A girl named Jasleen Kaur posted a picture of a man sitting on a motorcycle and basically declared that he sexually harassed her. Maybe that is her right but a sane person would look at the lack of evidence and see the man as an alleged harasser. After all, a woman is a human being and they can lie or exaggerate too. Maybe she did. Maybe she did not. We don't know. Right?
Apparently, Times Now's Pooja Shali (Twitter: https://twitter.com/PoojaShali) disagrees.
Apparently, Times Now's Pooja Shali (Twitter: https://twitter.com/PoojaShali) disagrees.
It looks like Pooja Shali believes that we should blindly believe accusations against men and then shame them.
Recently, Pooja Shali went out on a righteous quest to shame the "evil pervert" to get an apology out of him and she was not going to let herself get distracted by silly things like facts.
Check out her glorious attempt:
Recently, Pooja Shali went out on a righteous quest to shame the "evil pervert" to get an apology out of him and she was not going to let herself get distracted by silly things like facts.
Check out her glorious attempt:
That my friends, is journalism and news media.
Here are some rude and antagonizing things that Pooja Shali worked so hard to express in the interview (some quotes are translated to English for readers):
Disclaimer: The translations may not be 100% accurate. Use your own judgment to form an opinion.
1. Pooja Shali completely ignored the fact and argued, "uske paas evidence hai... aapko lagta hai police ke paas jaana itna aasan hai?" (Translation: "She [Jasleen] has evidence... do you think it is that easy to go to the police?")
So hypothetically if it's tough to go to the cops, then does the act of successfully reaching the police station to submit a picture of a man count as evidence?
Here are some rude and antagonizing things that Pooja Shali worked so hard to express in the interview (some quotes are translated to English for readers):
Disclaimer: The translations may not be 100% accurate. Use your own judgment to form an opinion.
1. Pooja Shali completely ignored the fact and argued, "uske paas evidence hai... aapko lagta hai police ke paas jaana itna aasan hai?" (Translation: "She [Jasleen] has evidence... do you think it is that easy to go to the police?")
So hypothetically if it's tough to go to the cops, then does the act of successfully reaching the police station to submit a picture of a man count as evidence?
2. According to Pooja Shali, Jasleen could have no other reason to click a photograph: "Koi mazzaak mein photo nahi kheechta... woh aapko janti nahi hai. Clearly aapne badtameezi ki." (Translation: "No one takes a photograph just like that... she doesn't even know who you are. Clearly, you misbehaved with her.")
3. Then he pointed out that it is just a picture and not a video that could be taken seriously. Sounds like a fair point, right? But Pooja Shali, with the help of her intellect, has decided that he is guilty so she mocked Sarabjeet's bias towards evidence and logic and replied, "Ab aapko video bhi chahiye!" (Translation: "Now you want a video too!")
Now she continued attacking his character by making up assumptions:
4. "Aap jaise ladke jab yeh badtameezi karte hain aap maan ke chalte hain ki aap pakde nahi jaayenge aur aapka ek ghamand rehta hai" (Translation: "Men like you live with an assumption that they won't get caught when misbehaving and that is your arrogance.")
4. "Aap jaise ladke jab yeh badtameezi karte hain aap maan ke chalte hain ki aap pakde nahi jaayenge aur aapka ek ghamand rehta hai" (Translation: "Men like you live with an assumption that they won't get caught when misbehaving and that is your arrogance.")
5. She tells him that he should apologize and she can't see any regret on his face.
6. "She stopped you [from riding] because you were misbehaving with her."
7. When Sarabjeet called her out and told her that her questions aren't making sense, she got visibly upset and told him, "You are not going to teach me how to ask a question."
So Pooja Shali and Times Now can tell him that he is a "pervert", a "lout" and so much more, all without evidence but he can't tell her that she is not doing her job properly.
Times Now was using the phrase 'Fight Back India' as a hashtag (basically encouraging people to promote this unfair story and destroying a man's life) while ignoring the lack of evidence. Maybe India does need to fight back, but against these bad practices.
If these people can declare a man India's Most Shameless 'Lout' without any evidence, do you think India--after seeing the evidence in the interview--should declare Pooja Shali:
India's Most Shameless Journalist?
#shamelessjournalist
Disclaimer: According to many online sources, the journalist mentioned in this article is Pooja Shali. There is a small chance that the journalist that this article is talking about is someone else. If you have any corrections then let us know.