My two cents on media and jingoism on CNN-IBN
I was on CNN-IBN’s Face the Nation show last night with Sagarika Ghose for a discussion on the role of the Indian and Pakistani media in fanning jingoism between the … Continue reading
The Nazi war criminal hoax – An update
Via Jonathan Allen of Reuters we learn that none of the newspapers guilty of falling for the penpricks hoax — with the exception of O Heraldo — has owned up … Continue reading
A story too good to check
Several Indian newspapers fell victim to a hoax about the arrest near Goa of a supposed Nazi war criminal named ‘Johann Bach’. Apart from the media’s alarming ignorance, the episode … Continue reading
‘The protest of poor marginalised people is not considered news’
In the latest issue of Communalism Combat, Teesta Setalvad spoke to me about the attitude of the Indian media to issues of mass mobilisation and caste in the context of … Continue reading
In deposing live on TV, a new trend emerges
Fugitives seek to tell their side of the story on television before police lay their hands on them. 4 June 2006The Hindu In deposing live on TV, a new trend … Continue reading
Caste matters in the Indian media
If television and newspaper coverage of the anti-reservation agitation was indulgent and one-sided, the lack of diversity in the newsroom is surely a major culprit. 3 June 2006The Hindu Caste … Continue reading
Orden de Bernardo O’Higgins
On March 30, the Ambassador of Chile in India, Jorge Heine, conferred the Orden de Bernardo O’Higgins — one of Chile’s highest civilian honours for a foreign citizen — on … Continue reading
Media inquiries
If you are a print or web-based news organisation looking for a quote on any of the subjects I cover, please drop me an email at sv1965[at]gmail.com. Many of my … Continue reading
If you can’t shoot the messenger, lock him up
President Bush’s alleged threat to bomb Al Jazeera shouldn’t surprise us. Ever since the NATO attack on Yugoslavia, the U.S. has looked at the media it can’t control as the … Continue reading
Inside Myanmar III: Censor’s pen makes it difficult to read between the lines
20 January 2005The Hindu Inside Myanmar – III Censor’s pen makes it difficult to read between the linesYangon: In the 1949 film, Patanga, Shamshad Begun sang wistfully about waiting for … Continue reading
War and the dharma of a journalist
7 August 1999The Times of India War and the Dharma of a Journalist By Siddharth Varadarajan What does a journalist do when his dharma as a journalist comes into conflict … Continue reading
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