https://www.newslaundry.com/2021/06/24/should-indian-media-constantly-call-out-the-powerful-for-peddling-falsehoods Kalpana Sharma
Why should this embroidering of history and facts matter? Because if they are not called out, this is what millions of Indians will believe, that only now is India "atmanirbhar", is producing vaccines indigenously and that the current government has given a boost to routine vaccinations too.
All this then flows seamlessly onto June 21, when India is supposed to have broken a "world record" in vaccinating over 86 lakh people in a day. Actually even this so-called "fact" is not true.
The reason such fact-checking is even noticed today is because it did not take place sufficiently in the past, and particularly over the last seven years. This has contributed to myth building, to the belief of one leader being not just invincible but also infallible. This myth has helped him and his party ride through multiple mistakes and bad policies that have placed such an enormous economic burden on Indians, especially the poor, apart from mismanaging the ongoing pandemic.
Calling out those who get free airtime merely because they are in power is the duty of a free press. It cannot be otherwise.
Why did Shivraj Singh fudge vaccination data? FAKE VACCINATION RECORD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68r9vqXly3A https://www.news18.com/news/india/vaccination-certificates-issued-to-minors-in-madhya-pradesh-3906461.html Shivraj Singh Chouhan के राज में Vaccination के महाअभियान में महाघोटाला ? Ajit Anjum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjTgwHLw-pc Jun 29, 2021