

{"id":54608,"date":"2019-12-26T20:28:28","date_gmt":"2019-12-26T14:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=54608"},"modified":"2019-12-27T21:07:15","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T15:37:15","slug":"newsx-posed-its-journalists-as-students-during-a-debate-on-anti-caa-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/newsx-posed-its-journalists-as-students-during-a-debate-on-anti-caa-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"NewsX posed journalists as students during a debate on anti-CAA protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On December 19, <em>NewsX<\/em> conducted a debate on the nationwide student protest against Citizens Amendment Act (CAA). The 57-minute debate, titled &#8216;Young students on CAA, Let&#8217;s solve this CAA Warzone&#8217; is available on <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/sjby9\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/NEb63_vcwvw<\/p>\n<p>On December 20, Twitter user @theotherdemon02 alleged that <em>NewsX <\/em>posed some of its journalists as students during the show. <em>&#8220;<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">ANI moment for <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NewsX?src=hashtag_click\" data-focusable=\"true\">#NewsX<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> channel. NewsX panel posts own journalists as students, 4 of the 6 people on the panel are from the channel, and speaking against the interest of real students,&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">he wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ANI moment for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NewsX?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NewsX<\/a> channel. NewsX panel posts own journalists as students, 4 of the 6 people on the panel are from the channel, and speaking against the interest of real students. Pls investigate <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zoo_bear?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@zoo_bear<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/free_thinker?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@free_thinker<\/a> Full link here. \ud83d\ude02 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CFI0QU7gNq\">https:\/\/t.co\/CFI0QU7gNq<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MpmDTLx7BN\">pic.twitter.com\/MpmDTLx7BN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Panpompur (@theotherdemon02) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theotherdemon02\/status\/1207748784341557248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 19, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h1>FACT-CHECK<\/h1>\n<p>Alt News reached out to a former <em>NewsX<\/em> employee (identity concealed at request) who could immediately identify two guests on the panel as current journalists with the channel &#8211; Arshiya Bhalla and Srishti Goel. According to the source, both Arshiya and Shristi work for <em>NewsX<\/em> digital team.<\/p>\n<h3>Did NewsX introduce journalists as students?<\/h3>\n<p>While introducing the panellists, anchor Devika Chopra said, <em>&#8220;&#8230;I have with me, several students in the studio right now&#8230;&#8221;<\/em> As a result, the viewers were likely to believe that all the guests on the show were students.<\/p>\n<p>The second &#8220;guest&#8221; was Arshiya Bhalla. While introducing her at <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/NEb63_vcwvw?t=320\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">5:20<\/a>, Chopra said, <em>&#8220;Arshiya Bhalla also joins us&#8230;&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0<em>NewsX<\/em> subsequently introduced her as a student at <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/NEb63_vcwvw?t=353\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">5:54<\/a>. However, later in video Bhalla was addressed as a &#8216;professional&#8217; or &#8216;young professional.&#8217;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_54687\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54687\" style=\"width: 1096px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-54687 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-25-at-11.07.14-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1096\" height=\"622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-25-at-11.07.14-AM.png 1096w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-25-at-11.07.14-AM-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-25-at-11.07.14-AM-1024x581.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-25-at-11.07.14-AM-768x436.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-25-at-11.07.14-AM-990x562.png 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1096px) 100vw, 1096px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-54687\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As per Bhalla&#8217;s comments during the show, it seems she doesn&#8217;t approve the protests. Her last words on the debate appropriated the PM&#8217;s statement &#8211; <em>&#8220;identify people from their clothes.&#8221;<\/em> [Translated from &#8211; \u0915\u092a\u0921\u093c\u094b\u0902 \u0938\u0947 \u092a\u0939\u091a\u093e\u0928\u094b]<\/p>\n<p>At <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/NEb63_vcwvw?t=510\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">8.30<\/a>, Devika Chopra introduced the third &#8220;guest&#8221; Shristi Goel. <em>&#8220;I also have Shristi Goel who is a Jamia student with me on the broadcast,&#8221; <\/em>the anchor stated.\u00a0At <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/NEb63_vcwvw?t=519\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">8:39<\/a>, Goel opened her statements with, <em>&#8220;First of all, as you said I&#8217;m a Jamia student&#8230;&#8221;<\/em> and expressed her views on the anti-CAA protest in the varsity.