Reporters Without Orders Ep 192: The Siddique Kappan case, what it means for the media

A reporters’ podcast about what made news and what shouldn’t have.

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This week, it’s an all-Newslaundry panel as host Nidhi Suresh is joined by Akanksha Kumar. The conversation begins with the latter’s reportage on journalist Siddique Kappan’s case, and moves to peculiar aspects of the investigation.

They discuss the “electronic evidence” part of the 5,000-page chargesheet, which alleges the Popular Front of India’s role and heavily relies on statements by G Sreedathan, associate editor of RSS mouthpiece Organiser.

Akanksha points out that “this case should scare all of us from the (media) fraternity” as a fellow reporter is in jail based on speculation instead of evidence.

This and a lot more as they talk about what made news, what didn’t, and what shouldn’t have.

Tune in.

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Produced by Jude Weston and Tehreem Roshan, edited by Samrendra K Dash.

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