There is no escaping notice when it comes to social media. Furthermore, there is no escaping knee-jerk reproaches if you happen to be in the public eye! NDTV journalist Sunetra Choudhury seems to be caught in that vicious web. Her recent tweets on her home town Shillong and its want of accessibility received quite the backlash on Twitter.
She tweeted on Friday that there is just a narrow road connecting Guwahati and Shillong and that she hopes PM Modi’s visit would improve the situation.
And that did it! Turns out her facts were wrong and Twitter never forgets or forgives. Check out the conversations here!
The Trigger :
The Grave-Digging Starts!
She takes up the airport argument and slams into a weary dead-end.
Next comes an apples-to-oranges comparison with a benign smile that will make you completely lose the thread
The words get busier and more hurried :
The “idiocy”, however, seemed to be having a field day. Not only did the arguments continue, but also donned the most intriguing garbs.
Luck decided to not be a “lady” with this young lady and how could the chivalrous twitterati just sit back and watch a “lady” being trolled!
Finally!
Anyway, Choudhury did not lose heart. She went on tweeting relentlessly, tottering on the brink of the sinking ship. She kept laying claims on authenticity on account of her having hailed from Shillong. That didn’t last for long though. Pretty soon, she was showered with enough evidence to make her retract her claims.
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