In the description, the IoC has blatantly whitewashed the act of sharing a cropped video without context as 'exposing'. It has hailed the act of branding some factual statements found in Islamic scriptures as 'blasphemy' and equated it with some kind of journalistic bravery, completely ignoring the fact that Islamists committed murder over it, and Nupur Sharma faces a threat of life due to Zubair's actions.
The Karnataka HC said that it would decide on the plea filed by Sudhir Chaudhary next Wednesday, and asked the police not to take any coercive steps against him in the meantime
When Prasad called out Zubair's dubious credentials on social media, IYC President Srinivas BV claimed that the ex-cricketer had somehow descended into disgrace.
On July 23, Islamists had pelted stones at a group of Kanwariyas near Shahnoori mosque in the Bareilly city of Uttar Pradesh. Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair had tried to shield the Islamists by sharing a crop video
Congress leader and Karnataka cabinet minister Priyank Kharge has been having an elaborate meltdown on Twitter since his newly formed government is being called out for hiring notorious fact-checking portal ‘Alt News’ to run its ‘fact check unit.’
This has led to speculations by netizens that the Karnataka Congress government is mulling to monetarily benefit Alt News by availing its services using taxpayer's money.