Media Misworks
https://scroll.in/article/1054587/how-did-indias-news-channels-become-so-full-of-hate
In one of India’s most chilling hate crimes, a Railway Protection Force jawan named Chetansinh Chaudhary shot four train passengers dead on July 31. Three of those people were Muslim. Chaudhary had roamed through the train he had been entrusted to protect, hunting for people who looked Muslim, asked for their names and then pumped bullets into them. In the middle of this terror rampage Chaudhary’s reference to the Indian media as he carried out a mass killing of Muslims is a reminder of just how profoundly this hate on India’s airwaves is changing its politics and, in fact, its social structure.
What explains the incredible rise of hate on Hindi and English news channels?
there is plenty of data to show that hate in Indian media is top-down, driven by the government and media owners.
To understand how this happens, we must first acknowledge that major news channels in India are closely controlled by the government. The Union government has stout sticks at its disposal, such the ability to grant (or withhold) broadcast licences for news channels.
21/08/2023
More arrests, Rahul Gandhi coverage: Why press freedom continues to take a beating in India Kalpana Sharma 23 Mar, 2023https://www.newslaundry.com/2023/03/23/more-arrests-rahul-gandhi-coverage-why-press-freedom-continues-to-take-a-beating-in-india Just days ago, the editor of a media house broke records of sycophancy in his speech while welcoming the PM at an event. After the Emergency ended, LK Advani, who was the information and broadcasting minister in the Janata government, famously said of the press that when asked to bend it chose to crawl during the Emergency. In this case, even though we don’t live under a state of emergency, an editor chose not just to crawl but to literally prostrate himself before the powerful. ...
The charge that Rahul Gandhi asked foreign countries to step in. There is no evidence of such an accusation. On the contrary, in his session at Chatham House, he makes a very clear statement. When asked what governments or even people in the West should do in the light of his comments about Indian democracy, Gandhi says, “First of all this is our problem. It’s an internal problem. It’s an Indian problem. And the solution is going to come from inside, not from outside.”
It is evident that the reason the BJP can confidently go ahead with its attack on Rahul Gandhi is because it knows that his actual statements have been sparingly reported. Deliberately, or otherwise, the Indian media has helped spread a lie.
Other references quoted in this article...
“A functional and healthy democracy must encourage the development of journalism as an institution that can ask difficult questions to the establishment – or as it is commonly known, ‘speak truth to power’. The vibrancy of any democracy is compromised when the press is prevented from doing exactly this. The press must remain free if a country is to remain a democracy.” CJI Chandrachud -‘Press must remain free if a country is to remain a democracy’: CJI Chandrachud at RNG awards https://indianexpress.com/article/india/ramnath-goenka-awards-2023-cji-dy-chandrachud-journalism-political-activism-full-speech-8513155/
Uttar Pradesh: YouTuber arrested after questioning minister on poll promises Mar 14, 2023 · https://scroll.in/latest/1045563/ Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha leader had filed a complaint against the YouTuber, Sanjay Rana, alleging that he interfered in government work. video https://twitter.com/i/status/1635326614207877120
Irfan Mehraj: Editors Guild, Amnesty, UN Special Rapporteur Condemn Arrest, Call for Release https://www.newslaundry.com/2023/03/23/more-arrests-rahul-gandhi-coverage-why-press-freedom-continues-to-take-a-beating-in-india 22 Mar 2023
Students protest after DU bars 2 from exams for 1 yr over BBC Modi documentary screening https://theprint.in/india/education/students-protest-after-du-bars-2-from-exams-for-1-yr-over-bbc-modi-documentary-screening/1463252/ Groups including NSUI had tried to screen Gujarat riots documentary in January. University official says action 'well thought out', but MP & alum Shashi Tharoor says he's 'appalled'.
Delhi Police file 100 cases, arrest 6 for posters seeking ouster of PM Modi https://scroll.in/latest/1046048/
The authorities seized 2,000 posters, which were reportedly being delivered to the Aam Aadmi Party’s headquarters.
What Rahul Gandhi Said in the UK and Why It Hit a Raw Nerve of the BJP's https://thewire.in/politics/rahul-gandhi-uk-bjp-modi-rajnath-singh Electoral considerations do not seem to have stopped Gandhi in the UK, but it is exactly why BJP – whose projection of Narendra Modi as a likeable global leader is integral ahead of the 2024 election campaign – is so worried.
The NBDSA held that in the first episode, the anchor crossed the "threshold of impartiality" by making communally polarising statements. In the second, the body observed that the anchor condemned the entire Muslim community for the actions of a few miscreants who were accused of pelting stones at a garba event in Kheda. Self-Regulatory Body Fines News18 India Rs 75k for Two Broadcasts of Aman Chopra's Programme (thewire.in)
The self-regulatory body for television channels on Monday, February 27, fined News18 India Rs 50,000 and Rs 25,000 for two separate broadcasts of anchor Aman Chopra’s programme. The first programme dealt with Yogi Adityanath’s “80 vs 20” statement, while the second was on the public flogging of Muslim men in Gujarat’s Kheda district.
01/03/2023
India’s largest news agency has routinely published articles citing information from dubious think tanks and fictious authors, a report by EU DisinfoLab says.
https://thewire.in/media/ani-eu-disinfolab-bad-sources
EU Disinfo Lab, a Brussels-based NGO specialising in targeting disinf ormation campaigns, has published a new report, “Bad Sources: How Indian news agency ANI quoted sources that do not exist”. It said that it received no comment from either ANI or other Indian publications which reprinted ANI stories with content that referenced the groups and personalities which were allegedly made up.
The EU DisinfoLab report, published on Thursday, is the third in the series of reports published in 2019 and 2020, which look at an Indian influence network based on fake NGOs and experts allegedly run by the Delhi-based Srivastava Group and “amplified by ANI”.
24/02/2023
NDTV ने मोदी पर ये क्या खबर चला दी? फिर माफी मांगनी पड़ी https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxd-_WdEqZE online news india Dec 30, 2022