-DNA No one believes the news anymore. Who can blame them? The Newspapers are so noisy, filled with scams and slanging matches, that even a top newspaper-bureaucrat like your columnist cringes while scanning the morning’s front pages. I too don’t want to read the papers. Then there’s the matter of credibility: the media is barely clinging to the last vestige of public trust, and that’s only because the institution of the...
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No place for Dayamani -Aritra Bhattacharya
-The Hoot A significant agitation against land acquisition and the bail and re-arrest of its leader were barely noticed by mainstream media. Isn’t it the media’s disdain for lower caste/class dissenters, wonders ARITRA BHATTACHARYA. I remember my first glimpse of Dayamani Barla: there she was on the screen, fierce, stoic, talking about the ravages the Koel Karo dam and hydel power project would bring to the people of the region. I remember...
More »Times group plans to sue Zee over Jindal video ‘remarks’ -Archna Shukla
-The Indian Express Bennett, Coleman & Co Ltd (BCCL) is in the process of sending a legal notice to Zee Group following the alleged uncomplimentary statements made by Zee News and Zee Business Editors against the Newspapers owned by the company, in their conversations with Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) officials. JSPL chairman and managing director Naveen Jindal had released video clips on Thursday purportedly showing Zee News editor and business...
More »Why rural sexual violence remains rife -Sanjoy Majumder
-Deccan Herald Dabra is a typical village in rural Haryana. It has narrow lanes with open drains and small houses built of brick and mud. Children play in the dirt while men sit around smoking. Not many outsiders visit this poor farming community. But outside one of the houses, two policemen stand on guard. Inside, a 16-year-old girl sits in one of the rooms surrounded by women. She is the reason the...
More »EC asks Gujarat to set up committee to check the paid news menace-Manas Dasgupta
-The Hindu Ahmedabad: The Election Commission (EC) has directed the Gujarat government to set up a Media Certification and Monitoring Committee (MCMC) to check the menace of paid news during the build-up to December’s State Assembly election. The EC identified paid news masquerading as news as a major problem during elections. It has also issued guidelines to the MCMC to not only monitor all the political advertisements to be aired on television...
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