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Dec 27, 2022 • 10 tweets • 8 min read • Read on X
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🧵 From Adani–NDTV to sycophancy that often results in comical visuals, TV news in India increasingly resembles the theatre of the absurd. How did we get here?

Our latest #CaravanCollections—with in-depth stories on the biggest news outlets—helps explain: bit.ly/3WpyHjI
From 2015, Krishn Kaushik’s (@Krishn_) definitive profile of NDTV, which was among the first in-depth reports that highlighted the Roys’ convoluted maze of financial transactions.

bit.ly/35DcMfq
From 2012, “Fast and Furious,” Rahul Bhatia’s (@rahulabhatia) profile of Arnab Goswami, a former NDTV anchor who was “possessed of an acid personality that singed the newsroom often.”

bit.ly/3aqzZSF
From 2020, Christophe Jaffrelot (@jaffrelotc) and Vihang Jumle (@vihangjumle) demonstrate that the debates on Republic TV have been consistently biased in favour of the Modi government and the Bharatiya Janata Party’s ideology.

bit.ly/3gPws5g
From 2017, Nikita Saxena (@nikita1712) and Atul Dev’s profile of Rajeev Chandrashekhar, a BJP politician who was a major investor in Republic TV, and his massive media empire that straddles languages and states.

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From 2016, “Our Man in the Studio,” Atul Dev and Praveen Donthi’s profile of the India TV editor-in-chief, Rajat Sharma, who, as one veteran editor put it, was “the only journalist Modi trusts.”

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From 2018, Nikita Saxena’s (@nikita1712) profile of Anjana Om Kashyap and Aaj Tak. “The story of Aaj Tak is the story of how Hindi journalism collapsed,” a senior Hindi editor told Saxena. “And Anjana is one part of that story.”

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From 2022, Aathira Konikkara’s (@aathira_vk) profile of the India Today group. Konikkara writes that the group’s standards began to slide long before its founder, Aroon Purie, handed over control to his daughter, Kalli.

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From 2013, Rahul Bhatia’s (@rahulabhatia) report on the journey of Network18, Raghav Bahl and Reliance’s inroads into news media. As the 2014 elections were coming into view, Bhatia noted, “Bahl’s network has begun to tilt noticeably rightward.”

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From 2022, Hartosh Singh Bal’s (@HartoshSinghBal) comment piece arguing that what we should really be asking is why people like Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani should have any stake in the journalistic enterprise at all.

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GN Saibaba, a former professor of English at the University of Delhi, has died.

Saibaba was arrested in 2014 and sentenced to life imprisonment in 2017, for his alleged links with banned Maoist groups. On 5 March, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court acquitted Saibaba, deeming his decade-long incarceration under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act illegal.

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🧵[3/4] “He was punished only for his ideology,” Vasantha Kumari told @shahidtantray.

“All of us are humans first, and humanity is what should bind us. There should be harmony between all religions. It is in this context, broadly, that we need to raise our voices for anti-imperialistic policies and against state violence. This is his ideology.”

From the Archives, GN Saibaba’s wife on the ordeal of his incarceration. Watch the full report:
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#CaravanCollection | As India approaches the 2024 national elections, here's a selection of our cover stories from the last five years that evaluate Narendra Modi and his BJP government’s performance in different spheres.

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🧵[2/10] Our June 2023 cover story by @nileenams documents how under the Modi government, the Directorate of Enforcement has been in the limelight, conducting flashy raids and dramatic arrests. The agency has been going after anyone and anything the government sees as a threat, including media houses and NGOs. “The intention is not to end corruption, but to end the opposition,” Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel said.
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🧵[3/10] @EramAgha's March 2023 profile of the external affairs minister demonstrates how S Jaishankar is helping Modi rebrand Indian foreign policy in Hindu nationalist terms. “As a result,” Agha writes, “a considerable amount of energy is spent denouncing international reports that question the shrinking of democracy or raise questions about Modi’s past as interference in India’s ‘internal matters.’”
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Feb 25, 2023
#DelhiViolence | Today marks three years since anti-Muslim violence unfolded in northeast Delhi.

Here is a master thread of our coverage—ground reports, testimonies of survivors and in-depth investigations into the BJP and the Delhi Police’s complicity in the violence.
On 23 Feb 2020, a clash between a Hindu mob that gathered at Maujpur and anti-CAA protesters, who had occupied the road at the Jafrabad metro, marked the beginning of over three days of communal violence in the national capital.

@sagar_reporter: bit.ly/2O4UAXf
The then deputy commissioner Ved Prakash Surya’s passive demeanour next to BJP leader Kapil Mishra seemed to send a clear message—the latter’s threats of violence had the support of the Delhi Police. #DelhiViolence

@Prabhtalks reports: bit.ly/2YpWm7Y
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⚡ Ramdev lifting Arnab Goswami off the ground as a feat of strength. Rahul Kanwal skipping rope with a union minister.

How did TV news get here?

In our latest #CaravanCollections, we bring you a selection of stories on the nation’s biggest outlets that help answer this:
From 2015, Krishn Kaushik’s (@Krishn_) definitive profile of NDTV, which, among other things, has produced many star anchors that came to define television news.

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The biggest question confronting India on COVID is: how many people died? What we know is that in four months, between April and July 2021, the plague caused more deaths among Indian citizens than any invasion by enemy forces could have inflicted.

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In the absence of data from India’s Sample Registration System, scientists have had to rely on alternative approaches to estimate COVID-19 mortality. India’s official COVID-19 death count is under half a million.

@VidyaKrishnan’s March 2022 cover story: bit.ly/3IDZ0eY
On 6 January this year, Science magazine published a study whose lead author, Prabhat Jha, is one of the world’s renowned epidemiology professors.

The study put India’s total death toll between 3.1 million and 3.4 million.

@VidyaKrishnan writes: bit.ly/3IDZ0eY
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