Pro-BJP news agency ANI is facing social media ridicule after it was caught stealing a video shot by a rival news agency, PTI. Worse, ANI decided to monetise the PTI’s by selling the content to its subscribers.
The matter came to light after PTI took to social media to reveal ANI’s dodgy act. It tweeted, “Subscriber advisory: The following video footage shot by PTI’s team at the UN has been used without authorisation by another agency. ADGPI has also used the clips on their social media handle but with proper credit to PTI. We want to keep our esteemed subscribers informed about such acts of plagiarism. Please exercise caution.”
Subscriber advisory:
The following video footage shot by PTI’s team at the UN has been used without authorisation by another agency. ADGPI has also used the clips on their social media handle but with proper credit to PTI. We want to keep our esteemed subscribers informed about… pic.twitter.com/i06GaIAJyu
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) May 31, 2024
PTI’s UN correspondent Yoshita Singh also tweeted, “This video is PTI property and has been used without authorisation.”
ANI said that all videos and photos from the UN were provided to it by the Indian army. It tweeted, “All videos and pictures of the above event were provided to ANI officially by the Indian Army for further syndication (no additional attribution instructions provided).”
ANI Editor Smita Prakash tweeted, “The ‘credit’ to PTI was an afterthought 2 hours ago in a tweet. The syndication of pix were last night by ADGPI with no credit instructions,”
The ‘credit’ to PTI was an afterthought 2 hours ago in a tweet. The syndication of pix were last night by ADGPI with no credit instructions https://t.co/3jsjXt7Sx2
— Smita Prakash (@smitaprakash) May 31, 2024
Meanwhile, ANI has become a butt of jokes on social media as netizens ridiculed the pro-BJP news agency.
ANI Wale Chor Hai, don't swipe content without crediting @PTI_News, it's just not right pic.twitter.com/YVnti8RSxq
— Abu Huzaifa (@huzaifakhan1997) May 31, 2024
अब गोदी मीडिया दूसरे न्यूज चैनल का कंटेंट क्रेडिट चुरा रहा है
भारतीय सेना ने @PTI_News की फुटेज @ANI को साझा की और ANI ने अपना Logo लगा लिया🤣@smitaprakash ने भी PTI को कोई जवाब नहीं दिया
ऐसा लग रहा है कि स्मिता भी मोदी की तरह मेडिटेशन के लिए चली गई है pic.twitter.com/1GC5N8lBVj pic.twitter.com/vyKWhGAggO
— मृगांका सिंह (राजनीतिक आलोचक और लेखक) (@reach2msingh) May 31, 2024
Elections over.
ANI vs PTI now… pic.twitter.com/0W9RHN7YRF
— Prashant Singh (@LibranLifter) May 31, 2024
Indian Army's public information department has forwarded PTI photos to ANI for publicity.
Now when they find out that it's matter of plagiarism by ANI so they are backing out by a goofy statement.
Media Management at it best. https://t.co/AGhJaVMNWY pic.twitter.com/RhPJUb91TJ
— मृगांका सिंह (राजनीतिक आलोचक और लेखक) (@reach2msingh) May 31, 2024
Just saw this, ANI Wale Chor Hai @ANI! Giving credit where it's due is important. @PTI_News deserves recognition for their work. pic.twitter.com/xzEOk1O1Aa
— Prachi desai.🐦 (@rebel7moon) May 31, 2024