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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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The cat that won’t be belled
Media organisations line up to defend Rahul Kulkarni, but no such spirited defence of journalists with dissenting voices
After news channel announces death of Delhi RWA President, he tweets saying he’s alive
Major Ranjit Singh of the Defence Colony Resident Welfare Association asked the journalist to apologize for spreading misinformation
3,500 jurists, writers and artists slam FIR against The Wire editor
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Irresponsible reportage, false hope spark migrant protest in Bandra
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BJP MP Shashank Shekhar Singh had complained against the journalist at the Aashiana police station
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