TV Newsance Episode 108: Bollywood vs Republic TV and Times Now
Your weekly dose of all the insanity that passes off as news on TV.
More than 35 Bollywood production houses have filed a case to stop Republic TV and Times Now from defaming the Hindi film industry. From Akshay Kumar to Ajay Devgn to Shah Rukh Khan to Zoya Akhtar, major names from Bollywood have come together.
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ContributeIn this episode, we look at how these two channels reported on the SSR case, and how the campaign for #JusticeForSSR became a tool to defame an entire industry without any evidence.
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