One of the things an outsider notices about the Indian judiciary is how much it is covered in the news. A bevy of news cameras seem permanently stationed outside the Court complex to give reporters …
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Can rural reporting be “sexy”?
The FMP’s seminar on the subject on January 25 provoked a good deal of discussion on various dimensions of rural reporting and on the merits of the use of the word “sexy” by the organisers …
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Panel discussion on media jingoism
The Foundation for Media Professionals is organising a panel discussion on a serious journalistic issue: “Is Media Jingoism Fanning Indo-Pak tensions?”. This debate will held in the main auditorium of India International Centre, New Delhi, …
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1. Regulation of the Media: Interesting, and dare I say, worrying developments on the broadcasting media regulation front, but first the background: Some time ago, the government proposed a regulatory mechanism in the Broadcasting Services …
Continue readingMedia Coverage, Mumbai Attacks and Censorship
The February issue of Halsbury’s Law monthly deals with the media coverage of the recent Mumbai attacks and more broadly with freedom of speech and censorship. As previous posts on this blog (here, here and …
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24/7 news and ‘No time to Think’
One aspect of this week’s atrocity in Mumbai is the questionable role of 24/7 news channels. This report claims that ‘Vying for fresh material, they announced attacks where none had happened, backtracked shoddily, and some …
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