Mainstream TV media has seemingly not taken any feedback on board in its coverage of the CJP protest. Emblematic of this are two recent pieces of ‘investigation’ by CNN-News18, which shows how far their coverage of the CJP protest continues to stray from the real issues of the protest – deep-seated anger and resentment against exam paper leaks and the dwindling standards of the education system in this country, among others.
Ruchika Singh, a 15-year-old minor, has not been seen in public since a video of her using expletives against Prime Minister Modi at Jantar Mantar went viral, prompting six FIRs including charges of defamation and “intentional insult to provoke breach of peace”.