<\/p>\n<p>On-screen, <em>NewsX<\/em> introduced Goel for the first time at <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/NEb63_vcwvw?t=611\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">10:12<\/a> as a &#8216;Jamia student.&#8217; Just like Bhalla, in the latter part of the show, Goel was addressed as a &#8216;professional&#8217; or a &#8216;young professional.&#8217;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_54688\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54688\" style=\"width: 1102px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-54688 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-25-at-11.04.08-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1102\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-25-at-11.04.08-AM.png 1102w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-25-at-11.04.08-AM-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-25-at-11.04.08-AM-1024x581.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-25-at-11.04.08-AM-768x436.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-25-at-11.04.08-AM-990x561.png 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1102px) 100vw, 1102px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-54688\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Goel came across as a person who believes in citizens&#8217; right to protest. She also expressed concerns with NRC, however, said that the government should have been prepared like they were with Kashmir.<\/p>\n<p>Update: Another \u201cguest\u201d on the show &#8216;Adarsh&#8217; was introduced by Devika Chopra at <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/NEb63_vcwvw?t=955\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">15:54<\/a>. He too was identified as a student via an on-screen graphic at <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/NEb63_vcwvw?t=982\">16:22<\/a> and subsequently referred as a student throughout the length of the debate.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-54933 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-27-at-2.43.23-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1113\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-27-at-2.43.23-PM.png 1113w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-27-at-2.43.23-PM-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-27-at-2.43.23-PM-1024x580.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-27-at-2.43.23-PM-768x435.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-27-at-2.43.23-PM-990x560.png 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1113px) 100vw, 1113px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Adarsh opened his statements by saying,<em> &#8220;I believe there is a problem on both sides..&#8221;<\/em> however condemned the discriminatory nature of the law and police excess.<\/p>\n<h2>Are Arshiya Bhalla, Shristi Goel and Adarsh associated with NewsX?<\/h2>\n<p>Alt News found Arshiya Bhalla and Srishti Goel anchoring a segment for<em> NewsX<\/em> YouTube live on December 22. Bhalla can be seen on &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5gHBR9SQ5bE&amp;amp;feature=youtu.be\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bigg Boss 13 Live : Weekend Ka Vaar &#8211; Episode &#8211; 82<\/a>&#8216;. According to her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/arshiya.bhalla\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/arshiya-bhalla-810293143\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LinkedIn<\/a> profiles, she currently works at <em>NewsX.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsx.com\/author\/arshiya-bhalla\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bhalla<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsxset.com\/author\/srishti-goel\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Goel<\/a> have author profiles on the <em>NewsX\u00a0<\/em>website.<\/p>\n<p>It is noteworthy that Goel was first identified as &#8216;Sristi&#8217; (refer to screenshot 2) but the channel later changed the spelling to &#8216;Shristi&#8217; (at <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/NEb63_vcwvw?t=890\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">14:50<\/a>), which matches with her spelling on\u00a0<em>NewsX\u00a0<\/em>website.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_54783\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54783\" style=\"width: 1238px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-54783 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/44927d61-3d20-4de1-bf13-877cf3ae57c6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1238\" height=\"702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/44927d61-3d20-4de1-bf13-877cf3ae57c6.png 1238w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/44927d61-3d20-4de1-bf13-877cf3ae57c6-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/44927d61-3d20-4de1-bf13-877cf3ae57c6-1024x581.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/44927d61-3d20-4de1-bf13-877cf3ae57c6-768x435.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/44927d61-3d20-4de1-bf13-877cf3ae57c6-990x561.png 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1238px) 100vw, 1238px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-54783\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Goel can be seen anchoring &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LpLsqS8plwg&amp;amp;feature=youtu.be\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bigg Boss 13 Live : 17th December Full Episode<\/a>&#8216; for <em>NewsX<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-54689 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-25-at-11.44.26-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1103\" height=\"632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-25-at-11.44.26-AM.png 1103w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-25-at-11.44.26-AM-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-25-at-11.44.26-AM-1024x587.