India needs alternative people’s media, distinguished journalists say at CASR event
Journalists demand powerful people’s media in India in view of the corporate-communal nexus under the BJP in an event organised by the CASR.
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How Yogi’s Kolkata flyover ad gaffe exposed Indian media’s editorial bankruptcy?
Yogi Adityanath’s ad in The Indian Express using a Kolkata flyover’s photo to show Uttar Pradesh’s development stirred a controversy after the paper apologised.
Danish Siddiqui’s killing and some uncomfortable questions
Danish Siddiqui’s killing in Afghanistan raises uncomfortable questions regarding the practice of “embedded” journalism that jeopardises journalists’ security.
Neutralise critics, control the narrative: Modi’s PR strategy when India battled COVID-19
When India was reeling under the COVID-19 pandemic, unemployment and conflict with China, the Modi regime was planning to muzzle the press.
BJP’s attack on journalists continues unabated as India skids press freedom index
Any attack on journalists is a threat to the functioning of a democracy. But in Modi’s India, attacking and imprisoning journalists is a norm.
Arrest warrant for Paranjoy Guha Thakurta’s articles on Adani shows India’s shabby press freedom
The row over Paranjoy Guha Thakurta’s articles on Adani Group continues as a Gujarat court issued an arrest warrant against him recently.
Fake news stating Putin has Parkinson’s disease published by Indian media
A fake news in the west that says Russian President Vladimir Putin has Parkinson’s disease is republished without verification by Indian media
Arnab Goswami’s arrest: Nothing to grief or cheer for
Arnab Goswami’s arrest on charges of abetment to suicide isn’t an attack on “press freedom” and it’s not something to be happy of either.
Bajaj and Parle’s boycott of toxic news channels can’t stop hate-mongering
Bajaj and Parle’s boycott of toxic news channels can’t stop hate-mongering as the servile corporate-owned media survives on spewing venom.
Fact check: No, the Chinese PLA soldiers crying in the video aren’t afraid but singing
Recently, Indian mainstream media outlets like Zee News and Times Now published a story showing a video of a few soldiers of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) crying. Citing a Taiwanese publication, the Zee News and Times Now stories claim that the Chinese PLA soldiers crying in the video are sent to the Ladakh … Read more
Rajeev Sharma – the spy or the victim of press clampdown?
The arrest of journalist Rajeev Sharma, accused of spying for China, raises unpleasant questions for the Delhi Police and the government.
Journalism’s metamorphosis into cheap entertainment in India
India’s mainstream journalism is at the peak of its decay in decades. It has metamorphosed into cheap showbiz, aiming to sensationalise news.
Arnab Goswami’s howling over freedom of speech got irony a heart attack
Arnab Goswami is howling over an attack on his freedom of speech and got a respite from the Supreme Court too. But can irony stand this man’s theatrics?
Fake news alert: No, China didn’t give Pakistan masks made of underwears!
No, China didn’t send masks made of underwear to Pakistan as claimed in a video circulated on social media and publicised by the Indian mainstream media.