When nepal witnessed massive protests in Kathmandu, the indian channel Times Now rushed to publish a video. Their caption? “Protesters vandalise the parliament gate as protests turn violent in Kathmandu. people staged a massive demonstration against the ban on social media platforms.”
Reality check: X community notes exposed the lie. The protests weren’t about social media at all — they were against corruption. But why would indian channels misreport? Simple. If they admit youth in nepal are hitting the streets against corruption, indian youth might ask uncomfortable questions about corruption at home — especially under the Modi government.
Here’s how indian news channels are betraying journalism:
1. Truth Twisted, Narrative Gift-Wrapped
Instead of reporting corruption protests, channels conveniently rebranded it as a “social media ban protest.” Why? Because “corruption” is a dangerous word when your own rulers are accused of it.
2. Protecting Power, Not Informing People
Mainstream tv doesn’t act as watchdogs anymore. They act as lapdogs, spinning every story in a way that shields Modi Sarkar and demonizes dissent.
3. Fear of youth Uprising
If indian students, workers, and unemployed youth see their Nepali counterparts protesting corruption, they might get inspired to rise against the looting, joblessness, and scams here. Channels know it — and hence, the deliberate misreporting.
4. Speed Over Accuracy, Lies Over Facts
The rush to break news first means truth dies in the process. But in india, it’s not just haste — it’s habitual distortion that aligns with the ruling party’s comfort.
5. Community Notes, Community Shame
When social media users, not journalists, are fact-checking tv channels, it shows how low indian news credibility has sunk. Community Notes did what “investigative journalists” refused to do.
6. Propaganda Channels, Not news Channels
Times Now is not alone. Almost every big indian channel has turned into a PR agency for power. Corruption in nepal becomes a “social media ban.” Unemployment in india becomes a “youth opportunity.” Farmers’ anger becomes “Khalistani plot.”
7. Democracy Suffers, people Pay
By refusing to show the truth, these channels weaken democracy. Citizens remain uninformed, corruption thrives, and accountability dies.
💥 Bottom Line: indian news channels aren’t just failing at journalism — they’re actively misleading the nation. By twisting Nepal’s corruption protests into a social media story, they proved one thing: their job isn’t to report the truth, but to protect Modi Sarkar at all costs. And in doing so, they’ve turned India’s media into the biggest threat to indian democracy itself.
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