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‘When is your show facing probe?’: Republic now targets Rahul Kanwal in campaign against India Today

The media offensive by Republic TV against India Today is far from over, with the channel now targeting anchor Rahul Kanwal over the TRP scam. This comes days after the enforcement directorate gave a clean chit to Republic channels while saying that it had come across “leads that certain households…

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‘Stinks of conspiracy’: Arnab launches attack on India Today after ED clean chit on TRP scam

If you tuned into Republic TV last night for Arnab Goswami’s primetime show, you’d have been treated to “three truths” that viewers must know.

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ED says no evidence of Republic TV's involvement in TRP rigging case, contradicts Mumbai Police probe

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has said that there is no evidence of involvement of Republic TV and R Bharat in the case of manipulation of Television Rating Points (TRP). Read more on Dynamite News:

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TRP scam: Republic gets clean chit, India Today under ‘further investigation’

The enforcement directorate has given a clean chit to news channels Republic TV and R Bharat in a case related to the manipulation of television rating points, or TRPs. The central agency said in its chargesheet that it found no evidence against the channels, Indian Express reported.

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Amid threats and signal cuts, India’s top independent TV anchor battles on – but for how long?

"While We Watched", a new documentary on veteran journalist Ravish Kumar, attests to the challenges of independent news reporting in India today. Death threats, signal cuts and financial pressures are par for the course at his TV news station, NDTV. Now a recent hostile takeover bid has renewed fears over…

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Hafta letters: App glitches, demographic change in Kashmir, lazy analysis of judiciary

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Hafta letters: Yeh Bhi Theek Hai, RSS podcast, privilege of bail

I listened to the first two episodes of Yeh Bhi Theek Hai podcast and, frankly, I found them quite underwhelming. Particularly, the flow of discussion did not feel coherent. In the second episode, the topic of respecting elders was just odd and not interesting at all. This might just be…

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Arnab questions the Modi government on GST rate hike. No, we are not joking

Sometimes, an occurrence makes for news for no other reason than how rare it is. Think man bites dog. The other night, the world of TV news bore witness to just such an occurrence: Arnab Goswami of Republic TV questioned the government for hiking the Goods and Services Tax rates.…

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Five takeaways from Supreme Court’s Nupur Sharma hearing

As the Supreme Court Friday said that Nupur Sharma’s “loose tongue” is “single-handedly responsible” for igniting tension across the country, the BJP’s suspended spokesperson had to withdraw her petition, which asked for all cases against her in several states to be transferred to Delhi in view of a threat to…

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‘He’s a Hindu hater’: Arnab Goswami celebrates Alt News cofounder’s arrest

Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair was arrested because, if you’re to believe Republic’s Arnab Goswami, he is a “Hindu hater” who “uses his social media handle repeatedly to insult Hindu divinities and Hindu gods”.

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TV Newsance 176: The data on job debates Studio Veers don't want you to see

The political twists and turns in Maharashtra dominated the news this week. Republic reporters chased after news, literally, while big boss Arnab Goswami had some advice on Hindutva for Shiv Sena supremo Uddhav Thackeray. As allegations of horse-trading, ED raids and even kidnapping flew thick and fast, anchors at Aaj…

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Student who tweeted against Pawar gets bail

The 22-year-old has been in custody for a month

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Sansad Watch Ep 38: How does India deal with blasphemy?

After Nupur Sharma’s derogatory remarks against Prophet Muhammad on a Times Now show sparked an uproar, at home and abroad, the BJP leader was booked by the police in Maharashtra under Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code. In the recent past, Republic TV editor Arnab Goswami and standup comedian…

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TV Newsance 170: Rahul ki Pawry, Modi in Europe, and why WION wants you to pay for news

Rahul Gandhi found an unlikely ally in Arnab Goswami this week. The Republic TV anchor stood up for the Congress leader’s #RightToParty. Rahul’s pub video from Nepal was discussed and debated threadbare in most primetime debates. Comparisons were made to Modi’s hard work in Europe, and anchors used the incident…

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TV Newsance 167: How TV news covered Alia weds Ranbir, and Ram Navami violence

Channels had a field day covering all the excitement around the wedding of the year – Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt. It was all over TV news, with minute details on what the bride wore, the guest list, menu, decor and so on. Special mention to India Today’s investigative journalism…

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Know Your TV News Panelists: Russian ‘experts’ or propagandists? You decide

Welcome to another edition of Know Your TV News Panelists, where we look at the “expert” voices routinely brought onto primetime debates to expound on everything under the sun – from the economy to pandemic to foreign affairs to Shah Rukh Khan’s silence on world affairs. Poor SRK, being handsome…

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In Arnab address to IIT students, ‘lying’ news platforms, foreign investors, and echo chambers

“Some news organisations say that they are funded by the people….they are lying.”

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Arnab Goswami vs Rajat Sharma: Return of TRPs sparks old rivalry of broadcasters

The currency of India’s boisterous news channels will soon be back in circulation. The Broadcast Audience Research Council’s TRP ratings for the news genre, suspended since October 2020, are expected to resume after an order last week by the ministry of information and broadcasting.

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How Republic passed off a muddle of contradictions as ‘news’ about Disha Salian’s death

The front page of the Indian Express had a short piece yesterday on how after questioning actor Rhea Chakraborty for almost 18 hours, the Enforcement Directorate did not find “any substantial transfers” to her from the bank account of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.

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Lies, false equivalence, diversions, ad hominem attacks: That’s TV media’s spin on JNU violence

If nothing, a section of the Indian TV media should be awarded for its consistency. Issues, and the news cycles around it, come and go but the medium’s tropes and persistence to spin narratives remain the same.

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Top 12 fake news stories circulated by mainstream media in 2017

2017 will go down as another year that saw a steady decline of trust and confidence in the media. It was a year when mainstream media gave tough competition to social media in originating and circulating fake news.

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Operation Sting

Let’s face it – sting operations are to news what nudity is to cinema. So it is hardly a surprise that in these times when television news is a fiercely frantic TRP battle, news channels sting with alarming frequency and unbridled zest. Many sting ops, expectedly, are plain ridiculous and…

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