NYT, ABC News lie about PM Modi not attending ‘press conferences’

On Thursday (May 22), leftist information retailers resembling The New York Times, and ABC News tried to discredit Prime Minister Narendra Modi by falsely claiming that he didn’t attend any press convention since 2014.

The New York Times made the outrageous claims forward of PM Modi’s joint press convention with US President Joe Biden on the White House.

In a tweet (archive), it claimed, “If Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi responds to questions along with President Biden at a news conference, it may well be the first time since he was first elected in 2014 to do so.”

Screengrab of the tweet by The New York Times

The tweet was accompanied by a propaganda piece, written by a ‘journalist’ named Mujib Mashal. He alleged that PM Modi had been evading the media since his time because the Gujarat Chief Minister.

Mashal additionally gave a clear chit to Islamists by avoiding point out of the Godhra prepare carnage and making false statements concerning the 2002 riots, which broke out after the Godhra carnage.

“Under his watch, the state broke into widespread riots in 2002, and Mr Modi was accused of looking away — or even enabling — Hindu mobs who went on deadly rampages in Muslim neighbourhoods,” Mahsal wrote for The New York Times however failed to say that he was exonerated by the Supreme Court of India.

Similar lies had been peddled by ABC News however not like the NYT, it did so after the conclusion of the joint press convention of PM Modi and President Joe Biden.

Screengrab of the tweet by ABC News

‘Journalist’ Mary Bruce falsely claimed, “That is the first time in Prime Minister Modi’s nine-year tenure that he has ever taken a live question like this from a reporter in a press conference.”

What is the Truth

In actuality, Prime Minister addressed the same joint press convention, method again in 2015, when Barack Obama was the President of the United States. The latter was the chief visitor throughout India’s sixty fifth Republic Day parade.

A day previous to that occasion i.e. January 25, 2015, PM Modi and Barack Obama addressed a joint press convention at Hyderabad House in New Delhi. During that point, the Indian Prime Minister responded to questions requested by the press.

It must also be talked about that PM Modi has given one-on-one interviews to a number of information channels over the last 9 years. All journalists have attested to the truth that the Indian Prime Minister didn’t search questions prematurely.

On Wednesday (June 21), American creator Max Abrahms applauded PM Modi for not placing any limitations on the questions that may be posed to him.

“I came away from the Modi meeting truly impressed. We weren’t told in advance any limitations on what could be said. He allowed everyone to tell him or ask him anything. He listened carefully & responded seriously to everyone. He sat among us with so much humility in this circle,” he had tweeted.

I got here away from the Modi assembly actually impressed. We weren’t informed prematurely any limitations on what may very well be stated. He allowed everybody to inform him or ask him something. He listened fastidiously & responded significantly to everybody. He sat amongst us with a lot humility on this circle. pic.twitter.com/jxdq6CTUTm

— Max Abrahms (@MaxAbrahms) June 21, 2023

While The New York Times and ABC News had been attempting to construct a false narrative about PM Modi evading the press since 2014, he has been upfront in answering ‘malicious’ questions which were posed to him.

When a Pakistani-origin journalist tried to rake up the difficulty of ‘minorities’ in India, PM Modi calmly responded, “…We have proven that democracy can deliver and when I talk about deliver, I mean that there is no space for any discrimination based on caste, creed, religion, or gender. When we talk about democracy, if there are no human values or human rights, then it is not a democracy at all.”