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3/27/2015 Times Now Tried Shaming Indian Cricket Team. People On Twitter Got #ShameOnTimesNow Trending Instead
Times Now Tried Shaming IndianCricket Team. People On Twitter Got#ShameOnTimesNow TrendingInstead
All of India was looking forward to India's semifinal clash against Australia at the SCG. An entire nationheld its breath, and then...India lost. No amount of consoling would matter, as Australia beat India by 95runs. Emotions were running high as messages of support began coming in thick and fast.
However, Times NOW began a shameful debate which berated the cricketteam and the 'superstars' who 'deserved to be thrown out'. Lead by its anchorArnab Goswami, the channel called over 'experts' frothing at the mouth, justwaiting to pounce on the team's only loss in the tournament.
6 weeks of national duty, pain,toil & injury,the team goes down .This
is the garbage Times Now runs at the end :
5:34 PM - 26 Mar 2015
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Can we be in denial about the disaster that happened in
Sydney?
9:21 PM - 26 Mar 2015
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We feel humiliated that we went down without a fight:
Kishore Bhimani, Senior Sports Journalist
9:41 PM - 26 Mar 2015
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The Twitterati, as it turned out were smarter than Times NOW might have anticipated. People sawthrough the ploy of the news channel trying to milk the 'National Side' for their personal gains. They stoodby their team.
The only strategy that @TimesNow has -
If there is no news, be the news.
#ShameOnTimesNow
1:22 PM - 27 Mar 2015
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If India had a strong PM, he would have thrown its cricket
team behind bars. Tortured/Mutiliated their bodies.
#ShameOnModi #ShamedInSydney
1:23 PM - 27 Mar 2015
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#ShamedInSydney is the Hashtag TimesNow is Using. Not surprising
as being Times Now, they dont know what Shame means
6:06 PM - 26 Mar 2015
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#ShamedInSydney is quite a disgusting hashtag. Australia
too were playing to win. They didn't come to attend
someone's baraat, did they?
8:00 PM - 26 Mar 2015
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Soon Twitter gave Times NOW a taste of their own medicine.