Reporters Without Orders Ep 75: National Register of Citizens, #RTIAmendmentBill and more
A reporters’ podcast about what made news and what shouldn’t have.
This week on Reporters Without Orders, Cherry Agarwal sits down with Newslaundry correspondent Ayush Tiwari, Desk Writer Gaurav Sarkar, and Scroll.in‘s News Editor (Jammu & Kashmir and the Northeast) Ipsita Chakravarty.
The discussion kicks off with the panel talking about a petition in the Bombay High Court that sought a ban on the phrase “Alibaug se aaya hai kya“. They also talk about the National Register of Citizens (NRC), and why it is contentious. Speaking of the media’s coverage, Gaurav says, “Legacy media or the mainstream media didn’t seem to give the issue that much importance but independent media like The Wire, The Quint, Scroll.in did a really good job.” Ipsita adds: “The only way one can really gauge what is going on is through reporting, by going to Assam, speaking to as many people as possible.”
The panel discusses the Right To Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019. Gaurav says, “It’s a move to clamp down on what the government wants you to know and what they particularly do not want you to know.”
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Produced by Parikshit Sanyal, recorded by Anil Kumar and edited by Samrendra K Dash.