NBC reporter Megyn Kelly asks unbelievable question to PM Modi, faces backlash on Twitter

Kelly interacted with the Prime Minister and Russian President Vladimir Putin at state dinner party. Photo: Twitter

NEW DELHI: It is a prerequisite for every journalist to do their basic preparation and background check before interviewing famous personalities, but National Broadcasting Company (NBC)'s Megyn Kelly clearly fell short on her homework and is now being bashed across Twitter for her incredible question to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.  

At state dinner party at Konstantin Palace in St. Petersburg with Russian President Putin and Indian PM Modi. More tonight @NBCNightlyNews pic.twitter.com/FX5kjfIJAf

— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) June 1, 2017

Kelly, who interacted with the Prime Minister and Russian President Vladimir Putin at state dinner party at Konstantin Palace in St. Petersburg, immediately set Twitter on fire for asking the former the question.

Before dinner, had a brief interaction with noted journalist & commentator @megynkelly, moderator of tomorrow's session at the @SPIEF. pic.twitter.com/5CQ58Zn5hP — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 1, 2017

This ludicrous situation came to light when Prime Minister Modi praised Kelly for her picture on Twitter where she is posing with an umbrella, to which the seemingly taken aback Kelly asked the Prime Minister "Are you on Twitter?" The Prime Minister laughed off her question.

EXCLUSIVE: NBC News' @megynkelly joins Vladimir Putin and Narendra Modi ahead of tomorrow's International Economic Forum in Russia. pic.twitter.com/L12ahtuTDO

— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 1, 2017

What followed was massive ridicule and backlash for the reporter.

.@NBCNews @megynkelly asks <a href="https://twitter.com/narendramodi" rel='nofollow'>@narendramodi ,the 3rd Most Followed World Leader on @Twitter ,"Are you on #Twitter ?". She hasn't done homework! pic.twitter.com/6KTVj3yY2G — Swamiji (@AOLSwamiji) June 1, 2017

Another person, questioned Kelly to look at her profile first before asking the question comparison.

Dear <a

 

href="https://twitter.com/megynkelly" rel='nofollow'>@megynkelly here is ur twitter profile vs @narendramodi sir profile,still u ask that r u on twitter. Wats d population f ur country btw <a

 

href="https://t.co/bFcanO6iLP" rel='nofollow'>pic.twitter.com/bFcanO6iLP

— Kumar Amritansh (@Banarasi_Hindu) June 2, 2017

<a href="https://twitter.com/megynkelly" rel='nofollow'>@megynkelly confirms she is uninformed journalist. #Modi — Murali Krishnan (@dwimidhaM) June 1, 2017

Did you just ask @narendramodi who has 30.3 mil followers, if he's on twitter? Seriously <a

 

href="https://twitter.com/megynkelly" rel='nofollow'>@megynkelly? Pls rsrch on who you are interviewing

— Vinod N (@vinodindia) June 2, 2017

Dear self-obsessed Americans,yes @narendramodi is on Twitter and has more than 30 Million followers. — Rohit (@guptarohit93) June 2, 2017

Another important angle emerging from the development is that Putin invited the Indian Prime Minister to join at the NBC event, which is being seen as a possible 'message' to the United States. Nevertheless, Kelly may sure have come under the spotlight for her important tete-a-tete with two of the world's greatest leaders, but now this one lone blunder is sure to haunt her for a long time.