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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...
NBDSA deems Times Now’s show on Teesta Setalvad ‘devoid of objectivity’
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The channel has been issued a warning and ordered to take down the video from its website, Youtube, and any other links
Journalists Samriddhi Sakunia and Swarna Jha granted bail
They were detained in Assam on Sunday after a case was filed against them by the Tripura police for "spreading communal disharmony"
Two Delhi-based women journalists arrested by Assam police on request from Tripura cops
The journalists have accused the police of "Intimidation", FIR by right-wing follower unleashed police action
Myanmar: American journalist Danny Fenster sentenced to 11-year jail term
Managing Editor of online magazine Frontier Myanmar, Fenster, was found guilty of “incitement and violations of immigration and unlawful associations laws”
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Times Now Summit 2021 allows Kangana Ranaut to say independence was ‘alms’, Himanta Biswa Sarma to say ‘India belongs to Hindus’
Allahabad HC grants The Wire journalists protection from arrest
Reprieve for Siddharth Varadarajan and Ismat Ara in case pertaining to reportage on the death of a protester during the Republic Day tractor protest in New Delhi
Hate bandwagon prospers under Narsinghanand’s patronage
The video that has been taken down by Facebook was a live video where followers of Yati Narsinghanand can be seen verbally abusing Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, Shaheen Bagh protesters and Muslims in general
Hate Watch: Actor Sara Ali Khan trolled for visit Kedarnath temple
The trolls bore both, Muslim and Hindu names and went at Khan with all kinds of vile comments
Dainik Jagran fails to get injunction against Alt News
An Alt News article had alleged that Dainik Jagran had undermined Covid-19 deaths by claiming that mass burials were quite common at the Shringverpur ghat; the court said one cannot stifle freedom of speech
News media to be liable for third party comments on social media posts: Australia HC
The court held that since the publisher was facilitating the comments by publishing a post, it will be held liable for such comments
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