Major social media disaster for Govt and Media !!
Great opportunity came in the wake of the terrible Pulwama attack and this govt blew it by openly taking advantage of this for the upcoming elections. Post the Pulwama, there was massive outpouring and support for the govt. And the airstrikes were very well received and there was jubilation everywhere.
Then came the major reversal, Pakistan f16 jets way superior to ours shot down 2 jets and took our pilot captive. And they launched one of the most devastating social media war.
Pakistanis began to taunt all the Indians on social media and started asking why india did not release any video confirmation of the air strikes when they released the video of their air fight and the pilot.
International media was already reporting that 2 Indian jets were down and 2 pilots captured. Indians both right wing and left wing were shaken by this turn of event. Govt and BJP IT cell were shell shocked and didn't know how to react. Complete radio silence.
Pakistanis with the support of their news media, went hammer and tong with the narrative that Indian govt is lying. Terrible.
Many right wingers fought a valiant war against Pakistan on social media, but when MEA accepted that 1 pilot is missing in action, they could no longer defend against the Pakistanis.
And then when the Indian media started denying, they started trending #Shameonindianmedia. Complete decimation.
Our youngsters on social media were swamped with all these messages and were shocked and shaken that their own govt and media can lie so blatantly, and began to get angry at this betrayal.
And Imran's peace talk began to trend when he said he will release the pilot so we can begin talks. And Indian right wing was portrayed as war mongering for elections.
And with USA and Russia involved, this war will never happen now even if right wing wants to use it to win the elections.
And what congress and mahagatbhandan could never do, Pakistan did. They delivered the sucker punch on the entire mainstream and social media which was in the control of right wing groups.
In the meanwhile, BJP leaders were busy electioneering, busy making ridiculous statements. Social media erupted in revolt against yeddyurappa statement that the air strikes will help BJP sweep Karnataka. Twitter was and is still trending this.
And the entire social media focus is on Abhinandan and his heriocs. Rightly the people have started focussing on the armed forces bravery and commitment instead of these politicians.
Now, the biggest trend is #Gobackmodi by Tamils. This is after such media coverage on the Pulwama and air strikes. What a mess !!
Over 400 mil Indian youngsters are on social media and they were the biggest supporters of BJP after the massive anti corruption wave against UPA 2.
Now they are openly lashing out at the govt and right wing groups. Today's youngsters are way too smart compare to earlier generations. They are not ideologically driven and they are seeing through this deception and lying.
And now this win has turned into a disaster for the govt and worse people have lost total confidence on the mainstream media.
Great opportunity came in the wake of the terrible Pulwama attack and this govt blew it by openly taking advantage of this for the upcoming elections. Post the Pulwama, there was massive outpouring and support for the govt. And the airstrikes were very well received and there was jubilation everywhere.
Then came the major reversal, Pakistan f16 jets way superior to ours shot down 2 jets and took our pilot captive. And they launched one of the most devastating social media war.
Pakistanis began to taunt all the Indians on social media and started asking why india did not release any video confirmation of the air strikes when they released the video of their air fight and the pilot.
International media was already reporting that 2 Indian jets were down and 2 pilots captured. Indians both right wing and left wing were shaken by this turn of event. Govt and BJP IT cell were shell shocked and didn't know how to react. Complete radio silence.
Pakistanis with the support of their news media, went hammer and tong with the narrative that Indian govt is lying. Terrible.
Many right wingers fought a valiant war against Pakistan on social media, but when MEA accepted that 1 pilot is missing in action, they could no longer defend against the Pakistanis.
And then when the Indian media started denying, they started trending #Shameonindianmedia. Complete decimation.
Our youngsters on social media were swamped with all these messages and were shocked and shaken that their own govt and media can lie so blatantly, and began to get angry at this betrayal.
And Imran's peace talk began to trend when he said he will release the pilot so we can begin talks. And Indian right wing was portrayed as war mongering for elections.
And with USA and Russia involved, this war will never happen now even if right wing wants to use it to win the elections.
And what congress and mahagatbhandan could never do, Pakistan did. They delivered the sucker punch on the entire mainstream and social media which was in the control of right wing groups.
In the meanwhile, BJP leaders were busy electioneering, busy making ridiculous statements. Social media erupted in revolt against yeddyurappa statement that the air strikes will help BJP sweep Karnataka. Twitter was and is still trending this.
And the entire social media focus is on Abhinandan and his heriocs. Rightly the people have started focussing on the armed forces bravery and commitment instead of these politicians.
Now, the biggest trend is #Gobackmodi by Tamils. This is after such media coverage on the Pulwama and air strikes. What a mess !!
Over 400 mil Indian youngsters are on social media and they were the biggest supporters of BJP after the massive anti corruption wave against UPA 2.
Now they are openly lashing out at the govt and right wing groups. Today's youngsters are way too smart compare to earlier generations. They are not ideologically driven and they are seeing through this deception and lying.
And now this win has turned into a disaster for the govt and worse people have lost total confidence on the mainstream media.