Mumbai, Feb 17: Taking strong objection over the way Arnab Goswami handled the entire controversy that happened at Jawaharlala Nehru University (JNU), a professor called the Times Now Editor-in-Chief a traitor to journalism and accused him of inciting violence against the entire academic community. Parnal Chirmuley, Associate Professor at the Center of German Studies, School of Language, Literature, and Culture Studies at the JNU, in his article published in The News Minute, slammed Arnab Goswami for branding students and JNU ‘anti-nationalist’. Also Read - This Twitter User Wrote An Obituary For Death Of Media & Confused by The Wordplay, A Newspaper Actually Published It!

“Arnab Goswami of Times Now is on the frontlines of this parallel war against nuanced thought, against honesty, against intellectual freedom, and against truth. Over the past week since ‘news broke’ (yes, the truth is shattered to pieces when presented by Him), he has used a range of careful strategies to achieve the end of the demonization of public education. It is easy to see these if you put aside the sick froth of vitriol,” writes Parnal Chirmuley. (ALSO READ: JNU student Umar Khalid is Jaish-e-Mohammed sympathiser: IB report) Also Read - Anubhav Sinha Lashes Out at Arnab Goswami in Tweets, Asks Journos to Give Him a 'Lifetime Award'

The JNU professor further stated that Arnab Goswami, deliberately, asked misleading question during the debates on the JNU row and completely ignore the most vital question; is the law on sedition (124[A]) applicable in this case? Arnab also used terms like ‘Anti-national’, ‘secessionist’, ‘unpatriotic’ repeatedly, which ultimately incited violence against the students and faculty members of the JNU. Also Read - Netizens Trend #ArrestAntiIndiaArnab on Twitter Against The News Anchor For Alleged 'Communal Anchoring' on Palghar Lynching

“What he does is not to simply wipe out the possibility of nuance in a discussion, but rather use every weapon – be it language, gesture, or decibel – to brand people in order to feed into the imaginations of fear and anger among the viewers,” wrote Chirmuley. The professor also accused the anchor of ‘double standard’ while allowing the people on his panel to express their views. He said that while Arnab allowed right-wing people to express their views on the controversy, he repeatedly interrupted when the JNU students or leftists were speaking.

“On Monday night, the only time He was quiet on the show was when Sambit Patra of the BJP shouted at Shabnam Lone, Saba Naqvi, and Waris Pathan and challenged the three to chant Bharat Mata Ki Jai after him. This is extremely dangerous intimidation. And he does this on absolutely every show,” writes Chirmuley. It is always people from minority communities, civil rights activists, prominent voices from women’s and people’s movements, everyone from the Left that are subject to this vitriol. He has never levelled these accusations against the organization whose very emblem (the Khaki Shorts) is said to be an import from Italian fascism. Interesting, isn’t it?” he added.

“We must remind ourselves that journalists are also amongst the bravest, ferreting out the truth at great risk to themselves, from the State, from warlords, from disease, bearing a deep commitment to the voice of the oppressed and the dispossessed. Arnab is a traitor to journalism,” expressed the professor.