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As others have pointed out on Twitter, I am not sure who is the victim here; Nidhi Razdan apparently had multiple speaking engagements where she was introduced

As others have pointed out on Twitter, I am not sure who is the victim here; Nidhi Razdan apparently had multiple speaking engagements where she was introduced as Harvard faculty: Example: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ErxnAc5XEAEkro3?format=jpg&name=small https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ErxnAc5XEAEkro3?format=jpg&name=...

CyberRabbi 6y ago
What you are suggesting here makes this already interesting story even more interesting. Perhaps there are holes in her story but if she really knowingly faked the whole thing, why would she resign from her job?
- ghaff 6y ago
  Because she was maybe resigned? It's possible there's an innocent explanation but Occam's Razor does suggest she just made up her Associate Professor at Harvard title and, when called out for it, concocted a story about it really being Harvard Extension School and phishing. Which was vaguely plausible so long as you don't think too deeply about it and ignore that, if this were the case, the initial Twitter post was deceptive.
  - CyberRabbi 6y ago
    By “resigned” I am assuming you mean she was fired. If she were fired why would her previous employer allow her to use their website to publish this story?
    - ghaff 6y ago
      Who knows? Maybe the Occam's Razor conclusion isn't in fact the right one. Maybe the publication thinks it saves them face as well as her. (Journalists who lie look bad for news publications even if they're fired.)
  - alasdair_ 6y ago
    She turned everything over to the police who will presumably investigate. Why do this if she is lying?
    - meowster 6y ago
      Devil's advocate: she claims she turned it over to the police.
pmiller2 6y ago
I don’t understand. Are you saying people are claiming she made the whole thing up and was just going around saying she was an associate professor at Harvard?
- alisonkisk 6y ago
  Yes. That's what the Twitter thread shows.
  - asenna 6y ago
    To be honest, NDTV is one of the top English channels in India and Nidhi Razdan is a very well respected and recognized journalist. It makes no sense for her to fake all of this for some "clout" as some on twitter suggested - she does not need it. Unfortunately there is a lot of cynicism for anything media (and in turn politics) related in India and people love to speculate.

CyberRabbi 6y ago

What you are suggesting here makes this already interesting story even more interesting. Perhaps there are holes in her story but if she really knowingly faked the whole thing, why would she resign from her job?

ghaff 6y ago
Because she was maybe resigned? It's possible there's an innocent explanation but Occam's Razor does suggest she just made up her Associate Professor at Harvard title and, when called out for it, concocted a story about it really being Harvard Extension School and phishing. Which was vaguely plausible so long as you don't think too deeply about it and ignore that, if this were the case, the initial Twitter post was deceptive.
- CyberRabbi 6y ago
  By “resigned” I am assuming you mean she was fired. If she were fired why would her previous employer allow her to use their website to publish this story?
  - ghaff 6y ago
    Who knows? Maybe the Occam's Razor conclusion isn't in fact the right one. Maybe the publication thinks it saves them face as well as her. (Journalists who lie look bad for news publications even if they're fired.)
- alasdair_ 6y ago
  She turned everything over to the police who will presumably investigate. Why do this if she is lying?
  - meowster 6y ago
    Devil's advocate: she claims she turned it over to the police.

pmiller2 6y ago

I don’t understand. Are you saying people are claiming she made the whole thing up and was just going around saying she was an associate professor at Harvard?

alisonkisk 6y ago
Yes. That's what the Twitter thread shows.
- asenna 6y ago
  To be honest, NDTV is one of the top English channels in India and Nidhi Razdan is a very well respected and recognized journalist. It makes no sense for her to fake all of this for some "clout" as some on twitter suggested - she does not need it. Unfortunately there is a lot of cynicism for anything media (and in turn politics) related in India and people love to speculate.