Reporters Without Orders Ep 144: Farmer protests
A reporters’ podcast about what made news and what shouldn’t have.
In this episode, host Snigdha Sharma is joined by Newslaundry’s Basant Kumar and Nidhi Suresh. Through the length of the episode, the panel discusses several aspects of the farmers’ protest. They shed light on the media’s coverage, the farmers’ perspective, the role political parties are playing, and the steps taken by the government to resolve the issues.
All this and a lot more as they talk about what made news this week, what didn’t, and what shouldn’t have. Tune in!
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Produced by Stallan Nayak, edited by Harshula Sharma.
