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14 Oct, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Absolutely nonsensical comparison.

Bajaj has stated an intent to not advertise alongside hateful content. It is to uphold basic human values/decency. Plus Bajaj DID NOT troll/abuse the channels or editors, land up at their studios to threaten them. He didn't even NAME ANYONE.
Bajaj wants to stay away from content that is beyond reasonable doubt 'toxic'.

Those opposed to #tanishq, on the other hand, are opposed to the idea of inter-faith love. It's the sort of mentality that has made life hell for young couples in India. Even so...
...it doesn't stop at distaste for what the ad showcases. In the case of Tanishq there is a real attack online and offline, managers being trolled, people landing up at the store threatening staff, hurling abuses at them.
But what's striking is the level of hate such tweets and equivalences display. Toxic news channels have in recent past called the #hathras rape a 'manohar kahani', they have dubbed entire communities as 'corona bombs'. Such speech is being compared to an ad on inter-faith love?

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3 Oct
When our correspondents first visited Hathras, the victim was still alive & the family was disappointed with lack of media attention. Then she died & their house was overrun by journalists with little sensitivity towards the ordeal they had been through newslaundry.com/2020/10/01/our…
When Asha’s father was taken away by the police in the afternoon yesterday, her mother sat in a corner of the courtyard outside the house, her back against a stone pillar. She wore the same blue sari that she had been wearing on Sunday when these correspondents had visited her.
Her voice was hoarse from repeated interactions with the media, and she struggled to complete her sentences.

Asha’s brother squatted on the floor opposite her, looking dazed and exhausted. Every inch of the house was occupied by journalists and relatives.
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1 Oct
How did the two most circulated newspapers in UP cover #HathrasCase? Too late, too little.

Besides both papers had something else in common: they carried multiple half-page and full-page advertisements for the Uttar Pradesh government.
newslaundry.com/2020/10/01/how…
The first mention of the case in the Lucknow edition of the Times of India was on September 29, on the victim being shifted to Safdarjung Hospital from Aligarh a day before. It was a single report split across Page 1 and Page 7, with barely 40 words on the front page.
On Page 7, Hathras victim's case was, rather questionably, placed next to a story on a youth who killed 11 pigeons as “revenge”.
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28 Sep
Top advertisers feel they should come together and "convey it to the news channels that their tactics and questionable content ethics are making the platforms unsafe for brands."

Excellent news.

Story by @Niraj_Sharma1

bestmediainfo.com/lite/2020/09/i…
It's been almost a year to @newslaundry's series Bloodlust TV, where we point to big brands sponsoring primetime debates that peddle misinfo and hate.

newslaundry.com/2019/10/21/blo…
You can catch some our stories here: newslaundry.com/bloodlust-tv

The latest one was on Amul, Uttar Pradesh government, Rajvaidya Hempushpa, and Sacchi Saheli sponsoring Suresh Chavhanke's 'UPSC jihad'.
newslaundry.com/2020/08/29/pow…
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24 Sep
.@tweets_prateekg spoke to 4 reporters who were present outside NCB office today who told him what exactly happened. Contrary to social media chatter, the journalist who slapped Pradeep Bhandari is neither from ABP News nor NDTV.
newslaundry.com/2020/09/24/rep…
The journalist who slapped Bhandari told @tweets_prateekg: “He went live and said the NDTV reporter was frustrated, that he comes here to eat chai-biscuits. I went and asked him to behave, and he began hurling abuses at me. After that, I slapped him.”
Acknowledging his mistake, the journalist said that Bhandari has been “insulting other reporters” for the past couple of months. “He used objectionable language against other journalists,” he said. “I don’t believe in getting into fights with people of my own fraternity...”
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14 Sep
“I’ll speak out even if I come out of this. And today, tomorrow, or a year later — I will come out of this for sure.”

Few weeks before his arrest, #UmarKhalid spoke to @sighyush on Delhi Police's narrative hunting and the media campaign against him.
newslaundry.com/2020/09/14/the…
The activist said that he had reconciled himself with a police witch-hunt in March. “After Malviya’s video, and the right-wing media’s campaign, I was expecting to be questioned. I was mentally prepared to be arrested back in March and April,” he said.
Amit Malviya tweeted a selectively clipped video of Umar's speech in Amravati. BJP attack dogs like Opindia, Zee, Republic and Times Now joined in. Sample the headlines/tickers: “Lens on Tukde Poster Boy”, “On Tape: How Lobby Planned Violence”, “Tukde Link To Delhi Danga”
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12 Sep
Sudarshan News' one-hour-long offensive against Indian Muslims last night violated at least 5 of fifteen Cable Television Networks Rules.

We didn't spot any Amul ads on the show, which means the company heard many of us who appealed to them to withdraw.
newslaundry.com/2020/09/12/no-…
Bad news is that @myogiadityanath's government continues to spend the taxpayers' money to poison the airwaves.

"At multiple points in the show, Chavanke used cartoons with big beards, crooked noses and skull caps to represent Muslims," notes @sighyush.
So while Amul stayed away from the show, an elected government did not.

UP govt ad featuring CM Ajay Bisht (Yogi Adityanath) showed up soon after the segment concluded. What does this say about a government elected in a state where every fifth citizen is a Muslim?
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