{"id":9200,"date":"2018-02-17T13:06:34","date_gmt":"2018-02-17T07:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=9200"},"modified":"2018-02-17T13:06:34","modified_gmt":"2018-02-17T07:36:34","slug":"national-herald-twitter-polls-pnb-scam-backfire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/national-herald-twitter-polls-pnb-scam-backfire\/","title":{"rendered":"National Herald Twitter polls on PNB Scam backfire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter polls are a double edged sword.\u00a0National Herald\u00a0is learning it the hard way after two of it&#8217;s polls on PNB scam backfired. After the news of USD 1.77 billion Punjab National Bank Scam broke out, National Herald posted two Twitter polls to gauge the opinion of its readers. \u201cDo you think corruption has vastly decreased in India, as Prime Minister Modi claims?\u201d asked the first poll. This was followed after five hours by a second one asking who is to blame for the massive PNB Scam.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/cymera_20180216_221247.jpg\" alt=\"cymera_20180216_221247\" width=\"768\" height=\"424\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The polls did not go as per\u00a0National Herald\u00a0\u2019s expectations. As large number of BJP supporters started to vote, suspecting sabotage and distortion of results, the Twitter handle of\u00a0National Herald\u00a0started blocking users.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congress owned National Herald <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NH_India?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NH_India<\/a> run a poll, after voting, it blocked me? Why? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/INCIndia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@INCIndia<\/a> your democracy is so fragile? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TajinderBagga?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TajinderBagga<\/a> see below \ud83d\ude01\ud83d\ude2c\ud83d\ude2c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1YIzo0ienG\">pic.twitter.com\/1YIzo0ienG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Manoj Goenka \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@iam_manojgoenka) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iam_manojgoenka\/status\/964173712915300352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BLOCKED<br \/>by Congress&#39; mouthpiece <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NH_India?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nh_india<\/a> for exposing their hypocrisy on corruption in just 1 tweet flat.<\/p>\n<p>Why does Mr. @OfficeOfRG muzzle free speech &amp; refuse to answer stinging questions? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IclSlrs2wZ\">pic.twitter.com\/IclSlrs2wZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Truth by IBTL (@ibtlx) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ibtlx\/status\/964114296325091328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>After 81% votes blamed UPA for the PNB Scam,\u00a0National Herald\u00a0 deleted the poll. It had over 11,000 votes when it was deleted on the evening of February 15th. The second poll asking about decrease in corruption under PM Modi was deleted the next day morning. It had over 14,000 votes of which 83% favored BJP.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly earlier polls of National Herald\u00a0 have not seen so much participation. Its polls on the budget received less than 600 votes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/What-impact-do-you-think-Budget2018.png\" alt=\"What impact do you think Budget2018\" width=\"598\" height=\"490\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/National-Herald-Budget2018.png\" alt=\"National Herald Budget2018\" width=\"611\" height=\"465\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There was perhaps a case of large scale organized voting as seen from the fact that the first poll was only retweeted 17 times but received over 14,000 votes. But then all is considered fair in polls on an open platform. This possibility should have been considered before launching the polls. As they say, fools rush in where angels fear to tread&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Before venturing into Twitter polls one should be aware of the risks and willing to accept the results, whichever way they turn out. National Herald\u00a0failed on both counts. Before launching Twitter polls again,\u00a0National Herald\u00a0must build a better understanding of its Twitter support base and the dynamics of social media based opinion polls. And if it cannot accept the results irrespective of the way they turn out due to its political leanings, it would be better to stay away from social media polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter polls are a double edged sword.\u00a0National Herald\u00a0is learning it the hard way after two of it&#8217;s polls on PNB scam backfired. After the news of USD 1.77 billion Punjab National Bank Scam broke out, National Herald posted two Twitter polls to gauge the opinion of its readers. \u201cDo you think corruption has vastly decreased [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":9224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[120],"class_list":["post-9200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>National Herald Twitter polls on PNB Scam backfire - 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=\"National Herald Twitter polls on PNB Scam backfire - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Twitter polls are a double edged sword.\u00a0National Herald\u00a0is learning it the hard way after two of it&#8217;s polls on PNB scam backfired. 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