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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...
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Delhi Police close case against The Tribune for investigative reporting on Aadhaar data breach
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Press Council of India demands explanation from Tripura Govt on allegations of attacks on journalists
PCI has given the state government a fortnight to respond to allegations of made by the Assembly of Journalists that scribes were attacked after CM Biplab Kumar Deb's comments against media
NHRC closes case over illegal arrest of Siddique Kappan
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SC quashes FIR against journalist Patricia Mukhim over social media post
Lawsohtun Dorbar Shnong, a traditional institution in Meghalaya had alleged that her Facebook post incited communal tension
Delhi court issues notice to Arnab Goswami for PFI ‘sting operation’
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Stop showing “Bombay Begums” for depicting minors inappropriately: NCPCR to Netflix
The Child rights Commission said that it received two complaints on Twitter about the allegedly offensive depiction in the show
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