Twitterati take jibe at Arnab Goswami for being elected as the president of NBF

The editor-in-chief of Republic TV, Arnab Goswami - better known for his relentless defence of the Modi government in his prime time debates and who has been branded as the “BJP spokesperson in media” by his detractors  -  has been elected as the president of the newly founded The News Broadcasters Federation (NBF).

The News Broadcasters Federation (NBF) is the country’s largest association of over 78 news channels.

The NBF which represents broadcasters from 25 States, met on Saturday to finalise modalities of a self-regulatory organisation - News Broadcasters Federation Authority - to bring in transparent self-regulation on content, reported PTI.

Arnab’s election as the president of the NBF has evoked sharp comments from Twitterati.  Many of them took swipe at him and compared him with Ravish Kumar with NDTV.

For far too long a clutch of Delhi-based channels have falsely claimed to represent Indian broadcasting. NBF will change that, for good, said Goswami after being elected the president, according to PTI.