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Newsrooms that Swallow Whales
One of the contemporary lamentations — including from legacy media houses themselves — is that big business has devoured television news channels. Titled “Newsrooms that Swallow Whales,” this visual-and-verbal...
‘Press must remain free if a country is to remain a democracy’: CJI DY Chandrachud
A functional and healthy democracy must encourage the development of journalism as an institution that can ask difficult questions to the establishment said the Chief Justice of India delivering his address at the Ramnath Goenka Awards
No NCRB data on journalist, media personnel arrested under UAPA and other penal laws: IBM
As another Kashmiri journalist gets detained, Centre shrugs off any responsibility of maintaining data on journalists that have been booked over the years
Remove distasteful tickers targeting Teesta Setalvad: NBDSA directs Times Now
The Authority has advised the channel from using such tickers in the future, of which it has been guilty in the past as well
India tops online anti-Muslim hate posts, 3rd largest spike in Islamophobic tweets: 2022 Report
Report showed Islamophobia more prevalent on the web than it is in real life, only a mere 14.83% of anti-Muslim tweets end up being removed online
Altnews editor receives serial threats from Hindutva influencers
AltNews co-founder Mohammad Zubair has received numerous online threats from...
Fake News Regarding Situation of Migrant Workers in Tamil Nadu Being Made Viral
One such piece of fake news was attributed to the Hindi daily Dainik Jagran. As per the paper clip, on March 2, the newspaper, in its Lucknow edition, reported that "Hindi-speaking labourers were being killed in Tamil Nadu."
NBDA condemns attack by SFI activists and police search of Malayalam news channel Asianet
New Delhi: March 6, 2023: News Broadcasters & Digital Association...
What Indian Media Didn’t Tell Us About Faiz Festival in Lahore
Javed Akhtar’s remarks at the event are significant, but not more than the progressive environment the fair provides.
TV Journalist Shot Twice in UP’s Jaunpur District
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