The New York Times onJuly 2 opened a job posting for the budding Indian journalists however, forrecruitment seeks bizarre pre-requisites.
Posting an entry-leveljob requirement on their website and on LinkedIn, the interested applicants forthe position of “South Asia Business Correspondent” in New Delhi must be anti-Modiand anti-Hindu.
Apparently, thepublication targeting the Modi government and is keen to hire the candidateswho can write against the democratically elected government of India and cancontribute to a discourse that forms up questions about the propagandistjournalism.
The job posting openwith, “India will soon surpass China in population, if it hasn’t already, and hasambitions of winning a greater voice on the world stage.”
The job posting alsodescribed Prime Minister Narendra Modi as someone who advocates “self-sufficient,muscular nationalism centered on the country’s majority.”
“Under Narendra Modi,its charismatic Prime Minister, India has moved to rival China’s economic andpolitical heft in Asia- a drama playing out along their tense border and withinnational capitals across the region,” the posting read.
Criticizing the hateful job posting, Kanchan Gupta, GoI’s advisor took to Twitter and wrote, “TheNY Times has dropped all pretences of impartiality with his job ad for a SouthAsia Correspondent.”
“They are clearlylooking to hire an anti-Modi activist who can also stoke anti-India sentimentsin our neighborhood. With this, the paper qualifies as a foreign-funded NGO,”the tweet further read.
Netizens also took noteof the job posting and have denounced the move of NY Times stating “it isclearly looking for a biased journalist in the country.”
Targeting at the latest ITrules, the publication’s posting read, “government’s growing efforts to policeonline speech and media discourse have raised difficult questions aboutbalancing issues of security and privacy with free speech.”
Pertinently, with thisjob description NY Times is absolutely looking to hire a candidate who would sharply and openlycriticize Modi and his governance in their coverage.
Interestingly, the NewYork Times is also comfortably okay to hire people with criminal past. Going bythe job description, “The New York Times Companywill consider qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, ina manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local"Fair Chance" laws.”