Author: OpIndia Staff
Publication: OpIndia.com
Date: November 5, 2017
URL:   https://www.opindia.com/2017/11/the-wire-founders-siddharth-varadarajan-and-m-k-venu-become-butt-of-all-jokes/

The Internet is unforgiving. Recently, the leftist propaganda website, The Wire, which seems to be on a mission to spread innuendoes, lies, propaganda, misrepresentations, and other such canards, has reduced itself to a joke. After the recent ‘exposé‘ by abusive troll Swati Chaturvedi masquerading as a journalist, twitterati donned their creative cap and brought us some entertainment on an otherwise sleepy Sunday.

It all started when it was brought to people’s notice that under the UPA, Rajya Sabha TV, which came under the control of former vice president Hamid Ansari, was allegedly used to spread agenda and pay the ‘loyalists’ handsomely.
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Ankur Singh@iAnkurSingh

Rajya Sabha TV comes under Vice-President and Hamid Ansari exploited it for agenda and to pay their party Loyalists handsomely #Ecosystem

Ankur Singh@iAnkurSingh

Editor of propaganda site Wire @mkvenu1 was paid Rs 15,000 per appearance. Over 33 Lakh Tax Payers' money for speaking agnst Modi #Ecosystem
 
Nov 4, 2017
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Ankur Singh@iAnkurSingh
Replying to @iAnkurSingh

Editor of propaganda site Wire @mkvenu1 was paid Rs 15,000 per appearance. Over 33 Lakh Tax Payers' money for speaking agnst Modi #Ecosystem

Ankur Singh@iAnkurSingh

Well known Modi hater and another Editor of Wire, US citizen @svaradarajan was hired by RSTV at Rs 15,000 per appearance for his propaganda.

Nov 4, 2017
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Both, M K Venu and Siddharth Varadarajan, founding editors of The Wire, were paid handsomely, Rs. 15,000 per appearance, totalling to Rs. 33 lakh and Rs. 14.70 lakh respectively, of the tax payers’ money in last few years. Varadarajan, who hosted a show discontinued it from April, while Venu was told not to host the shows he was hosting since August. It is only after August that the hit-jobs by The Wire have gone up.

People didn’t take too long to connect the dots and reduce them to a joke. Here are some of the funniest reactions.

Unseen footage from RSTv. pic.twitter.com/dAUeaWglDP

— Deewan. (@NKDeewan) November 5, 2017

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Hardik@Humor_Silly

Batao @mkvenu1 bhai 

Nov 4, 2017
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टीपूडा // Pant Stan account@AmolDraws

The story of VP and the wire ☺

Nov 5, 2017
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Hey @mkvenu1 since you appreciate humor, have a look at this one also. This looks more appropriate than the one you tweeted. pic.twitter.com/BHY8516oXc

— The Skin Doctor ? (@thecyberbully13) November 5, 2017
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🦁@AndColorPockeT

Your face when you realize that you won't get 15K/episode from RSTV anymore

Nov 5, 2017
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Hardik@Humor_Silly

Convo at @thewire_in

Nov 4, 2017
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As a Twitter user pointed out, perhaps the change of guard and fear of probable scams being unearthed could be the reason some people might have felt ‘unease’.

Want to know why Hamid Ansari was feelin insecure? What RajyaSabha TV scam is? Why @thewire_in @svaradarajan doing hitjobs on Modi? Thread.. pic.twitter.com/hoL15XTOyS
— The Skin Doctor ? (@thecyberbully13) November 4, 2017

Perhaps it is time for The Wire to pay heed to this tweet.

RT if you want @thewire_in to change this as their #NewProfilePic pic.twitter.com/vURxohs7IA