A decade of ‘gaslighting’ in Modi’s India
Why the past 10 years in the country may have felt bewildering, frightening, even isolating – a bit like living in a manufactured reality, writes Divya Aslesha.
#NarendraModi #BJP #CovidMismanagenent #covid19 #ExitPolls #HateSpeech #islamophibia #hindutva #propaganda #ProGovernmentMedia #TheModiYears #india
https://scroll.in/article/1069266/a-decade-of-gaslighting-in-modis-india
India Deserves a Better Media
Mainstream news channels have been in thrall to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A ragtag army of small independent media is helping to save democracy. Mukul Kesavan writes.
#media #NarendraModi #ProGovernmentMedia #TimesNow #IndiaToday #RepublicTV #PressFreedom #GauriLankesh #GujaratRiots #BJP #communalism #hindutva #misinformation #modi #india
The world's first 'Exit Poll Stock Market Scam'
How did stock market activity double the day before these exit polls were released when, presumably, only the pollsters and their media organisations were aware of the predictions and those had not been made public yet? Praveen Chakravarty writes.
#LokSabhaElection2024 #ExitPolls #StockMarket #BJP #NDA #media #ProGovernmentMedia #india
https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/the-worlds-first-exit-poll-stock-market-scam-3058706
Godi media is about to change, but it must resist the Lutyens pull
Public anger is bound to grow. And it’s inevitable for channels suffering a dip in ratings to take that cue, writes Aunindyo Chakravarty.
#ProGovernmentMedia #media #PressFreedom #BJP #hindutva #LokSabhaElection2024 #india
India’s Exit Polls May Be More Noise Than Signal
While a third term for Modi was expected, the scale of his projected victory looks too large to be realistic.
#LokSabhaElection2024 #ExitPolls #NDA #BJP #INDIAAlliance #media #ProGovernmentMedia #india
Eight Minutes of an Interview and the Confession of a Right-Wing Mind
ANI's Smita Prakash offers a masterclass in how right-wing “intellectuals” and internet trolls seek to protect authoritarians from scrutiny, writes Raj Shekhar Sen.
#SmitaPrakash #ANI #ProGovernmentMedia #BJP #communalism #AsaduddinOwaisi #AIMIM #media #hindutva #islamophobia #india
https://thewire.in/communalism/eight-minutes-of-an-interview-and-the-confession-of-a-right-wing-mind
A massive ‘sex abuse’ case hits a general election, but primetime doesn’t see it as news
The news was all but sidelined for conversations instead on the Congress manifesto and its ‘turncoats’.
#PrajwalRevanna #SexualAssault #media #ProGovernmentMedia #JDS #BJP #NDA #karnataka #hassan #ViolenceAgainstWomen #LokSabhaElection2024 #india
National broadcaster Doordarshan dyes its flagship logo in saffron
Doordarshan, which has been criticised in the past by the BJP for being a pro-government channel that does not give space for the Opposition, has adopted the party’s flag colour code for its new logo.
#doordarshan #DDNews #BJP #hindutva #ProGovernmentMedia #india
India: democracy in name only?
Elections offer a cover of legitimacy to Modi: the people’s mandate justifies weakening all other power centres, especially those that uphold the rule of law. Christophe Jaffrelot writes.
#elections2024 #NarendraModi #SupremeCourt #ITDept #ED #OppositionParties #media #ProGovernmentMedia #democracy #autocracy #BJP #hindutva #communalism #NarendraModi #india
Why the INDIA Alliance Is Right in Boycotting Pro-Government Media
In the months of May, June and July, Times Now had 33 prime-time debates which criticised the opposition’s actions. It had none that criticised the Narendra Modi government. Aakar Patel writes.
https://thewire.in/politics/why-the-india-alliance-is-right-in-boycotting-pro-government-media
#INDIAAlliance #ProGovernmentMedia #HateMedia #misinformation #BJP #television #media #ChineseIncursions #galwan #ladakh #covid18 #CovidMismanagement #NDTV #TimesNow #RepublicTV #NarendraModi #BJP #india
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