On #WorldPressFreedomDay, Zee News Editor Sudhir Chaudhary conducted a ‘DNA test‘ on journalism in the age of fake news. Chaudhary waxed eloquent on the media-corporate, media-politician nexus, and warned us against the ways in which news media propagates falsehood. Hell, he even spoke on post truth.
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ContributeThe teeny-tiny problem with the show was that it was being aired on, umm, Zee News, by, errr, Chaudhary. So, we thought we’d conduct our own DNA test on Chaudhary’s DNA test.
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Video edit: Satish Kumar
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