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-25-at-11.44.26-AM-768x440.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-25-at-11.44.26-AM-990x567.png 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1103px) 100vw, 1103px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Adarsh&#8217;s full name is Adarsh Shukla. He is a journalist with <em>inKhabar\u00a0<\/em>which is a part of\u00a0<em>India News.\u00a0<\/em>Both\u00a0<em>NewsX\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>inKhabar\u00a0<\/em>are managed by the same parent organisation <em>ITV Network.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Alt News found Shukla <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nHb7nnrXXBo&amp;feature=youtu.be\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">anchoring a show<\/a> for <em>inKhabar<\/em>&#8211; <em>&#8216;<\/em><em>Vashishtha Narayan Singh Death, \u091c\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0939\u0947\u0902 \u0928\u093e\u091c\u093c \u0939\u0948 \u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926 \u092a\u0930 \u0935\u094b \u0915\u0939\u093e\u0902 \u0939\u0948\u0902? | India News&#8217; &#8211;\u00a0<\/em>on November 14.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-54947 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-27-at-3.17.22-PM-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1123\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-27-at-3.17.22-PM-1.png 1123w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-27-at-3.17.22-PM-1-300x83.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-27-at-3.17.22-PM-1-1024x284.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-27-at-3.17.22-PM-1-768x213.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-27-at-3.17.22-PM-1-990x275.png 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1123px) 100vw, 1123px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Shukla also has an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inkhabar.com\/author\/adarsh-shukla\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">author profile<\/a> on <em>inKhabar&#8217;s <\/em>website which addresses him as the chief sub-editor. The last <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inkhabar.com\/state\/jmm-hemant-soren-profile-who-is-hemant-soren-set-to-be-next-cm-of-jharkhand-know-his-pollitical-career-education-personal-life\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report<\/a> under his byline was published on December 23.<\/p>\n<h1>Conclusion<\/h1>\n<p><em>NewsX, therefore,<\/em> placed at least three journalists as students during a discussion on protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act. While Arshiya Bhalla and Srishti Goel are associated with <em>NewsX<\/em> digital, Adarsh Shukla is a journalist with <em>inKhabar<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The debate, broadcast as &#8216;Hear the students&#8217;, had individuals from the parent organisation <em>ITV Network<\/em>\u00a0posing as student voices on the controversial legislation. Alt News tried contacting <em>NewsX <\/em>via text, email and phone but we are yet to get a response.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-message__content c-message__content--feature_sonic_inputs\" data-qa=\"message_content\">\n<div class=\"c-message__message_blocks c-message__message_blocks--rich_text\">\n<div class=\"p-block_kit_renderer p-block_kit_renderer--absorb_margin\" data-qa=\"block-kit-renderer\">\n<div class=\"p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper--first\">\n<div class=\"p-rich_text_block\" dir=\"auto\">\n<div class=\"p-rich_text_section\"><em><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\">[Update: This article was published on December 26. It was updated on December 27 to include another journalist &#8216;Adarsh Shukla&#8217; who was identified as a student by NewsX during the show. Anchor Devika Chopra responded to Alt News&#8217;s story in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ilah108\/status\/1210259034160320514?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">series of tweets<\/a> where she claimed that Shristi Goel is a current student with Jamia Milia Islamia. It is noteworthy that Chopra did not deny any of the journalists&#8217; association with the channel which was not revealed during the length of the show. We are yet to receive an official response from the organisation. Alt News confirmed with multiple sources that the individuals mentioned in the story are journalists with ITV Network. We<\/b><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"> stand by our story.]<\/b><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On December 19, NewsX conducted a debate on the nationwide student protest against Citizens Amendment Act (CAA). The 57-minute debate, titled &#8216;Young students on CAA, Let&#8217;s solve this CAA Warzone&#8217; is available on YouTube. https:\/\/youtu.be\/NEb63_vcwvw On December 20, Twitter user @theotherdemon02 alleged that NewsX posed some of its journalists as students during the show. &#8220;ANI [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":54992,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[682],"class_list":["post-54608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-social-media-claims"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NewsX posed journalists as students during a debate on anti-CAA protests - Alt News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NewsX posed journalists as students during a debate on anti-CAA protests - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On December 19, NewsX conducted a debate on the nationwide student protest against Citizens Amendment Act (CAA). 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