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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...
Rajasthan PUCL defends free speech of local journalists
The people’s organisation demanded that the state stay complaints against two journalists arrested recently on trumped up charges of spreading 'fake news'
Muslim journalist, 3 others arrested near Hathras, booked under sedition law
The four were arrested on Monday when they were driving down from Delhi to Hathras
UP Police arrest Muslim journalist, 3 others near Hathras for carrying ‘suspicious literature’
Police claim the men are linked to Campus Front of India, and its parent outfit the Popular Front of India
SC: Sudarshan TV case adjourned as Centre seeks time
At the last hearing, the Centre had informed the court that a show cause notice had been issued and during yesterday’s hearing, the court was informed that another notice has been issued
Intercepted, questioned, harassed: A typical day for Kashmiri journalists
Fahad Shah, editor-in-chief, of the news portal The Kashmir Walla, recalls his experience of being intercepted, and interrogated as he was returning home after covering farmer protests in Punjab. He shared the following statement on social media.
Decoding the hate campaign unleashed by propaganda channel Best Hindi News
The channel has been sharing videos of self-proclaimed guardian of Hindu dharma, Deepak Sharma, in which he backs the 4 upper caste accused in the Hathras gangrape and murder of a 19-year-old Dalit woman.
Editors Guild condemns UP for hindering reportage in Hathras case
Some journalists’ phones had also been allegedly tapped illegally
Fake video of Union Health Minister being ‘beaten up’ resurfaces
The minister Dr Harshvardhan himself had called the video fake in 2016, but who is trending it again today, and why?
Godse trends on Gandhi Jayanti! Twitter becomes a platform for Us vs Them narrative
Twitteratis served a severe blow to Bapu’s memory as #नाथूराम_गोडसे_जिंदाबाद started trending on October 2 – Gandhi Jayanti!
HRDA condemns attack on Kanker journalists, calls it breach of Constitutional rights
Days after a group of journalists were physically assaulted outside Kotwali police station, the Human Rights organisations released a statement condemning the failings of the police in the incident.
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