The TRP war is getting ugly. Allegations are being made on Republic for gathering a crowd to chant anti-Aaj Tak slogans.

Whoever wins this godawful war will get the ads, will get all the top brands. And, as of now, Republic seems to be winning.
Arnab has managed to turn news into a proper reality show. We might not like it, but clearly he's setting the agenda.

There was no real reason for other channels to go after the SSR case, which is a non-story. But they did, didn't they?

They all followed Arnab's lead.
Right now you have journalists harassing delivery men and postmen, you have reporters trespassing on private property & getting into fights, now a crowd chanting slogans.

Wait a while and you'll see some street fights too. Reporters are being turned into proper thugs.
Advertisers are literally funding harassment and street thug behavior. I keep saying this and I'll say it again:

MAKE NOTE OF THE ADVERTISERS. CALL THEM OUT.

And support independent media which is trying to *still* maintain some sense of sanity in this insane time.

Please 🙏

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8 Sep
Fun Fact #1: Making marijuana use a criminal offence is a 'western concept'. It was banned in 1985 due to pressure form USA.

Fun Fact #2: Rajiv Gandhi was the one who buckled under pressure from USA and brought in the NDPS Act.
Fun Fact #3: In 2016, MP Dharamvira Gandhi proposed a private members bill to decriminalize the use of marijuana and it was cleared by the Legislative branch of Parliament.

Never became a law though.
hindustantimes.com/punjab/aap-mp-…
Hey, it's never a bad time to question a badly drafted law which has been practically ineffective in dealing with the actual synthetic drug menace.

Why? Simple.

The amount of resources spent on seizure of organic drugs as compared to synthetic ones is *insane*.
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Why you, as news consumers, need to develop a habit of calling out advertisers on News Channels.

#thread
I know a lot of you are tired and frustrated with the kind of shit our TV News media spews, day in and day out. You must be wondering what you can do to bring about a change.

Here's a simple yet wild idea: Become conscious of advertisements.
Usually you must be just tuning out when ads start playing, or even barely register the title sponsors of a show.

But please realize that these brands are the ones which keep rewarding our TV channels for broadcasting divisive & hateful content.

It has to stop!
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While Twitterverse rejoices/outrages about Suresh Chavhanke's "UPSC Jihad" show from being censored, Sudarshan TV did a hateful show about how they weren't able to do a show.

Sponsored by Amul and Uttar Pradesh Govt!

My piece.
newslaundry.com/2020/08/29/pow…
Apart from Amul and UP Govt, there were two other sponsors.

Say hello to Vidya Balan & Raveena Tandon selling products on Sudarshan News.

We see you. 🧐
Brands really need to rethink about what they sponsor and what sort of hateful content they are paying for.

Oh and while advertisers pay to keep news hateful, it's time you step up and #PayToKeepNewsFree.

SUBSCRIBE: bit.ly/paytokeepnewsf…
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Why sticking to the law and following it is important: An #ELI5 thread.

👇
In a society where human beings live, there are rules about how everyone is supposed to interact with each other.

Human beings are strong only if they cooperate with each other and work together, otherwise they're just weak, petty & silly animals.
If a human being breaks rules, that person is exiled. Meaning, their basic rights of living in the society are taken away and they are punished.

But wait... Who decides how they are punished? What if the human is innocent?
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"आज भारत ने चीन के खिलाफ एक मजबूत कदम उठाया है. भारत सरकार ने चीन पर डिजिटल air strike कर डाला. चलिए करते है इसका DNA test."
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"इस graphic को देखिए. ये जो नीले रंग के currents wire से चलते हुए चीन कि तरफ जाते हुए दिख रहे है, ये असल में डिजिटल बम है. ये TikTok जैसे App के server से जाके टकराएगा और उसे तेहेस नेहेस कर देगा."
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There have been 170 plus deaths of migrant workers during the lockdown due to hunger, exhaustion and apathy of the administration. Some even took their own lives.

@gupta_chahak & @newslaundry is compiling a list of those who died.

170 and counting.
newslaundry.com/2020/06/03/170…
Doing a #thread because some of these stories are extremely harrowing and need to be told.

Everyone needs to hear about them.

One by one. 👇
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