Media

Media is considered the fourth pillar of democracy. This section presents news and views about the state of Indian media.

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Nobody is above the law: As the UN furthers Rana Ayyub’s victim narrative, India lashes out. Read what happened

OpIndia Staff - 21 February, 2022

India has responded strongly to the United Nations furthering the victim narrative peddled by Rana Ayyub

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NDTV opts out of BARC ratings before it is set to resume again days after Param Bir Singh admitted TRP allegations against Arnab Goswami...

OpIndia Staff - 21 February, 2022

The last weekly data published by BARC recorded abysmally low viewership numbers for NDTV, following which it has decided to opt out of the ratings list

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As The Kashmir Files gets ready to show story of KPs, here’s how NDTV called it ‘propaganda’ months before even the trailer was released

OpIndia Staff - 21 February, 2022

The trailer for Zee Studios’ upcoming film ‘The Kashmir Files’ was released on Monday.

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Did Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint use porn film intro music for ‘Cut The Clutter’? Here is what we know

OpIndia Staff - 20 February, 2022

Portion of music in 'Cut The Clutter' videos by ThePrint and a porn film were same, sending ripples of amusement amongst netizens

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Delhi HC passes interim order in favour of Vikram Sampath, restrains Audrey Truschke and others from publishing defamatory content

OpIndia Staff - 18 February, 2022

Historian Vikram Sampath fhad iled a complaint with the Delhi HC against Audrey Truschke and others for defaming him.

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‘Fallacious and completely inaccurate’: Govt dismisses media reports claiming COVID-19 mortality in India higher than official counts

OpIndia Staff - 17 February, 2022

Interestingly, the paper says that their claim of the number of deaths is based on 'models' and estimates, not actual data. Meaning the 3.2 -3.7 million figure is 'speculation', not based on actual data.

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