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Today, I saw an independent journalist calling out CJP and AAP, accusing them of being compromised for skipping the Chalo Dilli rally. Ironically, this is someone who actively amplified CJP, and both benefited from each other. While CJP was being projected as the next big thing, a new league of revolutionaries was born, and some of these journalists and content creators saw their follower counts shoot up from 20K to 200K. Meanwhile, I still have around 23K followers on Instagram and have lost nearly 5K since I started questioning CJP from the very beginning. It does make me a little sad, but it has never stopped me from speaking my mind. Just saying, nobody is entirely innocent here. People have their own agendas. Journalism and content creation may be increasingly intertwined, but ethics and responsibility are what distinguish the two. And please, don’t do paid collaborations while presenting yourself as a journalist. If you do, at least disclose them. Your audience often consumes these collaborations as journalism, and that can be just as misleading and harmful as the very Godi media we criticise. #JustSaying