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TV news channels celebrate BARC ratings, Times Now becomes punching bag

“Others bark, we have bite”, “sensational crash”, “news scores over noise”, “India’s super network”, “leads always”.

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France respects India keeping Russia ties, foreign minister says

France is aware of and respects India's energy and other relations with Russia, its foreign minister told the India Today news channel on Thursday during a visit to the country.

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For Rs 8 lakh, you can be an ‘influential leader’ on India Today, Economic Times

The smallest font on the page says “confidential proprietary information”; the largest says “influential leaders of India 2022”. This is the first page of a document drafted by a company called Team Marksmen. It was quietly tucked at the bottom of an email sent to Newslaundry boss Abhinandan Sekhri last…

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'Publications now carry government's pictures': Press Club event looks at what ails photojournalism

On the first floor of the Press Club of India, in the corridor outside the conference room, a group of photojournalists were smoking cigarettes on Friday afternoon. “These men are stuck in a world that has long passed,” said one of them, carefully balancing a filter and tobacco on a…

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Union home ministry denies Hardeep Puri’s Rohingya tweet – but blames media

Hardeep Singh Puri, union minister for housing and urban affairs, tweeted on Wednesday that the Indian government will provide housing and police protection to the Rohingya refugees in Delhi. Just a few hours later, the union home ministry denied there was such a plan. Instead of clarifying, however, that Puri…

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TV Newsance 181: Ranveer Singh’s ‘bum’ makes it to primetime

Believe it or not, Ranveer Singh’s nude shoot made it to primetime TV news discussion this week. Sudhir Chaudhary, now on Aaj Tak, wondered about the actor’s majboori, while giving us gyaan on sanskaar. We also catch him repeating his show theme from Zee News: in the span of a…

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‘No irreparable loss caused’: Delhi HC refuses India Today interim relief in copyright case against Newslaundry

The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to direct Newslaundry to take down its videos which contain clips from India Today and Aaj Tak broadcasts and, according to a suit brought by TV Today, infringe copyright.

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Showing animal cruelty without warning: High court refuses to interfere in order against TV Today Network

A professional broadcaster must bear in mind “the minimum precautions which must be exercised while broadcasting content which may cause distress to...an ordinary and prudent viewer”.

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Sculptor Anish Kapoor says India Today canned his interview for his remarks on India’s political situation

British-Indian sculptor Anish Kapoor has alleged that the India Today magazine decided to junk his interview after he refused to remove or tone down his views on Indian society and politics. “If our journals of note are afraid, if we must censor ourselves out of fear, we are lost,” he…

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Who Owns Your Media: The highs and lows of the India Today Group

Forty seven years ago, in 1975, Madhu Trehan founded India Today magazine, although her father Vidya Vilas Purie had originally envisioned it as a tabloid. Trehan had returned from the United States, where she studied journalism at Columbia University and worked with the UN and India Abroad, among other organisations.

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India Today Group really is a ‘natural home’ for Sudhir Chaudhary

In a memo to the India Today Group staff, vice chairperson Kalli Purie excitedly introduced Sudhir Chaudhary as their new consulting editor. We are certain the newsroom was just as excited. As the employees were reminded by their boss, Chaudhary brings the experience and fanbase of his last show, DNA…

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How local reporters, state government thwarted Delhi media’s efforts to peddle #FloodJihad

Imagine you’re a stringer for a major news organisation in Delhi. You’re based in Assam, which has seen over 190 flood-related deaths this year. You receive a phone call from your bosses instructing you to investigate a new, sinister claim – that of “flood jihad”.

Newslaundry

Funding to 'non-cooperation': One-sided reportage on Zubair, with help from anonymous sources

Sources say that TV news channels’ reportage on Mohammad Zubair’s arrest has left a lot to be desired. They claim that cross-checking and balance were missing from several reports and the broadcasters over-reliant on the Delhi police. These sources then switched off the television and waited for the morning newspapers…

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Why we report on the media

The last two years have been hard on journalists. We’ve had to report on a devastating pandemic, while losing our colleagues to the virus. In the first four months of 2020 alone, 31 media professionals succumbed to Covid, and the toll has since risen to nearly 600, according to a…

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Masterchef Australia judge stuns India after saying Chicken Tikka Masala invented in Glasgow

Glasgow-born chef Jock Zonfrillo made the comments in an interview with India Today about his appearance on MasterChef Australia: Fans & Favourites.

Glasgow Live

Masterchef Australia judge shocks India by revealing Chicken Tikka Masala invented in Glasgow

Glasgow-born chef and TV star Jock Zonfrillo made the 'revelation' in an interview with India Today about his appearance on MasterChef Australia: Fans & Favourites.

Newslaundry

‘Intellectual debate’: How papers and TV covered diplomatic fallout of BJP leaders’ Prophet remarks

India has been forced into diplomatic firefighting as remarks made by two BJP leaders against Prophet Muhammad have sparked outrage in several Arab capitals. On Sunday, the governments of Qatar, Kuwait and Iran summoned India’s envoys and expressed their anger, even handing over diplomatic notes of protest and demanding a…

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TV Newsance 167: How TV news covered Alia weds Ranbir, and Ram Navami violence

Channels had a field day covering all the excitement around the wedding of the year – Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt. It was all over TV news, with minute details on what the bride wore, the guest list, menu, decor and so on. Special mention to India Today’s investigative journalism…

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Election results LIVE: Capturing the sound and fury on TV news

Welcome to verdict day, where the results will be declared for the assembly elections conducted in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Manipur and Punjab.

Newslaundry

How Republic passed off a muddle of contradictions as ‘news’ about Disha Salian’s death

The front page of the Indian Express had a short piece yesterday on how after questioning actor Rhea Chakraborty for almost 18 hours, the Enforcement Directorate did not find “any substantial transfers” to her from the bank account of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.

Newslaundry

JNU violence: How the Delhi police played blind

As details of the inquiry into Sunday’s violence at Jawaharlal Nehru University become available, the spotlight is firmly on the role of the Delhi police. One explanation that the police have given for their apparent inaction during the mob attack in the university is the flak they received after storming…

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#AssemblyPolls2019: Quick updates on numbers and TV news witticism

The results of the Assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana will be announced today. More than 10 crore voters were on the electoral rolls to elect 378 MLAs in the two states — 90 in Haryana and 288 in Maharashtra. Earlier this week, our ground reporters in both states noted…

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#DreamGirl: The story of small town India’s male fantasy

“Ayushmann Khurrana’s Dream Girl is on a rampage. The film has minted ₹16.42 crore on the second day of its release,” gushed India Today on September 15.

Newslaundry

Did Steven Spielberg plagiarise Satyajit Ray’s The Alien?

Steven Spielberg is widely regarded as the world’s most successful filmmaker thanks to his bankability at the box office. So far his films have grossed a total sum of approximately USD 10 billion worldwide. One of the early successes in Spielberg’s career was ET: The Extra-Terrestrial which he made in…

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TV Newsance Episode 20: The most unbiased anchor

There’s news, there’s sense and there’s nuisance. This show is all about that last bit. Kyunki thoda pagalpan bhi zaroori hai. In this episode of TV Newsance, we look at India Today’s new news format where they invite party spokespersons as anchors. We think it’s a great idea and a natural…

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