Chronology of the Debate between Awkarin and Anji about COVID-19 on Twitter, Karin is Now Called Good

Kapanlagi.com - For those who like to play on Twitter, surely you know about the exciting debate between Karin Novilda alias Awkarin and musician Anji. They have different opinions about COVID-19, which is still a concern worldwide.

All of this started from the photograph of a COVID-19 patient's body taken by Joshua Irwandi for Natgeo as a form of raising awareness among the public to be more cautious about the corona virus and to appreciate the hard work of frontline medical personnel. Apparently, this photo made Anji have his own opinion.

In the now-deleted post, Anji stated that it was strange that the photo could go viral as if intentionally uploaded by an influencer/buzzer. Anji also questioned how a photographer could enter to take that photo. He also said that COVID-19, which he wrote as cvd, is not as frightening as it is being exaggerated everywhere. Anji's statement caught the attention of many people, including Awkarin.

1. Opinions from Awkarin

Through her Twitter, Karin took a screenshot of Anji's statement and expressed her own opinion. Karin made three points that she disagreed with Anji's statement.

I found several strange things from Mas Anji's opinion;

1. If this is called a buzzer's trickery, I don't think so. Influencers/platforms or big media nowadays tend to follow what is being talked about in public/viral, because they feel- pic.twitter.com/OtQdplg6H8

- karin novilda (@awkarin) July 18, 2020

According to Karin, buzzers/influencers do like to upload things that are currently trending, with various purposes such as raising awareness, engagement, and just following the trend to be considered hits. She also believes that photographers are indeed assigned to document various important moments, even dangerous ones. Lastly, Karin is not comfortable with the way Anji writes COVID-19 as cvd with the excuse of laziness but can still explain other things.

2. Opinions from Photographers

This Awkarin tweet then caught the attention of one photographer, Nyimas Laula, who also expressed her opinion about the viral photo of the COVID-19 corpse. She disagreed with Anji's statement that the photo went viral because of buzzers.

Don't be lazy, Mbak Karin.
I am currently in a photography forum discussing this matter. I wrote earlier that I will talk about this in an organized manner tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/wMfvbxAVFf

— Anji MANJI - (@duniamanji) July 19, 2020

Karin then quoted Nyimas' tweet and mentioned Anji's username. She asked the musician to provide his opinion again. Anji responded to Karin's statement and asked for time because he was still in a photography forum discussing the photo.

3. Letter from PFI

On July 19, 2020, Pewarta Foto Indonesia (PFI) wrote a letter to condemn the statements made by Anji. They also hope that Anji will delete the post and publicly apologize to Joshua Irwandi and the photojournalist.

Please delete the assumption of your WRONG on Instagram. Respect the work of PFI. If you're too lazy to open it, I'll screenshot it. @duniamanji https://t.co/8Ww0ZnetY1 pic.twitter.com/6niMg5C9S2

— karin novilda (@awkarin) July 20, 2020

Karin then uploaded the statement letter from PFI Pusat on Twitter. She mentioned Anji again and asked him to delete the statement on Instagram.

4. Reply from Anji

Anji finally replied to Karin's tweet. He admitted that he has contacted the Secretary General of PFI and promised to make a new statement as soon as possible.

I have already talked to the Secretary General of PFI. I also told him that I will write a response on my Instagram this afternoon, because I received a visit from Bang Helmy Yahya at the office this afternoon.

I will post on my Instagram this afternoon.

Thank you for your attention, Mbak Karin who is (now) good. https://t.co/5uPXZlh9Au pic.twitter.com/py3E1myTTs

— Anji MANJI - (@duniamanji) July 20, 2020

Not only that. What caught attention was Anji's way of referring to Karin as 'Mbak Karin who is (now) good).'

5. Karin Doesn't Want the Past to be Mentioned

Of course, Karin noticed that. She felt that Anji shouldn't bring up the past that has nothing to do with what they were discussing.

"Wow, Mas Anji, using the 'talk about the past' card. Okay, Mas Anji, who is always good," Karin replied.

It was an interesting debate. But what's clear is that they debated in a healthy manner and there were no other issues! What do KLovers think?

Wow, Mas Anji, using the 'talk about the past' card.
Okay, Mas Anji, who is always good. https://t.co/ATsMeePGor

— karin novilda (@awkarin) July 20, 2020

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