Reporters Without Orders Ep 75: National Register of Citizens, #RTIAmendmentBill and more

This week on Reporters Without Orders, Cherry Agarwal sits down with Newslaundry correspondent Ayush Tiwari, Desk Writer Gaurav Sarkar​,​ and Scroll.in​​‘s News Editor (Jammu & Kashmir and the Northeast) Ipsita Chakravarty.

The discussion kicks off with the panel talking about a petition in the Bombay High Court that sought a ban on the phrase “Alibaug se aaya hai kya“. They also talk about the National Register of Citizens (NRC), and why ​it​ is​ ​contentious. Speaking of the media’s coverage, Gaurav says, “Legacy media or the mainstream media didn’t seem to give the issue that much importance but independent media like The Wire, The Quint, Scroll.in did a really good job.” Ipsita adds: “The only way one can really gauge what is going on is through reporting, by going to Assam, speaking to as many people as possible.”

The panel discusses the Right To Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019. Gaurav says, “It’s a move to clamp down on what the government wants you to know and what they particularly do not want you to know.”

For this and more, listen up!

References
In the aftermath of a Dalit girl’s rape, rumours and media disinformation plague Haryana’s Nuh

The tremor of unwelcome amendments to the RTI act

Recommendations

Ayush

UP village counts 10 killed, land dispute hardens divide: ‘Pradhan, 100 men came with guns’

Sonbhadra killings: ‘He did not like plain rice and dal, so I had cooked sabzi that day. He never returned…’

Sonbhadra killings: Before tractors rolled in with guns, pradhan & his men targeted the tillers

Sonbhadra firing: Arrested pradhan had grabbed pond for own use

Sonbhadra killings: Constable sought compromise, hinted at attack, says eyewitness

Gaurav

The New New Journalism

Ipsita

Conversations with friends

Cherry

The tremor of unwelcome amendments to the RTI act

The explainer: Right To Information (amendment) bill, 2019

Inhumane, and utterly undemocratic 

Produced by Parikshit Sanyal,  recorded by Anil Kumar and edited by Samrendra K Dash.

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