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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…

Newslaundry · Jun 29, 2022

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…

Newslaundry · Jun 25, 2022

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.

Daily Record · Jun 10, 2022

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 · Aug 14, 2020

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…

Newslaundry · Jan 10, 2020

#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…

Newslaundry · Oct 24, 2019

#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 · Sep 16, 2019

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…

Newslaundry · Jun 16, 2018

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…

Newslaundry · Jun 9, 2018

Top 12 fake news stories circulated by mainstream media in 2017

2017 will go down as another year that saw a steady decline of trust and confidence in the media. It was a year when mainstream media gave tough competition to social media in originating and circulating fake news.

Newslaundry · Jan 2, 2018