Noting that a News18 India broadcast on “thook jihad” last year amounted to “targeting of a particular community”, the news broadcasting and digital standards authority has asked the network to take down the show within seven days.
On his show Desh Nahin Jhukne Denge, Aman Chopra had held a “debate” titled “Khane mein thookna, jihad ya jahalat? (Spitting in food, jihad or barbarism?)” in November last year. Newslaundry’s Bloodlust TV had pointed to how anchor Aman Chopra strung together a series of videos with misinformation to show Muslims are waging a holy war by spitting in food.
