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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | ‘Shameless’: AAP draws journalist ire for cutting access to Hindustan Times reporters -Supriti David

‘Shameless’: AAP draws journalist ire for cutting access to Hindustan Times reporters -Supriti David

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published Published on May 7, 2021   modified Modified on May 8, 2021

-Newslaundry.com

AAP government expelled seven reporters of the paper from a Whatsapp group after one of them reported critically on its handling of the oxygen crisis.

On May 6, the Delhi government’s Media Cell removed seven Hindustan Times reporters from a Whatsapp group meant for sharing press notes, including a daily health bulletin.

Vikas Yogi, the Arvind Kejriwal government’s Chief Media Coordinator who removed the reporters, didn’t offer a reason but journalists in the 197-member group whom Newslaundry spoke with said the action was prompted by a May 6 Hindustan Times report questioning the government’s handling of the oxygen crisis. The report, “Anatomy of Capital oxygen crisis: 5 things Delhi govt didn’t get right”, was written by Sweta Goswami, who is among the reporters thrown out of the group.

The report explained that the Kejriwal government had failed to address the paucity of cryogenic tankers to supply oxygen, had no daily oxygen allocation plan for hospitals until a week ago, had no centralised Covid helpline even now, had delayed installing oxygen plants, and called for help from the central government quite late in the day. Its response to the crisis was delayed on almost all fronts, the report concluded, “putting in curbs, going into lockdown, seeking the Centre’s help, and planning for augmentation of beds and oxygen”.

After Sweta and her colleagues were expelled, several reporters in the group demanded an explanation. None has been forthcoming so far. A reporter who has been in the Whatsapp group since 2016, wrote, “The representatives of the government should give an explanation to other reporters in the group. Ignoring questions from multiple reporters, who you also know personally, is insulting.”

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Newslaundry.com, 7 May, 2021, https://www.newslaundry.com/2021/05/07/shameless-aap-draws-journalist-ire-for-cutting-access-to-hindustan-times-reporters?fbclid=IwAR1F_Y9_FL4WqvFE1Qi7qH-a5Iuv11G-MUBzzeEwmG93HD7uYBAMBhCMHcc


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