No ‘fifth floor’ in the hotel where he says Pakistani officials held a meeting
Team Clarion
NEW DELHI — Arnab Goswami, the Republic TV anchor known for his noisy and rabid presentation, once again made a fake claim based on information from his “intelligence sources” that Pakistani officials held a meeting at the fifth floor of Serena Hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan.
He made this statement while shouting at a Pakistani panelist Abdul Samad Yaqoob from Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party on his show.
“Pakistani ISI agents are staying there to fight in the Panjshir valley,” Goswami added.
Yaqoob debunked Goswami as he said: “the hotel doesn’t even consist of the third floor and there are only two floors in that very hotel.”
When confronted Goswami even claimed, “I can also maybe tell you what they ordered for dinner so don’t question my intelligence sources.”
The clip of the programme showing the conversation between the news anchor and Yaqoob went viral after it was put on Twitter by Alt News editor Mohammed Zubair who used a crying emoji with the words, “Arnab Goswami and his ‘intelligence sources’.”
Arnab Goswami and his ‘intelligence sources’. 😭 pic.twitter.com/W9bCZxbw0D
— Mohammed Zubair (@zoo_bear) September 18, 2021
Following this many users made jokes and memes on Goswami’s claim
The World According to #ArnabGoswami pic.twitter.com/aFnNjCMapE
— SJ Ahmed (@SuhaibJAhmed) September 19, 2021
Finding information on the fifth floor of a building that has only two floors requires great journalism and brilliant sourcing. 😂😂😂 https://t.co/Dffd2NOKdF
— Kanishka Raj Singh (@Kanishka183) September 19, 2021
Republic had earlier used a gaming video to make a fake claim that the the channel has accessed video of Pakistani jets bombing Panjshir valley.
