Soumya

Hi!

Writing to you after quite some time. Let me start by saying I love all the work NL does, which is why I have been a subscriber for quite some time. But lately, some thoughts keep coming to mind, which are as follows.

1) Recently, The Indian Express did the ECI expose. They took ads from the government before the expose and are still getting them. If they can take ads and still maintain editorial independence, why can't Newslaundry?

2) If it’s morally correct not to take ads, then why did that person who supposedly gave the Indian Express the ECI’s information not approach you? In today's digital age, your publication would also have reached many and created the same impact.

So, my limited point is that extra ad money can help NL grow faster and have more reporters, who in turn can build better sources. What are your thoughts?

P.S.: I will completely stop asking such silly questions in future if Abhinandan does an “I Agree” with Sanju Verma ji. 

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Prasad

Hi All,

Just wanted to ask why Newslaundry hasn’t covered the protest happening at Azad Maidan and Chaityabhoomi over Sahil Wakode’s suicide.

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Mohit

I would like to thank Anand Vardhan for pointing out the debate between Bhalla and Yogendra Yadav on the supposed size of SIR deletions by the ECI, where both use different statistical methods. These debates are important, especially for students in statistics. But it overlooks the basic fact that one is forced to do this analysis because the ECI has not disclosed its way of doing SIR. Fundamentally, this is no different from the debate on economic numbers we had a month before. The onus is on these public institutions, not on general citizens, to fill in the gaps.

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Mannan

Hi Team,

Over the past few weeks, and even before, you guys discussed journalists and how the owners and decision-makers of big media houses are responsible for the state of journalism. And it’s not okay for protestors to heckle journalists on the ground. 

I think you are wrong – the journalists on the ground have the option of walking out of that job, no matter what. It’s not slavery. Suppose a large enough union of journalists stages a walkout, which at this point is not a big deal. When media institutions have already stopped doing journalism, what’s the point of not walking out? By staying put for so many years, even the journalists are culpable now. 

Best

Manan 

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