Indian prime time news is a joke that gets told every day. At least a few years ago, there was a certain pretence of journalism. But lately, it seems that caution has been thrown to the wind nobody cares anymore.
Case in point, K. Siddhartha, a guest expert you might have seen multiple times on TV giving his expert opinion on multiple things.
Someone actually pointed it out on Twitter, that this man has been presented as an environmentalist, an expert on India-Vietnam relations, a geologist, and an educationist among others.
Ye Waali Education Policy Chahiye 😆 pic.twitter.com/AzgrwsAgyM
— Tempest (@ColdCigar) July 30, 2020
We dug around a bit and found out that Siddhartha is actually an author and consultant. His website lists him as a ‘strategic thinker, geostrategist, knowledge and perception management consultant, thought leadership trainer’ among other things.
Regardless, this did not stop Twitter. Once, the picture went viral, Twitter did what Twitter does best… Nothing much actually, just a bunch of jokes.
A TV debate panelist in 2020: pic.twitter.com/1Wz2PxIWfn
— PuNsTeR™ (@Pun_Starr) July 30, 2020
Johnny sins of journalism 😂😂😂
— Pratik Hingankar (@Pratik_hi) July 31, 2020
— Sir-Kesham (@SarKesam) July 30, 2020
News channel be like😂😂 @AnonEagleFlight bhai dekh isse pic.twitter.com/gsIeWltZRi
— meetbrar (@meetbrar1) July 31, 2020
— Rahul Dua (@Rahul_Dua84) July 30, 2020
Ye TV ka dhruv rathee hai🤣
— Pooja Sangwan ❁ (@ThePerilousGirl) July 30, 2020
गुजरात यूनिवर्सिटी के “एंटायर पोलिटिकल साइंस” कोर्स के बाद विद्यार्थी हर विषय का एक्सपर्ट हो जाता है। 😂
— Rajat Kapil (@RajatKapil11) July 31, 2020
K Siddhartha be like …. pic.twitter.com/tTDIn1A5ZQ
— ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ (@theesmaarkhan) July 31, 2020
Arnad- educationalist, environmentalist , geographical expert needed in my panel
— राज 🙆 (@memeskaraj) July 31, 2020
K siddhartha pic.twitter.com/z1uz98tDHG
K Siddhartha in a nutshell… pic.twitter.com/B6biqeyyZn
— WTF_Memez (@MemezWtf) July 31, 2020
K Siddhartha His son pic.twitter.com/1cHvYxhYHx
— Red Dot (@Pat_Se_Headsh0t) July 31, 2020
“Take away your suit and what are you?”
— Nirmalya Dutta (@nirmalyadutta23) July 31, 2020
Tony Stark: “Genius. Billionaire. Playboy. Philanthropist.”
K Siddhartha: “LOL. Amateur.” pic.twitter.com/ZAKdTixWlo
news channels: we want experts for our live debate show.
— spongbob (@krustie_crabs) July 31, 2020
k siddhartha: pic.twitter.com/IKj0zTCL59
Me making different profiles for free Netflix pic.twitter.com/5LXX69q9iB
— Manish (@Man_isssh) July 30, 2020
Oh man, WTF! BTW, you should all know that all newsrooms have a guest coordinator whose job is to find guests, audit them and prepare them for the shows.
