Basu alleged that Boom and Alt News did not fact-check tweets against her on Mayawati tweets because the ones attacking her were 'left liberal Dalit activists' whom these 'friendly fact-checkers' could not call out.
The fifth page which is in continuation to point VII of the document recommends using media organizations such as ThePrint, The Wire, Scroll, The Quint and Outlook to highlight and publicize all Covid related stories.
One of the first recommendations of this particular section of the 4-page toolkit suggests promoting SOS redressals and offering “priority help” to journalists, media professionals and other influencers.
It appears that the only prerequisite to having gainful employment with the notorious leftist websites such as ‘The Wire’ and 'The Hindu' is to harbour and manifest Hinduphobic views.