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Eyes wide shut: On July 20, ANI didn’t share a single X post on students injured in Delhi

For decades, Asian News International (ANI) has occupied a near-monopoly in India’s television news ecosystem. With a business reportedly worth hundreds of crores, the agency supplies video footage and sound bites to news channels across the country and abroad. Its reporters are seemingly everywhere, often making ANI the only visual…

Newslaundry · Jul 29

Hafta letters: Spineless strongmen, selective outrage, and the need for a more diverse NL

Drishti Bhattacharya

Newslaundry · Mar 5

IndiGo’s dominance is not about ‘success’. Here’s what Sanjeev Sanyal overlooked in his ANI interview

When Sanjeev Sanyal, Principal Economic Adviser in the Ministry of Finance, argued in a recent ANI interview with Smita Prakash that IndiGo’s dominance is not the real issue because “you can’t tax success” and that policy should instead “ensure churn”, he was appealing to a familiar liberalisation-era instinct in Indian…

Newslaundry · Jan 6

‘Account doesn't exist’: ANI, NDTV’s official Twitter handles blocked

One of India’s prominent news agencies, ANI’s Twitter account was suspended on Saturday, for “violation of the minimum age restriction”, the social media platform informed the company in an official mail.    

Newslaundry · Apr 29, 2023

Hafta letters: Attacks in Australia, high court elevations, Hafta quotes

Suggestion: Let's pay more attention to digital media in addition to mainstream media. There's good and bad journalism online with substantial viewership. Let's talk about it on Alternate Newsance and Hafta, call out good journalism, and condemn bad. Channels to discuss: Scroll, Print, Wire, Lallantop, ANI, WION, etc. Thoughts on…

Newslaundry · Mar 4, 2023

‘Pagal hai kya tu?’: ANI reporter abused after asking Jacqueline Fernandez for comment?

Upsetting scenes played out outside the Economic Offences Wing office in Delhi today when actor Jacqueline Fernandez arrived for questioning in connection with the Sukesh Chandrashekhar case.

Newslaundry · Sep 14, 2022

Modi hails Yogi govt, BJP policies, but was ANI interview in violation of MCC?

A day ahead of polling for the first phase of assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi appeared on an interview with ANI’s Smita Prakash, and while it may not have been in direct violation of the model code of conduct issued by the election commission, the broadcast…

Newslaundry · Feb 10, 2022