May god give you little common sense and hope you write for truth someday. It’s just a Hope…
India is Changing..
Your articles are biased too and you are not doing charity to anyone!! Stop selling your self-righteousness in such a bad taste! No intellectual, sensible and sensitive cirizen would give it a damn! It’s only because of this aggressive coverage on SSR’ s death mystery which has supported the common man’s doubt on his being labelled as bipolar and a depressed man…a murder is stated as suicide and if there was no one taking up the matter then how would have the things reached ED and Hon’ble SC? Media is driven on agendas and you are no different! As we read Ms. Rhea asked for paid articles in favour of her, it is very clear how these kind of articles are streaming. Leave us…we are mature enough to decide that to which extent we have to believe the media !
Superb reply. Totally agree !
Well said!
They should first practice what they are preaching..
who will answer for your nonsense article.
Who will question shiv sena – the gunda party.
Who will question the police cover up.
Who will question the character assassination done for a family whose son was murdered.
Shailaja Bajpai.. how much they paid you to write this article… Every indian is very much interested in knowing the truth behind SSR murder… And Republic or Times now are doing the right thing. Unlike u bloody… Sold out.
To remove the skin of small ant, we are using the help of elephant in our country. Like this kind, our T V channels are using their precious time and wasting their energy. There are lot of systems and rules in judiciary to investigate this case. Finally this T V channels are making sensational news for public and fooling everyone.
In our country lot of burning issues to be discussed and investigated for the interest of millions of people but our T V channels are interested in sensational news only for which hundreds of comments are seen here.