Samaa TV Under Fire For Alleged Racism Against Sindhis
News channel Samaa TV is facing backlash on social media for allegedly practicing racism in its coverage of the coronavirus crisis. In one of its news bulletins, the channel referred to the Sindh government as ‘sayeen sarkar’ (Sayeen kingdom). The term ‘Sayeen’ is used in Sindh as a mark of respect for elders, but the channel appeared to have used it as a racist slur. Social media users were unamused by the channel’s attempt to demean the Sindhi cultire and recorded their protest using the hastag #SindhRejectsSamaaTV
#SindhRejectsSamaaTV
We reject samaa tv biased & unprofessional yellow journalism towards sindh. They are mokering sindhi nation. Sitting in Pakistan, they must apologise to us. Otherwise, results would be severe for them. pic.twitter.com/LnaaGQ8G8Z— Fayaz hussain (@Fayazabro12) April 4, 2020
The way they used saeen sarkar for CM sindh, #sindhrejectssamaatv. Pamra should take strict action against samatv for using such words. Is this a responsible media? This is not about a political party, sama was targeting sindhis. pic.twitter.com/WwfHXA43SS
— Sardar Khan Dayo (@SardarKhanDayo1) April 4, 2020
Stop playing with the current situation of the country you are doing this only for your ratings but never able to highlights the problems of the province as well as city (Karachi,Sindh) .Shame on you.#SindhRejectsSamaaTV pic.twitter.com/yFjNOHXrWV
— Tania Masood (@TaniaMasoodMas1) April 4, 2020
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