Angshukanta Chakraborty, a journalist of the India Today group, has been fired for critiquing her own place of work. On February 4, Chakraborty had tweeted a statement the contradicts the credibility of India Today. Her tweet read, “promoters turning a blind eye to hate-mongering, fake news spreading news anchors, editors, reporters, and writers, or hiring them in the first place, must be tried in courts as hate speech enablers-profiteers, Must be boycotted socially by secular politicians and industrialists.” She claims that her tweet wasn’t directed at any organization in particular, she simply wanted readers to realize what is occurring within all media outlets. With this information, management decided to allow her to keep her job if she did one of these three options, delete the tweet, resign or face termination. Chakraborty refused to delete the tweet because she still stood by her words and believed them to be true. She also believed that resignation was absurd so sadly, she chose to face termination. While she may have been fired for posting the truth, she gained supporters in this debate due to her sticking to what she believed.
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