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Sunday, February 22, 2026
TopicGodi media

Topic: Godi media

SubscriberWrites: Money and the Independence of Media

Media survives on money, but reliance on ads and sponsors often compromises independence. True freedom needs revenue models that put public interest above profit.

TV news must do what it’s advising BJP after 2024 results—introspect

A warning to traditional news media: change or the public will go for a changeover—people are looking for more than what you are offering.

How Mandir, Modi, & Media played their roles in Ayodhya for BJP ahead of Lok Sabha election

If a deity, a superstar prime minister, Bollywood’s blockbuster actors, cricket’s little master, and media circus aren't enough to get BJP the votes, nothing else can.

INDIA alliance hasn’t boycotted journalism. It has only refused to dance with the jokers

'Journalism' that has caused riots, lynching, and hatred must be called out. In the next step, name and shame those who write pay checks for these hate-mongers.

Xi didn’t start the fire & a newly discovered Himalayan peak, ‘Kem Cho’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Why you shouldn’t poke ‘sleeping Lady Justice’ & ‘kangaroo’ media’s plan to leap into 2024

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Sidhu quit, Modi returned – and TV anchors behaved as if these were personal victories

Navjot Sidhu's resignation letter to Sonia Gandhi had Rahul Kanwal of India Today grinning from ear to ear. And everywhere Modi went upon returning from US, cameras reached before.

BJP, media, MHA — slander on Muslims and Sikhs have a lot in common. Outcome will be too

As a Muslim, I am humbled that the Delhi court exonerated the much-maligned Tablighi Jamaat members, who were accused of intentionally spreading the coronavirus.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.