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NBDSA tells News18 India to edit debate on Kejriwal’s arrest

The News Broadcasters and Digital Standards Authority found that a News18 India debate hosted by anchor Rubika Liyaquat violated the code on reporting court proceedings and the principle of neutrality.

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‘Divisive, promoted superstition’: NBDSA tells News18 India to take down Bageshwar Baba interview

The News Broadcasters and Digital Association has found a News18 India interview with self-styled godman Dhirendra Shastri, popularly known as Bageshwar Baba, as violative of its code of ethics and advisories on religious harmony and superstition.

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‘Biggest event of the year’: News channels had ‘historic’ TRPs thanks to Ram Mandir

Since December, your news and social media feeds were probably drenched with updates on the Ram temple’s consecration. Which Bollywood stars were in attendance? What was in the goody bags handed to attendees? What colour was the sanctum sanctorum? How many IAF choppers were co-opted into the celebration?

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Month after exit from Bharat24, Rubika Liyaquat joins News18 India

Over a month after quitting Hindi news channel Bharat24, TV news anchor Rubika Liyaquat has joined News18 India as consulting editor, she announced today on social media platform X.

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Indian wrestling loses a champion. Primetime couldn’t care less

There are many women newsroom leaders in the Indian news space. But there was not a single primetime debate on most mainstream channels on the day Olympic medallist Sakshi Malik quit wrestling over a Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh loyalist’s election as the Wrestling Federation of India president.

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How Patanjali rode on the shoulders of Big Media

On television, we’ve seen Baba Ramdev contort, stretch, do headstands, and walk on his hands. We’ve seen him compete in push-up contests with students, and close his eyes dramatically when shown a photograph of a Bollywood actress wearing a bikini.

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Haryana violence: Baghel skips News18 event over ‘communal coverage’

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has refused to attend a Network 18 conclave over News18 India’s coverage of the Haryana communal violence, according to sources in the CM’s office.

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Monu Manesar as cattle crusader, Muslims ‘love’ Pakistan: Sudhir Chaudhary’s spiel on Haryana violence

Six people have died in the communal violence in Haryana so far, and our TV news brethren have been all over it. On primetime shows on News18 India, Times Now Navbharat, Republic Bharat and Aaj Tak, anchors grilled Nuh’s Meo Muslims, the police and the administration for the roles they…

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‘Can’t use reporter as a tool’: In Rahul vs ‘godi media’, beat reporters point to ‘low trust’, ‘harmful precedent’

The controversy surrounding Rahul Gandhi’s recent remarks against a reporter has not just pointed to a sense of distrust within the Congress against the media, but also a beat reporter bearing the brunt of the editorial slant of a section of the press.

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‘Vilified entire Muslim community’: NBDSA issues orders against 5 shows by News18’s Aman Chopra

In his show last October, News18 India’s Aman Chopra “targeted, vilified and castigated the entire Muslim community for the actions of a few miscreants” and gave an incident a “communal tilt”.

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Network18 leads news broadcasters in getting ad money from Modi government

The Narendra Modi government released its media advertisement expenditure in the parliament earlier this week. Since it assumed power in 2014, the government has spent Rs 6,491 crore on advertisements in print and electronic media.

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‘Violative of principles of fairness, good taste’: News18 India fined Rs 50,000 for show on hijab ban

The News Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority on Wednesday imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on News18 India and directed the channel to take down a show by anchor Aman Chopra on Karnataka’s hijab ban.

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Congress to stay away from Aman Chopra’s News18 show

The Congress party has said that none of its spokespersons will go on News18 India anchor Aman Chopra’s show henceforth.

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TV Newsance 180: All the wrong questions on TV news

This week, we look at how the humble question mark is misused on TV news. TV news channels can get away with smear campaigns, polarising debates, and out and out hate news by simply placing a question mark before factless assertions. For example, Will India become a ‘Muslim Rashtra’ in…

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‘Targeting of a community’: Regulator pulls up News18 India over ‘thook jihad’ show

Noting that a News18 India broadcast on “thook jihad” last year amounted to “targeting of a particular community”, the news broadcasting and digital standards authority has asked the network to take down the show within seven days.

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‘Went to arrest Aman Chopra but didn’t find him’: Rajasthan police visit News18 India office

Another day, another primetime show, and the question on everyone’s lips is – where is Aman Chopra?

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Delhi encroachment drive: As TV channels orbit around Shaheen Bagh, India News takes it up a notch

On a day a BJP mayor in Delhi carried out an inspection of encroachments in certain localities, and the AAP held a protest against “extortion” through the threat of bulldozers, several television news telecasts skipped the nuance to orbit around Shaheen Bagh and its 2019 protest against the controversial citizenship…

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Following FIRs, Aman Chopra hosts remarkably low-key debate on Hanuman Chalisa row

Days after two FIRs were filed against News18 India’s Aman Chopra for allegedly insulting religious beliefs, the anchor seemed to have toned it down during his debate last night.

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Election results LIVE: Capturing the sound and fury on TV news

Welcome to verdict day, where the results will be declared for the assembly elections conducted in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Manipur and Punjab.

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