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Titillating visuals, ‘witchcraft’ claims: TV news can’t get enough of ‘saas-daamaad love story’

Economies are crumbling, the world order is shifting, and unemployment is on its way up, but TV news in India has more urgent matters to attend to – dissecting the specifics of a relationship between a man and his would-be mother-in-law.

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‘Who’s the daddy? Tell us in comments’: News channels’ obsession with Meerut murder case

As the country reels from the bloodbath Donald Trump’s tariff unleashed on the market and consumers come to terms with increasing cooking gas prices, mainstream Hindi TV news channels turned their attention to a more pressing issue: establishing the paternity of an unborn child.

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Ganga purity study was shady from the start. But media amplified it unquestioned

On February 20, the Uttar Pradesh government issued a statement which quoted a Padma Shri awardee scientist to “debunk doubts” about the purity of Ganga water amid the Mahakumbh. This came days after the Central Pollution Control Board had pointed out that faecal coliform levels in the river were 13…

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Biden extends temporary status for immigrants from Ukraine, Venezuela

The US’s decision to renew the ‘temporary protected status’ comes as President-elect Trump prepares to take office.

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This voting bloc that transcends race, class, and gender handed Trump his victory, top pollster says

"They trust him to make a fundamental and meaningful, measurable difference in the way Washington works."

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Poll: Voters lean heavily towards Trump over Biden by 20% on immigration control

A poll from Decision Desk HQ/News Nation showed that 46% of respondents chose the presumptive GOP candidate, compared to 26% who backed Biden

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Videos deleted, YouTube channels defunct: What happens when Indian TV is accused of copyright violations

Several Indian news channels have allegedly deleted thousands of videos over the last few days to avoid penalties after copyright violation strikes – a legal process to remove copyrighted content – on YouTube. Most of these videos contained footage of natural disasters from across the globe.

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What is skip lagging? This controversial travel hack could save you lots of money - but also get you banned from airlines

This travel hack could work for you - but it comes at a different kind of cost...

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Assault, police harassment, even death: The lonely fight for press freedom in small-town India

When Shashikant Warishe received threats over his reporting, it didn’t frighten him.

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Michael Hiltzik: RFK Jr.'s town hall showed the folly of trying to fact-check quackery in real time

America's cable news networks seem determined to prove that old adage defining insanity as doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

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Odisha train mishap: As media points to ‘absconding’ official, railway says ‘factually incorrect’

With several media outlets claiming that a railway official named Amir Khan has gone missing amid the CBI’s probe into the Balasore train mishap, the South Eastern Railway has clarified that this is “factually incorrect”.

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Alien spacecraft allegations suggest the Pentagon has approved conspiracy theories – about itself

Claims the US government has secretly retrieved crashed alien spacecraft and their non-human occupants are hardly new. They are firmly entrenched in post-war American UFO lore and conspiracy theory, inspiring the most famous narrative in ufology: the “Roswell incident”.

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Another non-bailable warrant against Deepak Chaurasia in POCSO case

A POCSO court in Gurugram has again issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against Zee News anchor Deepak Chaurasia after he failed to appear before it because he was "required to interview Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath” on the day of the hearing on February 4.

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Days after Aditi Tyagi's exit, Deepak Chaurasia joins Zee News

Former News Nation anchor Deepak Chaurasia has joined Zee News as a consulting editor and anchor, according to an email sent to the channel’s staff on Tuesday.

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In Lucknow, 2 FIRs against SP media cell’s Twitter account over a week

The Samajwadi Party media cell’s Twitter account has been named in two FIRs, filed in Lucknow within less than 10 days of each other, for allegedly posting offensive tweets. While the first complaint was filed by a journalist who is seen as being close to the BJP on November 23,…

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Journalist files complaint against SP, cops arrest scribe who alleged News Nation ‘anti-Muslim diktat’

Lucknow Police arrested former News Nation journalist Anil Yadav over a complaint filed by another journalist against the Samajwadi Party media cell’s Twitter handle. Yadav was earlier in the news for his allegations that the channel had issued instructions to reporters to not be critical of the BJP and to…

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Deepak Chaurasia set for TV return with Bharat Express show

TV news veteran Deepak Chaurasia, who left News Nation amid controversial circumstances at the end of last year, will return to the screen come the new year. He has landed a primetime show on Bharat Express, a new media venture founded by Upendra Rai, a journalist who held managerial positions…

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Warrant against Deepak Chaurasia for ‘intentionally avoiding’ POCSO trial

Irked over his absence, a special POCSO court in Gurugram has now issued directions that anchor Deepak Chaurasia should be arrested under a non-bailable warrant on or before November 21 – the next date of hearing. The court has also issued similar directions for Lalit Singh Badgurjar, a reporter.

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How did India beat Pakistan at Melbourne? Thanks to aliens, says News Nation

All news channels have their pet interests. Times Now and Republic spent months on Sushant Singh Rajput and Rhea Chakraborty. TV9 Bharatvarsh offered wall to wall coverage of the Russia-Ukraine war. And News Nation has quietly devoted itself to aliens.

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Republic TV vs Times Now: Who is right about ED’s TRP scam chargesheet?

Republic TV spent much of Thursday’s airtime on one “big story”: the Enforcement Directorate’s chargesheet in the TRP scam. The TV news channel stressed the point, repeatedly, that the central agency had issued a clean chit to Republic TV and found its rival Times Now guilty instead.

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RSS leader, travel agent, Bihar politician: Meet India’s media maulanas

As endless loops of verbal conflicts play out on TV screens, you might have noticed a few essential ingredients of a TRP-grabbing formula: a communal frame, a bigoted anchor, a Hindutva proponent, an irritable maulana, plenty of snide remarks and whataboutery.

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TRP scam: ED says ‘irregularities vis a vis Times Now’ need to be investigated

In its ongoing investigation into the alleged TRP scam, the Enforcement Directorate has found certain households enrolled to measure TV viewership ratings had been paid to watch India Today and News Nation.

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‘When is your show facing probe?’: Republic now targets Rahul Kanwal in campaign against India Today

The media offensive by Republic TV against India Today is far from over, with the channel now targeting anchor Rahul Kanwal over the TRP scam. This comes days after the enforcement directorate gave a clean chit to Republic channels while saying that it had come across “leads that certain households…

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 237: Mukesh Ambani’s News Nation stake, Bihar youth’s arrest

In this episode, host Nidhi Suresh is joined by Newslaundry reporters Ayush Tiwari and Basant Kumar.

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TV Newsance 187: The Hindu-Muslim playbook exposed

This week, Anil Yadav, a former News Nation reporter in Lucknow exposed the inner workings of TV news channels, explaining how many of them function as the propaganda arm for Narendra Modi and Yogi Adityanath, attack the opposition and spare the BJP, and actively demonise Muslims. We review the coverage…

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