On Thursday, the Opposition alliance did something as gimmicky as their acronym I.N.D.I.A. They released a list of 14 TV anchors they will boycott, accusing them of conducting ‘hate-filled’ news debates. Congress party, which is leading I.N.D.I.A., has a long history of banning things while running to the West to complain about the lack of…
Rahul Gandhi is providing more than required grist to the legal luminaries of our country and also to successive Governments at the Centre to study the innumerable civil and criminal laws of our colonial British rulers that we embraced and adopted with glee. It needed a Rahul Gandhi to show us how those laws of…
Is Indian media divided ideologically, like political parties? Newspapers, magazines, TV channels and social media have all come under the scrutiny not so much of the users of these news sources as from those so-called intellectuals and ideologues who are per se classified as Right Liberals and Left Liberals. While the Left Liberals call …
Senior City Advocate Venugopal cites Madras High Court judgement on Freedom of Press Mysore/Mysuru: The recent Madras High Court judgement on Freedom of Press has brought more strength to print media, said Senior City Advocate Venugopal. “Individuals and companies cannot file defamation suits against press reporters merely on the basis of minor or insignificant mistakes…
Workshop on ‘Need for imposing ban on inappropriate portrayal of women in the Media’ held at ATI Mysore/Mysuru: Regretting that women are being portrayed merely as show-pieces in the media, writer Banu Mushtaq bemoaned male dominance in all forms of media and advertising. She was speaking after inaugurating a workshop on the topic ‘Need for…
Mysuru: “Journalism is a different ball game with post internet and digital media. The social networking sites, internet, apps and digital media have laid a path of rapid development in the field of new era media. Emerging technologies have helped various media platforms to evolve and see their own development,” said senior journalist and retired…
Poetess Dr. Latha Rajashekar at award presentation ceremony Mysuru: Maintaining that politics had become all pervasive, poetess Dr. Latha Rajashekar has regretted that the print and electronic media are thrusting political news on readers and viewers everywhere. She was speaking at the book release, Kavigoshti (Poets’ Meet) and award presentation programme organised by Mysuru Sahitya…
On Feb. 24th Sridevi died. On 25th our decency died. Following Sridevi’s death, everyone; the media, celebrities and the public went overboard with their expression of grief and praise. Then they turned into vicarious pleasure seekers, publicity mongers and conspiracy theorists. TV news channels were the worse of the lot. In the initial hours of…
The Press is perspiring and seething with anger after K.B. Koliwad, the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, announced the formation of a House Committee to suggest measures to monitor and regulate the functioning of Media in Karnataka. This decision was taken during the Budget Session after a four-hour discussion! Yes, instead of discussing the Budget,…
Lawmakers cut across party lines and demand State control over media A House Committee of the Legislative Assembly was set up to frame rules and regulations for news media yesterday. This was after members in both Houses, cutting across party lines, came down heavily on what they called “irresponsible” reporting by the media, particularly 24×7…
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