Category: Media Analysis
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In Defence of ‘Sting Operations’: Battling Cancer of Corruption
A hidden camera, when used for the purpose for exposing the machinery of corruption, is the only way a citizen can ring the alarm bells.
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Right Angle: Indian Media and Ethics
I want to cite in this column the number of stories or instances of how ethics is ceasing to be a factor in the functioning of India’s national media (TV, print and…
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A British who ruined India’s Holi
Udwin not only indulged in flagrant illegalities by duping the Indian authorities but perpetrated an ‘artistic, journalistic or academic’ fraud on Indians. Firstly she never interviewed the main rapists.
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Indian Navy ignored during Tsunami for want of media policy
The question is: why was the heroic work done by 37 Indian Naval ships in Sri Lanka, Aceh, Maldives and India’s eastern coast completely missed out by the global as well as…
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Collapsing credibility of Western media: An opportunity for India
In his first six months, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has shown considerable interest in foreign affairs. A multimedia outfit with a strong foreign affairs team, would raise Indian prestige enormously. And this,…
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Punishment to Al Jazeera journalists: Saudi vendetta against Muslim Brotherhood
Al Jazeera journalists in Egypt were given severe sentences because that is the way the Saudis wanted it. The Qatari channel was always an eyesore to the Saudis but was recently being…