https://thewire.in/media/young-india-angry-at-mainstream-media-student-movement
As many TV bulletins have told their viewers: there was no COVID crisis, there was no emergent learning crisis – most Indian schools were closed for nearly two years, despite clear evidence showing most children could not access online learning and there is today no jobs crisis as young students stumble from a failed education system to a broken testing mechanism into a hollowed-out employment market.
The news media, in this case particularly so India’s TV broadcasters, will have to answer with honesty how much air time has been spent in the last decade reporting on any of these issues. It is not surprising that across all age groups in India, more than half say they avoid the news sometimes or often.
Between January 2012 and February 2024, there were 805 government-imposed internet shutdowns across India, resulting in the highest number of internet blocks in the world so far. In 2025, India imposed 65 internet shutdowns; still amongst the top nations globally in enforcing the most internet shutdown. If dissent and criticism has been visible, it is clear from the number of blackouts where that has been – not on television news channels, but on the fast flowing, ever-changing internet.
What does today’s news say about my life and my needs, a young Indian may ask. What, indeed?
23/07/2026