Discussing The Violence In West Bengal & The Fake News Ecosystem | Himadri Ghosh & Seraj Ali
- 3 years ago
Post the declaration of the State Assembly elections in West Bengal, news of violence from various parts of the state began to be reported.
The re-elected Trinamool Congress government acknowledged that 16 people had died in the post-poll violence. However, other parties, including the BJP, have alleged that the numbers are higher and that at least 20 people have died. According to the families of the deceased, nine from BJP and eight from the TMC have claimed to have lost kin in the violence. A member of the CPI(M) and a supporter of the Indian Secular Front, have also been reported dead.
As the violence erupted, images and videos began to be circulated on social media platforms, said to be depicting the violence in West Bengal. Many of these visuals were shared by leaders of the BJP. However, AltNews, the independent fact-checking website, has debunked several of these images and videos as fake.
In this interview, The Wire's Seraj Ali discusses the repeated instances of post-poll violence in the state, the fake news ecosystem that surrounded it this time, and the events that are expected to follow with Himadri Ghosh, a journalist based in West Bengal who contributes to The Wire.'
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The re-elected Trinamool Congress government acknowledged that 16 people had died in the post-poll violence. However, other parties, including the BJP, have alleged that the numbers are higher and that at least 20 people have died. According to the families of the deceased, nine from BJP and eight from the TMC have claimed to have lost kin in the violence. A member of the CPI(M) and a supporter of the Indian Secular Front, have also been reported dead.
As the violence erupted, images and videos began to be circulated on social media platforms, said to be depicting the violence in West Bengal. Many of these visuals were shared by leaders of the BJP. However, AltNews, the independent fact-checking website, has debunked several of these images and videos as fake.
In this interview, The Wire's Seraj Ali discusses the repeated instances of post-poll violence in the state, the fake news ecosystem that surrounded it this time, and the events that are expected to follow with Himadri Ghosh, a journalist based in West Bengal who contributes to The Wire.'
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