Media

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

News Reports

Did your tax money fund the live telecast of Kashi Vishwanath Corridor inauguration on Doordarshan? Here is how DD earns money to spend

Nirwa Mehta -
To claim that the live telecast of the 'Hindu' programme by public broadcaster like Doordarshan in a secular nation like India was on tax-payers' money is actually quite incorrect.
News Reports

Painkillers, not drunk: Journalist Deepak Chaurasia clarifies over viral video where he fumbled on air

OpIndia Staff -
In a video that had gone viral last week, Chaurasia was fumbling live on air while hosting a show on the tragic helicopter crash in which CDS Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife and other personnel of armed forces lost their lives
Media

CNN producer who worked closely with Chris Cuomo arrested on allegations of raping minor girls, grooming them to be ‘sexually submissive’

OpIndia Staff -
CNN producer John Griffin, of Stamford, Connecticut has been accused of luring a woman and her nine-year-old daughter to his home in Vermont and 'training' her to be sexually submissive.
Law

Supreme Court makes West Bengal govt withdraw all 4 FIRs against OpIndia Editor-in-Chief Nupur J Sharma: Read her statement

OpIndia Staff -
Supreme Court made the West Bengal government withdraw all 4 FIRs against OpIndia Editor-in-Chief Nupur J Sharma
News Reports

Do positive stories, get advertisement: Video shows Mamata Banerjee luring journalists with taxpayer money, asks them to send a copy of paper to DM

OpIndia Staff -
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was heard directing a journalist to fall in line in exchange for government advertisements.
Opinions

Why the Gurugram namaz issue is unprecedented in the history of Hindu-Muslim relations in India

Abhishek Banerjee -
Why won’t the “Hindutva extremists” just let the Muslims perform their prayers? Why don’t these “Hindutva extremists” just live and let live?
News Reports

Nagaland: BJP State President rubbishes media reports that said 12 of their MLAs are about to join TMC

OpIndia Staff -
Citing BJP sources, The New Indian Express had reported that 12 party leaders, unhappy with the BJP's functioning, went to Kolkata to meet the TMC leadership.
News Reports

Guardian calls public grounds in Gurugram ‘Muslim sites’, says Muslims have right to offer namaz at those places

OpIndia Staff -
Guardian has claimed that public places in Gurugram are Muslim sites, and the Muslims in India have no place for praying now
Media

CNN fires Chris Cuomo for helping brother Andrew deal with sexual harassment scandal

OpIndia Staff -
Chris Cuomo is accused of using his journalist connections to get early access to the pending reports on allegations of sexual harassment against his brother Andrew Cuomo
Media

‘Meet when you have balls’: Screenshot of Vinod Dua fighting with Prannoy roy goes viral after former’s demise, here is the story behind it

OpIndia Staff -
In 2013, Vinod Dua took to Facebook to attack Prannoy Roy of NDTV and accused him of ruining his career as political journalist.
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