Journalists of a바카라 웹사이트Malayalam news portal바카라 웹사이트have바카라 웹사이트quit바카라 웹사이트en-masse바카라 웹사이트from바카라 웹사이트the organisation protesting against바카라 웹사이트an article by its editor-in-chief and바카라 웹사이트former Member of Parliament, Sebastian Paul, supporting popular actor바카라 웹사이트Dileep who is바카라 웹사이트an accused in the바카라 웹사이트actress assault case.
SouthLive.in라이브 바카라 Associate Editor, Maneesh Narayanan, confirmed to바카라 웹사이트바카라바카라 웹사이트that all but one of the total 17-member editorial team in the news portal have put in their papers.
Narayanan, also a popular film critic in Malayalam, said the editorial team had informed Paul and the portal라이브 바카라 management about their objection to the article. “It was highly problematic especially when there appeared a concerted effort in social media and other media outlets to create a sympathy wave for the accused actor. It was a total U-turn from the portal라이브 바카라 earlier stand on the issue,” he said.
When contacted, Paul, a well-known media critic in Malayalam who바카라 웹사이트had been바카라 웹사이트an independent MP with support of the CPI(M), told바카라 웹사이트바카라바카라 웹사이트that three senior editorial staffs have already been relieved and others are serving their notice period.
Paul바카라 웹사이트published a column on September 10 titled ‘Sympathy is Not Crime, There Should Be Questions For Dileep, Too’ in which he passionately argued against the public outrage against Dileep, who바카라 웹사이트is facing trial from jail바카라 웹사이트on charges of conspiring sexual assault바카라 웹사이트on바카라 웹사이트a leading South Indian actress in a moving car in Kochi in February.
In his article, Paul had said, “There is no need to probe the intention of a man who sexually assaults a woman,” adding, “(The main accused) Pulsar Suni must have planned (and executed) the assault in the case in which Dileep has been accused.”바카라 웹사이트
바카라 웹사이트His column invited sharp reactions from various quarters,바카라 웹사이트including the journalists of the news portal, who took to social media and said they had opposed Paul라이브 바카라 article but he got it published by putting pressure on them through the website라이브 바카라 management.
When asked about allegations that the team members were poached by rival news portal and the article was only a ruse,바카라 웹사이트Paul said, “I don’t think it (the protest) is only a reaction against my article. There could be other reasons too. Perhaps they might have other plans. They may want to join other organisation. I wish them well. They are young people with experience.”
바카라 웹사이트Later, speaking to바카라 웹사이트바카라,바카라 웹사이트Paul had said that he바카라 웹사이트had바카라 웹사이트full authority to express his view in his publication as the Editor-in-Chief. He had also said that he was contemplating action against his subordinate journalists who publicly expressed their dissent.
바카라 웹사이트SouthLive, established in 2014 which has Quintype Inc as its technology partner, had demanded the resignation of the senior journalists including바카라 웹사이트Narayanan, following the protest. Following this, other journalists also put in their papers.
바카라 웹사이트The developments in SouthLive have added to the campaign for justice for the actress who survived the assault.
바카라 웹사이트There have been rumours accusing Dileep of trying to create a sympathy wave for him through paid PR activities. After his arrest, the sudden burst of contents in favour바카라 웹사이트of바카라 웹사이트him on social media and news publications was flagged by many people. This had happened at a time many people went on rampage against him and attacked the restaurant owned by him.
바카라 웹사이트Earlier, PC George MLA had also dawn flak for his open support바카라 웹사이트of바카라 웹사이트Dileep바카라 웹사이트by questioning the police probe and even attempting to victim-shame the actress. The actress had then wrote an open letter to the Chief Minister against George라이브 바카라 statements.
