{"id":5163,"date":"2025-12-11T01:41:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T19:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=5163"},"modified":"2025-12-11T01:41:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T19:41:34","slug":"journalist-arshad-mahmood-tears-into-prothom-alos-fictitious-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=5163","title":{"rendered":"Journalist Arshad Mahmood tears into Prothom Alo\u2019s fictitious survey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Senior journalist Arshad Mahmud launched a scathing attack on leading daily Prothom Alo and the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government during Wednesday\u2019s episode of the popular talk show <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cnUq8uPWlJY&amp;pp=ygULb25ubyBtb25jaG8%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Onno Moncho<\/a>, calling the newspaper\u2019s latest opinion survey \u201cagenda-driven propaganda\u201d and accusing the current regime of rampant nepotism, corruption, and abuse of power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking to host Masood Kamal, Mahmud dismissed Prothom Alo\u2019s recent poll\u2014conducted by an obscure outfit he had \u201cnever heard of\u201d with a tiny sample of only 1,300 people\u2014as completely unreliable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u098f\u0987 \u09b8\u09b0\u0995\u09be\u09b0 \u09a4\u09cb \u09aa\u09cd\u09b0\u09a5\u09ae \u0986\u09b2\u09cb\u09b0\u0987 \u09b8\u09b0\u0995\u09be\u09b0 :  \u0986\u09b0\u09b6\u09be\u09a6 \u09ae\u09be\u09b9\u09ae\u09c1\u09a6 \u0964  \u09ae\u09be\u09b8\u09c1\u09a6 \u0995\u09be\u09ae\u09be\u09b2 | \u0985\u09a8\u09cd\u09af \u09ae\u099e\u09cd\u099a \u0964 Onno Moncho | Kotha\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cnUq8uPWlJY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey have published 10\u201312 separate reports in just two days on a single survey,\u201d he said. \u201cI have worked for The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Guardian\u2014nowhere in the world does a serious newspaper do this. This is not journalism; this is an attempt to hammer a narrative into people\u2019s hearts. There is a clear motive behind it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mahmud accused the paper of abandoning its duty to hold power accountable and instead serving personal and group interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Direct Attack on the Yunus Administration<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turning to the interim government, the veteran journalist said the Yunus regime is repeating every sin it once accused the Awami League of committing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=2755\">People think Yunus government is highly corrupt, says journalist Arshad Mahmud<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=5159\">Tarique Rahman\u2019s Human Rights Day Message: A masterclass in duplicity<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=5139\">CPJ paints grim picture of press freedom under Yunus\u2019 mobocracy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; \u201cSheikh Hasina was criticised for nepotism\u2014taking her sister and relatives abroad, making family members MPs. But what is Yunus doing? He takes his daughter on foreign trips, appoints his brother\u2019s son as Deputy Press Secretary\u2014a man nobody has ever seen in the office\u2014and in 14 months he has travelled abroad 14 times with delegations of 40\u201360 people, all on taxpayers\u2019 money, staying in five-star hotels. Is this not corruption?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; \u201cThey promised police reform, administrative reform, an anti-corruption drive, and electoral reform\u2014nothing has happened. Instead, they are talking about leasing out ports; that was their real agenda from day one.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u09a8\u09bf\u09b0\u09cd\u09ac\u09be\u099a\u09bf\u09a4 \u09b8\u09b0\u0995\u09be\u09b0 \u0995\u09cb\u09a5\u09be\u09df \u09b8\u09ab\u09b2 \u0993 \u0995\u09cb\u09a5\u09be\u09df \u09ac\u09cd\u09af\u09b0\u09cd\u09a5 \u09b9\u09a4\u09c7 \u09aa\u09be\u09b0\u09c7, \u099c\u09b0\u09bf\u09aa\u09c7 \u0995\u09c0 \u09ac\u09b2\u099b\u09c7\u09a8 \u09ae\u09be\u09a8\u09c1\u09b7? | Prothom Alo Survey 2025\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4HcCGDFkwTk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; \u201cThe Anti-Corruption Commission chairman himself said Yunus\u2019 cases cannot be withdrawn by executive order, yet they were withdrawn. Basundhara Group\u2019s owner (Sayem Sobhan Anvir) is accused of murder and money laundering\u2014their people are out on bail, and the Bangladesh Bank governor is having coffee with them. Where is the \u2018jihad against corruption\u2019 they announced?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Personal Experience of Prothom Alo\u2019s Lack of Professionalism<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mahmud revealed an incident from 2014 when he briefly worked as a consultant for Prothom Alo: \u201cThen Finance Minister A.M.A. Muhith publicly said one particular company (Summit Group) was repeatedly getting quick-rental power contracts, and it needed investigation. I told my team to do an investigative report. A reporter replied, \u2018Arshad bhai, this cannot be done\u2014Aziz Khan is a very close friend of Mati bhai (editor Matiur Rahman).\u2019 That is Prothom Alo\u2019s professionalism.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He concluded: \u201cJournalism has two main duties\u2014protect the interests of ordinary people and make the powerful answerable. Prothom Alo is doing neither. 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