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“Need For Extra Care In Investigative Journalism”: Editors Guild Issues Statement Post Wire-Meta Fiasco

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The Editors Guild of India (EGI) on Friday reacted for the first time on controversy over The Wire‘s recent reporting on Meta, which the platform had to subsequently take down over concerns of allegedly wrong inputs from sources and forged documents used as evidence. The top journalists’ body advised to resist the “temptation of moving fast on sensitive stories”.

The guild also withdrew references regarding harassment of women journalists it made after The Wire’s story on Tek Fog app. “The Editors Guild of India had issued a statement on January 11, 2022 expressing deep concern about the online harassment and targeting of women journalists,” the EGI said.

“Amongst other instances, the statement had also referred to a series of reports carried by the Wire on an app called the Tek Fog. Since the Wire has removed those stories as part of their internal review following serious questions on the veracity of their reporting, the Guild withdraws the references made to all those reports,” it further said.

Referring to the recent fiasco between The Wire and Meta, the guild said: “The Guild is also disturbed by the recent turn of events with respect to the reports published by the Wire on Meta. The Guild is conscious of and emphasizes the need for extra care in investigative journalism, and urges newsrooms to resist the temptation of moving fast on sensitive stories, circumventing due journalistic norms and checks.”

 

 

 

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Manipur: Three Dead After Drinking Poisonous Tea

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In a tragic incident, three persons including two children lost their lives after drinking poisonous tea in Mainpuri’s Kanhai village, said police

Mainpuri:  In a tragic incident, three persons including two children lost their lives after drinking poisonous tea in Mainpuri’s Kanhai village, said police.

The incident occurred during the early morning hours when the mother made tea for five family members and two persons died on the spot after drinking it. As per reports, the mother added pesticide to the tea.

Two more family members also have been hospitalized after the consumption of the noxious tea.

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“In Kanhai village of Aunchha police station area, three persons died due to drinking poisonous tea today and 2 are serious, who have been referred to Saifai.

The background is that a woman named Rama Murthy was making tea.

By mistake, she added pesticide to the tea, which was consumed by 5 people, in which Rama Murthy’s father Ravindra died, her 2 children who were 7 and 4 also died,” said Superintendent of Police, Kamlesh Dixit.

Further details are awaited.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by HW News staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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