The year 2020 has been a bad one for journalists in India. The Covid-19 pandemic has caused illness and death, and the lockdown resulted in salary cuts and loss of livelihood due to mass retrenchments effected by media houses. The killing and attacks on journalists have continued unabated. While self-censorship within the media remained an… Read More Behind Bars: Arrests and Detentions of Journalists in India 2010-2020
On 15 January, over a thousand pages of the charge-sheet filed by the Mumbai Police in the TRP scam case were leaked to the press. They contain transcripts of alleged private WhatsApp chats between Partho Dasgupta, former CEO, Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), the body responsible for measuring and publishing the Television Rating Point (TRP)… Read More MONICA DHANRAJ: What do Arnab Goswami’s WhatsApp Leaks Tell us About the State of our Democracy?
NB: The Greek word hubris, conveys the sense of overweening pride, arrogance before the gods. The punishment adequate to this sin derives its name from nemesis, the goddess who exacts retribution from those who succumb to hubris. It is not just defeat in an election that Mr Modi’s friend (remember Howdy Modi?) the ruthless sociopath and ignoramus Donald Trump… Read More Pamela Philipose: If the Media Fails to Read the Farm Struggle Right, Irrelevance Awaits
This database includes all the violent, premature or unexplained deaths of journalists in Russia as recorded by the country’s own media monitors since 1993. It also includes journalists and media staff who have disappeared over the same period. A report entitled Partial Justice: An investigation into the deaths of journalists in Russia, 1993-2009 has been published by the… Read More JOURNALISTS IN RUSSIA, 1993 TO 2009: Deaths and Disappearances
Martin Luther King Jr. understood that non-violence is never instinctual. It takes practice. After a year of boycotting the public bus system in Montgomery, King’s community was jubilant when the courts ruled that segregation on buses was unconstitutional. But King knew the tremendous force it would take to withstand the inevitable acts of hatred and… Read More Jan Erkert: How to deal with trolls
Iran has executed a former opposition figure over his involvement in anti-government protests in 2017, state TV announced on Saturday. Ruhollah Zam had been granted political asylum in France and reportedly lived in Paris, running a website called Amadnews and a channel on the Telegram messaging app, before being “lured” back to Iran. State television… Read More Iran executes opposition activist over 2017 anti-government protests
Alexander Nanau’s extraordinary documentary “Collective” unfolds in the aftermath of a 2015 tragedy in the Bucharest nightclub Colectiv that gives this film its title. While 27 people died in the fire, more than 100 were injured and sent to area hospitals. However, an additional 37 of the 100-plus victims died as a result of bacterial infections while hospitalized. One father,… Read More "Collective" is an urgent exposé of killer corruption & how journalism and the people fought back. By GARY M. KRAMER
NB: Patricia Mukhim has a record of exposing and condemning communal and intolerant behaviour even when it emanates from her co-religionists and fellow tribal residents of Shillong. She has campaigned against militancy and fought for communal harmony throughout her career. Instead of appreciating her journalistic integrity, her courage and her humanity, she has been punished… Read More The Shillong Times editor Patricia Mukhim resigns from Editors Guild of India
By ordering Arnab Goswami’s arrest, the Shiv Sena led government of Maharashtra has managed to do that which he had claimed Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray was incapable of. The Establishment that facilitated the rise of Goswami has done little more than made noises about championing the freedom of expression while Goswami cools his heels in a makeshift jail. Journalists are… Read More Bharat Bhushan – Arnab Goswami's arrest: Will the saga lead to introspection in the media?
An online petition by former Australian PM Kevin Rudd calling for an inquiry into Rupert Murdoch’s media dominance has got a record number of signatures. More than 500,000 Australians have signed the petition to parliament since it launched three weeks ago. News Corp Australia controls 70% of local newspaper circulation. Mr Murdoch has not commented… Read More Over half a million Australians sign ex-PM's call for Murdoch inquiry // Are Trumpworld and Fox News Headed for a Messy Divorce?
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