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Wednesday, December 3, 2025
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Topic: TV News

Arnab Goswami vs rest: How TRPs can be fixed, and why TV news is caught in a vicious fight

In Episode 589 of Cut the Clutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains the ongoing controversy surrounding TV news ratings in India.

TV news had a tough time covering Hathras gangrape case. Sushant kept coming in between

News channels have Trumpified their coverage — they have been nasty, mean and often brutish in covering the Sushant Singh Rajput case.

Indians are done with Arnab, Rajdeep and Anjana. Prefer MSD, Kohli and IPL over TV news drug

Where the news has become a never-ending soap opera, the IPL is like an action film with hits and misses, spills and thrills — and moments of pure joy too.

Old swings in new Panchsheel & NSD’s new ‘acting course’ for news anchors

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

Sushant Singh Rajput forgotten, his death now all about Kangana Ranaut, Rhea Chakraborty

Three months on, visuals of Kangana Ranaut and Rhea Chakraborty — one being zealously guarded and the other being systematically hounded — dominate our news feeds.

Dear viewer, you supported Rhea Chakraborty’s media trial. Republic TV, Times Now TRPs show

On the three days that Rhea Chakraborty was questioned by the NCB, the live feed began outside her home by 9 am and continued till 11 pm.

Rhea Chakraborty’s TV trial for TRPs shows why TRAI should stop fixing channel prices

In countries like the US and the UK, regulators distance themselves from economic rulemaking and prescribing price ceilings for TV. Trai should do the same.

Watchdog PCI slams ‘media trial’ in Sushant Singh Rajput case, says don’t publish gossip

In advisory issued Friday, print media watchdog PCI has urged against giving excessive publicity to victim, witnesses, suspects and accused as it amounts to 'invasion of their privacy rights'. 

Indian news TV has a god bigger than Modi

TV news bends before Modi, crawls before TRP. We need institutional reform to tame the vulture.

Sushant Singh Rajput death dominated TV news airtime for past 4 weeks, industry survey finds

The findings are from a report compiled by industry body Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) and market research firm Nielsen.

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy doesn’t need DOGE. Hiring more would be better for efficiency

The view that bureaucracies are bloated with far too many employees preying on taxpayers money is a widely held myth. Research shows how significantly understaffed the Indian state is.

India’s Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code is struggling to deliver. It’ll take a decade to clear backlog

The Centre is considering an increase in the National Company Law Tribunal's bench capacity, while the Standing Committee of Finance suggests fast-track courts. 

India to commission new squadron of submarine-hunting Romeo choppers in Goa later this month

The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.