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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...
Kashmir: Journalist Fahad Shah faces fourth FIR now under J&K PSA!
Are security laws in the Union Territory an excuse to stifle the Kashmir media?
Silence is not an option: Journalists to India’s Constitutional institutions
Senior journalists appeal for action against hate speech and open calls for genocide
UP Police harassing journalist Ashish Dixit?
The local journalist alleged that the police have filed fake FIRs against him due to his work as a journalist in the area
Hate floods in the wake of ‘The Kashmir Files’
Right-wing makes the most of the movie’s impact and calls upon Indian Hindus to “open their eyes”
Case registered against Saiyada Khatoon, newly elected MLA of Domariyaganj
However, it is not yet known if any case has been registered against ex-MLA Raghavendra Pratap Singh of the BJP who is a serial hate offender
CJP Impact: Hate offender Deepak Sharma’s account suspended by Twitter
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CJP was one of the first to flag his profile to the NHRC in 2018; Sharma continues to have a Facebook page
Assembly Election Exit Polls: Will media pundits be proved wrong again?
While most predict that the BJP will comfortably retain control over UP and Uttarakhand, the silence factor has either been ignored or misinterpreted (perhaps deliberately)
Chhattisgarh: Journalist held for writing satire copy against gov’t
Raipur based journalist Nilesh Sharma was arrested for purportedly trying to drive “a wedge between ministers”
Russian TV Staff says “no to war”, quits on-air
Staff of TV Rain (Dozhd) took this decision after Russian authorities suspended its operations over its coverage of the Ukraine war
Hijab ban: News media loses interest but student protests continue
Experts have time and again pointed out that students are fighting for their rights in a controversy created for political benefit
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