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What a year it’s been for the Indian media -- resignations at ABP News, Cobrapost’s stinging Big Media, #MeToo and, of course, prime-time propaganda that played out as news.

Here’s a look back through some pieces on @newslaundry .
There was the annual Bhima Koregaon celebration with which came the annual reminder why Big Media either doesn't get caste or refuses to get it. newslaundry.com/2018/01/05/bhi…
.@thetribunechd came up with an excellent story on #Aadhar breach and was served an FIR for its pains.
newslaundry.com/2018/01/08/uid…
.@TheQuint put out a story "confirming" Kulbhushan Jadhav as a RAW spy. It received a lot of flak and its subsequent retraction told us a thing or two about Indian news media business grappling with digital disruption.
newslaundry.com/2018/01/09/qui…
Four senior senior judges held a press conference in January, and it really gave us a sign of how ridiculous some of @republic and @TimesNow's coverage was going to be through the year.
newslaundry.com/2018/01/12/rep…
In February, an 18-year-old woman, who’s been labelled an ISIS fighter, jihadi, radical, suicide bomber, desperate lover and mentally-unstable woman, made news.

Another case of plants and mindless sensationalism.
newslaundry.com/2018/02/08/lad…
Sri Devi died in February in her hotel room in Dubai and boy oh boy what a spectacle TV news became for the next few weeks. New nadir.
newslaundry.com/2018/02/27/sri…
Watch it to believe it.
In March, The Hoot, a pioneering media watchdog, decided it would be scaling down its day-to-day publishing operations.
newslaundry.com/2018/03/29/the…
The Kathua rape case presented many cringeworthy moments, but the Sunday Guardian's “fiction piece” by Sushil Pandit took the cake.
newslaundry.com/2018/04/16/sun…
Patricia Mukhim, editor of Shillong Times, narrowly escaped a petrol bomb attack in March.
newslaundry.com/2018/04/23/min…
.@cobrapost’s sting in April showed how many Big Media organisations were comfortable running a polarising Hindutva campaign for a fee.
newslaundry.com/2018/05/28/cob…
Was this any surprise though?

"Look at the top news channels in India (English or Hindi) – be it Aaj Tak or Republic or Times Now or Zee, they all indulge in cheerleading for the government, often selling hate and lies on prime time."
newslaundry.com/2018/05/28/big…
In June, we had the #PlotToKillPM make headlines. The so-called Maoist plot leaked through the media. newslaundry.com/2018/06/08/mao…
Shujaat Bukhari was shot dead in Srinagar in June. Azad Ahmad Malik, the militant who was being investigated in the case, was killed in an encounter with Army and police in November, according to reports.
newslaundry.com/2018/06/15/the…
Meanwhile, Republic TV kept up their fight against so-called Urban Naxals. Two months after this programming, Sudha Bhardwaj was arrested by Pune Police.
newslaundry.com/2018/07/06/rep…
In August, @abpnewstv saw a flurry of resignations by some of its top-most editors/anchors.
newslaundry.com/2018/08/03/how…
#KeralaFloods in August once again told us why we need a strong regional media & why newsrooms need to care about climate change.
newslaundry.com/2018/08/21/ker… + newslaundry.com/2018/09/04/ker…
In October, #MeToo hit Indian newsrooms. It was high time.
newslaundry.com/2018/10/09/met…
In November, Achyuta Nanda Sahu, a cameraperson with Doordarshan News, was killed in Naxal attack in Dantewada. newslaundry.com/2018/11/02/haf…
Soon after, @IndiaToday subjected us to some simulated reporting. Talk about bad timing.
newslaundry.com/2018/11/12/rah…
It was the strangest thing one saw on TV news this year. newslaundry.com/2018/11/17/tv-…
The year ended with the news of a newspaper shutting down. To me, this was emblematic of what a lot of media businesses face today. newslaundry.com/2018/12/18/the…
This and a journalist being jailed for 12 months for a Facebook post. newslaundry.com/2018/12/20/dis…
We reached out to some journalists to tell us what they thought were the highs and lows of 2018. To me, Cobrapost and ABP News really stood out. newslaundry.com/2018/12/31/201…
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