Could it be that Indian news channels realised that their SSR trials had no proof to back allegations? Or did the Modi govt send them an off-the-record message?
BARC will continue to release audience estimates for the overall news genre every week by state and language, but channel-wise audience estimates data will not be released.
The I&B ministry has released draft amendments to guidelines for private satellite TV channels, and sought suggestions from stakeholders within 15 days.
After a long time, the focus of Indian TV news isn’t Delhi Durbar, but virologists, healthcare workers and chief ministers of states from Bengal to Kerala.
The Prime Minister wants broadcasters to 'abstain' from showing content that is 'against the maintenance of law and order or which promotes anti-national attitudes', says Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
All the national newspapers in English one reads are well within the bounds of journalistic responsibility and ethics. If anything, we miss the journalism of Arun Shourie. 2. The channels are something else altogether. The SSR case being a recent example of how the media should not behave. A young woman less emotionally strong than RC would have cracked, done something foolish. 3. Someone has to show the red card. Ideally it should be self regulation by the industry. That could be strengthened by ethical advertisers who walk out of radioactive channels. The courts stepping in is a halfway house. As the Editor sometimes points out, don’t invite the government in. Those interventions are not benign, altruistic. They will crush what little remains of autonomy.
All the national newspapers in English one reads are well within the bounds of journalistic responsibility and ethics. If anything, we miss the journalism of Arun Shourie. 2. The channels are something else altogether. The SSR case being a recent example of how the media should not behave. A young woman less emotionally strong than RC would have cracked, done something foolish. 3. Someone has to show the red card. Ideally it should be self regulation by the industry. That could be strengthened by ethical advertisers who walk out of radioactive channels. The courts stepping in is a halfway house. As the Editor sometimes points out, don’t invite the government in. Those interventions are not benign, altruistic. They will crush what little remains of autonomy.