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Excise policy: Delhi High Court issues notice to Republic, Times Now and others over reportage

Five news channels have been pulled up by the Delhi High Court for “misreporting” on the investigation into Delhi’s now-revoked excise policy.

Newslaundry · Nov 22, 2022

How did India beat Pakistan at Melbourne? Thanks to aliens, says News Nation

All news channels have their pet interests. Times Now and Republic spent months on Sushant Singh Rajput and Rhea Chakraborty. TV9 Bharatvarsh offered wall to wall coverage of the Russia-Ukraine war. And News Nation has quietly devoted itself to aliens.

Newslaundry · Oct 26, 2022

TV Newsance 190: Republic vs Times Now. Who won?

Indian news TV operates by the revenue logic of ads. And who gets how many ads is dictated by the logic of TRPs. So when BARC, the TRPs measurement agency, returned with its data earlier this year after a hiatus forced by the TRP scam, so did the barking on…

Newslaundry · Oct 22, 2022

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Jairam Ramesh calls Times Now a WMD, forces apology out of channel

The Congress’s new social media avatar is clearly swinging into action. In a short span of time, Times Now put out a tweet, deleted the tweet, and, incredibly, acknowledged its error – all after a battalion of Congress leaders had it out on social media.

Newslaundry · Oct 1, 2022

Republic TV vs Times Now: Who is right about ED’s TRP scam chargesheet?

Republic TV spent much of Thursday’s airtime on one “big story”: the Enforcement Directorate’s chargesheet in the TRP scam. The TV news channel stressed the point, repeatedly, that the central agency had issued a clean chit to Republic TV and found its rival Times Now guilty instead.

Newslaundry · Sep 30, 2022

TRP scam: ED says ‘irregularities vis a vis Times Now’ need to be investigated

In its ongoing investigation into the alleged TRP scam, the Enforcement Directorate has found certain households enrolled to measure TV viewership ratings had been paid to watch India Today and News Nation.

Newslaundry · Sep 29, 2022

Did PFI protesters shout ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans in Pune? Police say no

Times Now reported on Saturday that members of the Popular Front of India had shouted “Pakistan Zindabad” slogans during a protest in Pune against the arrest of their comrades a few days earlier. The offending slogans, the TV news channel claimed, were shouted at the collector’s office near Sassoon Hospital…

Newslaundry · Sep 24, 2022

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Prophet remarks row: SC transfers FIRs against Navika Kumar to Delhi police

The Supreme Court today clubbed all the FIRs registered against journalist Navika Kumar and transferred them to the Delhi police. The FIRs were specifically transferred to the police’s Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations unit.

Newslaundry · Sep 23, 2022

Trinamool’s Saket Gokhale sends Times Now legal notice for making ‘false and malicious statements’

Trinamool Congress spokesperson Saket Gokhale has sent a legal notice to Times Now accusing its editor, Rahul Shivshankar, of attributing “utterly false and malicious statements” to him on a show about the Hindu-Muslim tension in Leicester, UK.

Newslaundry · Sep 21, 2022

What happened in Leicester, and did Indian media play a role?

As British media coverage remained clouded by an unprecedented boost in sales and record-breaking broadcasts brought forth by a royal funeral, clashes between cricket fans gradually brewed into communal violence and an international story in Leicester.

Newslaundry · Sep 20, 2022

TV news channels celebrate BARC ratings, Times Now becomes punching bag

“Others bark, we have bite”, “sensational crash”, “news scores over noise”, “India’s super network”, “leads always”.

Newslaundry · Sep 15, 2022

Prophet remarks row: SC says no coercive action should be taken against Navika Kumar

The Supreme Court has granted Times Now's Navika Kumar interim protection in the FIRs filed against her in the Nupur Sharma case.

Newslaundry · Aug 8, 2022

Prophet remarks row: Navika Kumar moves Supreme Court to quash cases against her

Times Now news anchor Navika Kumar has moved the Supreme Court to quash criminal proceedings against her in connection with the Nupur Sharma row.

Newslaundry · Aug 2, 2022

Why Supreme Court’s Nupur Sharma remarks are dangerous

A warped sense of causality often derails public reasoning. The spillover of a deeply flawed cause-and-effect dyad distorts what to assume and where to conclude in other realms too. That’s the key to a number of problems with the observations made by the Supreme Court while dismissing the petition of…

Newslaundry · Jul 2, 2022

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Newslaundry · Jul 2, 2022

TV Newsance 177: Kanhaiya Lal’s killing and cheering of Zubair’s arrest

This week, the news of Hindu tailor Kanhaiya Lal’s beheading in Udaipur by two extremist Muslim men, Gaus Mohammad and Mohammad Riyaz Akhtari, hit headlines. One would think there was nothing to “debate” about such a crime, but when does news TV disappoint? Times Now, where the entire Nupur Sharma…

Newslaundry · Jul 1, 2022

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…

Newslaundry · Jul 1, 2022

Supreme Court slams Times Now, Nupur Sharma over Prophet remarks

The Supreme Court on Friday came down heavily on Times Now and asked why the TV news channel held a debate on a matter that was subjudice, Live Law reported. The court was referring to the infamous May 26 debate where now-suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma made derogatory comments against…

Newslaundry · Jun 29, 2022

News channels lament India’s ‘Talibanisation’ after Udaipur killing, some blame Zubair

Rahul Shivshankar would like you to believe that Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair “enabled” the gruesome killing of a Hindu tailor in Rajasthan’s Udaipur.

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Newslaundry · Jun 25, 2022

Why we report on the media

The last two years have been hard on journalists. We’ve had to report on a devastating pandemic, while losing our colleagues to the virus. In the first four months of 2020 alone, 31 media professionals succumbed to Covid, and the toll has since risen to nearly 600, according to a…

Newslaundry · Jun 25, 2022

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…

Newslaundry · Jun 14, 2022

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…

The Hindu · Jun 14, 2022

FIR against TV journalist Navika Kumar for remarks made by Nupur Sharma in news debate

Nupur Sharma had made objectionable remarks against the Prophet during a 'prime time' news show aired by Times Now hosted by Navika Kumar

Newslaundry · Jun 13, 2022

Times Now’s Navika Kumar booked for role in Prophet remarks row

Three weeks after a panellist on her primetime news show made derogatory remarks against Prophet Muhammad, Times Now anchor Navika Kumar has been named in an FIR allegedly for maliciously intending to outrage religious feelings.

Newslaundry · Jun 9, 2022

Emerging star to ‘fringe element’: The steep rise and sudden fall of Nupur Sharma

Not all Delhi University Students Union presidents are destined for a mainstream political career. Some quit along the way, while a few plod on with the help of their party’s leadership. Nupur Sharama, recently suspended as the BJP’s national spokesperson after her derogatory remarks against Prophet Muhammed on Times Now…

Newslaundry · Jun 8, 2022

No 'criticising' any religion, don't get 'agitated': BJP's new rules for news debates after Nupur Sharma row

Use "restrained" language, don't get "agitated or excited", and "stay on the agenda" – these are some of the new guidelines issued by the Bharatiya Janata Party for its representatives appearing on TV news debate.

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