Hafta 111: Why Did The Media Miss BJP’s Popularity In UP?

Bharatiya Janata Party made a clean sweep in the recent UP assembly elections, but practically no one in the media called it. What gives? Mayawati alleged the EVMs had been tampered and this allegation was echoed by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal later when he spoke to the press about Aam Aadmi Party’s dismal performance in the Punjab elections. J Gopalakrishnan, Special Correspondent with The Pioneer and the man who broke 2G scam, joins us on Hafta this week to discuss the news of the week. We also have regulars Abhinandan Sekhri, Anand Ranganathan, Deepanjana Pal and new edition to the NL Team, Anand Vardhan. We also discuss the sexual harassment allegations against The Viral Fever‘s founder Arunabh Kumar, Modi’s recent speech at BJP headquarters, the appointment of Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga as BJP’s Delhi spokesperson, the vandalism on Sanjay Bhansali’s Padmavati’s sets, and a whole lot more. Listen up!

For reference:

1. A Review Of #NLHafta from Soumyadeep Ghosh, Divya Swaminathan and N. Sudarshan
2. Newslaundry: How Journalists Become Ad-Seekers In Election Season
3.  Deepanjana’s blog: If it’s true…
4. Newslaundry: TVF And Arunabh Kumar: New Media, Same Old Story?
5. The Spectator: What explains the idiocy of the liberal elite? It’s their education
6. Huffington Post: Just Another Sexual Harassment Story
7. Agents of Ishq: How to Make an Ishq Move Without Being a Creep
8. Scroll: The ‘fatwa’ against Assam singer Nahid Afrin that never was
9. The New Yorker: Being Indian in Trump’s America
10. Los Angeles Times: How secular family values stack up
11. Indy 100 from Independent: Atheist parents are better at raising children

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