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Not a questioning sort
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Not a questioning sort

by Birbal
May 23, 2013

Granted a rare audience with the PM, why didn’t the media ask the questions that needed to be asked?

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Shekhar Gupta’s Doodles
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Shekhar Gupta’s Doodles

by Anand Ranganathan
May 20, 2013

Rangarajan gets his hands on Shekhar Gupta’s notepad at the Davos’ editor’s meeting.

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Ravish Kumar’s Full Disclosure
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Ravish Kumar’s Full Disclosure

by Biraj Swain
May 17, 2013

Ravish does what no other primetime anchor has done before. Will they follow suit?

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Govt ad spend – Go Goa Gone?
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Govt ad spend – Go Goa Gone?

by Mayabhushan Nagvenkar
May 16, 2013

Goa government’s ad spend in newspapers shrinks. Why is it that only two “saffron” papers don’t feel the pinch?

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Engage Mani, He Is Important
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Engage Mani, He Is Important

by Anand Vardhan
May 9, 2013

Nehruvian, extraordinary, candid, egalitarian. Why Mani Shankar Aiyar needs to be engaged with.

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A News Channel For Kids!
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A News Channel For Kids!

by Anand Ranganathan
May 9, 2013

Time for a news channel exclusively for kids. And here’s the blueprint for it.

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Sarabjit and Pak Media’s Restraint
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Sarabjit and Pak Media’s Restraint

by Somi Das
May 8, 2013

What explains the restraint displayed by the Pakistan media in their coverage of Sarabjit’s death?

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Bangalore’s New Agenda Setters
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Bangalore’s New Agenda Setters

by Mathew Idiculla
May 3, 2013

Is the media’s unquestioning hosting of the B.PAC yet another example of its propensity for elite groups & movements?

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News In The Time Of Twitter
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News In The Time Of Twitter

by Anubha Bhonsle
May 2, 2013

Is the instant relating of news on Twitter forcing traditional news media to pull up its socks?

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Media Monocle 5
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Media Monocle 5

by NL Team
May 2, 2013

Rubbish talk, Al Jazeera gets thrown out, NDTV Profit does some throwing out. Not the best of times in the media world.

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TV News’ Rider On The Storm
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TV News’ Rider On The Storm

by Anand Ranganathan
April 30, 2013

Is it a Robert Vadra lookalike? Is it Robert De Niro? No, it’s Super Journalist. Read on to find out who’s that guy.

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The List Of Lists
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The List Of Lists

by Abhinandan Sekhri
April 30, 2013

Done with the media fascination for bizarre and listless lists of people? Here’s our pick of the season’s lists.

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Us, Scared? Hah!
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Us, Scared? Hah!

by Abhinandan Sekhri
April 29, 2013

Nalini Chidambaram, Vajpayee, NDA. Why are journalists wary of reporting on the powerful – fear or favour?

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No Entry To Dantewada
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No Entry To Dantewada

by Kishalay Bhattacharjee
April 26, 2013

The government refuses to help NHRC conduct an internal assessment of fake encounters. But the media stays mum. Why?

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Why Kashmir’s Media Loves Mush
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Why Kashmir’s Media Loves Mush

by Shujaat Bukhari
April 25, 2013

There is good reason why the Kashmiri media is less critical of Musharraf than the Indian media.

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Modi, Maya & A Muted Media
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Modi, Maya & A Muted Media

by Indrajit Hazra
April 25, 2013

Indian media’s silence over the Modi govt’s appeal that Maya Kodnani & Co get the death sentence is rather funny.

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