THE STEREOTYPE of the “brave journalist”, or the “courageous journalist” has been troubling me for a while. To label us “brave” is to fight your battles from our shoulders. The burden of bearing witness and speaking truth to power comes at great personal risk for journalists in many countries around the world. They live a relentless struggle, slapped with lawsuits and criminal cases for sedition, defamation, tax evasion and more.
The very world leaders who ignore the persecution of journalists in the largest democracies are often seen lighting candles in honour of the persecuted—the slain journalists in whose memory prizes will be awarded. The vicious cycle will continue with no course correction. I have myself received awards for bravery and courage. I have even delivered speeches with titles such as “Courage under fire”. Over the past year I have been inflicted with death by a thousand cuts. I have not been physically harmed . But since I wrote a cover story for Time magazine in May 2021—in which I held India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, accountable for millions of deaths through a devastating second wave of covid-19—my life has been made miserable.
This all comes after a campaign to discredit my character. I’ve been attacked on national television by journalists and editors and seen a pornographic video with my image morphed on it spread across social media. As somebody who has been relentlessly subjected to the worst kind of offline and online harassment for over a decade, the past year has been a living, breathing nightmare. I did not sign up for this kind of treatment when I decided to be a journalist.
RanaAyyub Change side by news content, not by gains.
RanaAyyub I'd ignore her. She collected money for a cause then siphoned it off. There is a case against her & there has been incrementing evidences against her. She thrives in anti-establishment thrashing! She will speak on matters except related to reforms in Islam, specially on women!
RanaAyyub She is right for a change as true journalist should be ine who represents truth and correct facts in their articles and not be part of some propaganda and follow some idealogy. It is journalist who follow news are brave and what she does is called sold journalist or vulturism.
RanaAyyub A magazine is known by the guests it invites to write for them.
RanaAyyub If You people consider these people are journalists than this news papers credibility at stake!! They are totally running on greed, planned and scripted agenda!! So cool down!’
RanaAyyub But they travel business class
RanaAyyub It is about your credibility . Just see what kind of journalists are you allowing on your platform. Decline in perception and credibility is gradual but irreversible process. Editors know the profile of fake journalists, people know their tactics.
RanaAyyub RanaAyyub and her ilk are apologists for radical islam and communism, and constantly propogate anti Hindu and anti India narratives around the world. Should stop claiming that they are journalists.. and shame on for giving her a platform to spread hate!
RanaAyyub She is a fraud, who collected money from social media sites for COVID relief and then used it for her personal expenses. There’s already a legal case going on against her in courts. You guys are pretty cheap to call ppl like her as journalists.
RanaAyyub Gone are the days when there was balance and impartiality in journalism. Journalist today promote there own agendas, views and nothing else. Not all of them but we're heading towards it.
RanaAyyub Dear The Economist, you are losing your credibility by promoting people accused of corruption… very poor journalism. In fact it put a doubt in my mind whatsoever you have been writing about different parts of the world.
RanaAyyub Only journalists can change that. Well see if they do
RanaAyyub Wow, economist jumping in for a scammer.
RanaAyyub Muslims and Women (all women; muslim,Hindu,Christian,Sikh) are targeted and persecuted everyday in India Indian extremist Hindus are preparing for minorities’ genocide..
RanaAyyub Economist proved its credentials once again. They do this every week in their articles on India. This one may be too remove their robes to show their skin to the World. What they do not know is 'Truth always Triumphs'
RanaAyyub you are not a journalist, you are a teleprompter reader.
RanaAyyub Journalists are threat for the society now a days. They create chaos by manipulated journalism and there is no punishment for them. You are on the top in this ladder of fake and nonsense journalism.
RanaAyyub Rana Ayyub is a journalist?
RanaAyyub enough expect both weather step continent
RanaAyyub call her thief
RanaAyyub El periodismo en libertad. Otro punto de vista
RanaAyyub There is an audience for everyone developing devotion
RanaAyyub Writes an alleged journalist who is under investigation from Indian authorities for allegedly stealing money from charities ( meant for victims of various tragedies )
RanaAyyub Economist?! Incredible. This hate monger 'journalist' has ties to Islamists and more basically used donations to make deposits in her family's name. She is under investigation for fraud. Just how compromised are liberal institutions by Left-wing collectivism at this point?
RanaAyyub will they say anything about this?
Journalists get murdered/ incarcerated when they expose crimes of powerful people, which usually benefits the public. If the public doesn't support these Journalists then what is their incentive exactly? Rana wants us to ignore them?
That's brave of her to say
I am so so glad that I cancelled your subscription. If you had investigated the matter properly, you wouldn’t have sided with her. She has cheated our Muslims brothers in the name helping people during Covid.
She has publically accepted albeit indirectly that she has scammed people.
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