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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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Ambikapur officials file an FIR against a senior investigative journalist alleging he used abusive language against Mayor Tirki, a member of the Scheduled Tribe
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Plea in Delhi HC seeks regulating news channels from broadcasting content on communal disharmony
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NBSA finally cracking down on TV news channels airing insensitive, derogatory content
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