'You disguising as fact-checker is like a terrorist talking about peace': Venkatesh Prasad shows mirror 'fact-checker' Mohammed Zubair

NewsBharati 11-Sep-2023 11:15:44 AM

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New Delhi, Sept 11: Former Indian bowler Venkatesh Prasad clean bowled Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair for hate-mongering under the pretext of carrying out ‘fact-checks’.

“Haha.. Says a serial hate-monger, who has put so many lives in danger for his agenda. You disguising as a fact-checker is like Terrorists talking about peace,” Prasad tweeted while sharing a screenshot of a tweet deleted by Zubair.

Haha.. Says a serial hate- monger, who has put so many lives in danger for his agenda. You disguising as a fact-checker is like Terrorists talking about peace.
Now post that you need money to survive and ask for donation for your website, no shame in living off by fooling… https://t.co/CjPrtAdC24 pic.twitter.com/ei16dx1wPp
— Venkatesh Prasad (@venkateshprasad) September 9, 2023

This came after Zubair, who is known for peddling false news and misleading the public including the Nupur Sharma controversy, posted a screenshot of a tweet posted by Prasad where he made scathing remarks directed against the BCCI and ACC.

In response to Zubair’s tweet, Prasad, who is known for not mincing his words, slammed the Alt News co-founder for acting as a fact-checker while being a ‘serial hate-monger’. “Now post that you need money to survive and ask for donations for your website, No shame in living off by fooling people,” Prasad sarcastically added.

Further, Prasad clarified the reason why he had deleted one of the tweets where he had criticised the BCCI. He said his tweet led to confusion and was twisted out of context which is why he had to pull down the tweet. “Since I was also speaking about the inefficiency of the BCCI around tickets in other tweets, it led to confusion and looked out of context. Hence deleted,varna naam lekar khulkar bolne mein Rambhakt kisiko chhodte nahin , Jai Shree Ram.”

That was a general tweet where i spoke about how one person who is corrupt can undo a lot of good work of his organisation and it can have large scale implication on a macro level as well in any field. Since i was also speaking about the inefficiency of the BCCI around tickets… https://t.co/cbZTUeg1qO
— Venkatesh Prasad (@venkateshprasad) September 9, 2023

Soon after a X user responded to his tweet that there is a never-ending thread on instances when Zubair was caught spreading fake news, Prasad replied, “My goodness.. has guts to still call himself Fact-checker. Won’t have the balls to question his paymasters. Am aware of him putting lives at risk and posting derogatory stuff about Hindu Gods. A real shame that such deceivers still can disguise as journalists and beg for donations,” Prasad added.