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‘Just colleagues disagreeing’: How the Election Commission rift played out on TV news

When the Indian Express reported on the rift inside the Election Commission, some of the usual suspects on primetime news had a ready frame. According to them, the Election Commission’s own clarification highlighted that debate and dissent precede any decision, and that decisions were unanimous.

Newslaundry · Sep 24

TV Newsance 346 | Ram Mandir scam, MP land grab and TV’s fake teachers

This week on TV Newsance, the biggest hera pheri was not just in Ayodhya, Madhya Pradesh, or the education system. It was also on prime-time TV. Rubika Liyaquat and Sushant Sinha have swapped channels, and somehow both landed in the same profession: playing news teachers. Rubika now has News Ki…

Newslaundry · Jun 26

‘Nothing short of a miracle’: How primetime TV lost its mind over a one-rupee toffee

Earlier this week, Prime Minister Modi gifted Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni a packet of Melody toffees. Meloni posted a video. It went viral. And primetime Indian television, in a moment of collective editorial judgment, went what kids these days call “ape s**t”.

Newslaundry · May 21

In run-up to LS polls on TV, 52% primetime segments against Oppn, around 1% on jobs, education

Indian democracy is at a critical juncture, with the world’s largest elections underway, and misinformation rampant. While the country’s press freedom ranking has slipped to 161 and Indian democracy has been categorised as an “electoral autocracy” in the latest V-Dem report, is the media making voters aware of key issues,…

Newslaundry · Apr 23, 2024

Maldives misadventures, featuring Muizzu govt and the media

Mohamed Muizzu’s government in the Maldives is caught in a melee. Having stormed to power over a hyper-nationalist poll campaign against “Indian military presence”, just four months later, it’s now requesting China to send in more tourists to the island nation after a diplomatic stand-off with India and the looming…

Newslaundry · Jan 10, 2024

Before viral video, little primetime space for Manipur, few ground reports by big anchors

Cornered by Shiv Sena (UBT) spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi on the lack of debates on Manipur until the emergence of a viral video, Times Now chief editor Navika Kumar on Wednesday denied the allegation and also promised to send her “links” of the channel’s coverage.

Newslaundry · Jul 28, 2023

TV Newsance 216: Modi and Godi media’s trip to the US

This week we learned that Rahul Shivshankar, or RSS, is tragically leaving Times Now for new pastures. We look back at some of his best, worst and most memorable moments. 

Newslaundry · Jun 24, 2023

UK media notes optics, Johnson’s JCB connect as his bulldozer visuals draw flak

As UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson perched on a bulldozer during his visit to a JCB factory in Gujarat, the visuals came in for criticism on Twitter, and the British media took note of the optics – amid outrage over demolitions ostensibly targeting Muslims in India.

Newslaundry · Apr 22, 2022