Tag: electronic media

Supreme Court must look into regulating digital media before electronic media: Centre

'Digital media has faster reach, potential to become viral due to apps like WhatsApp and Facebook,' the Centre said in an affidavit.

September 17, 2020

Mainstream glory

Someday, someone somewhere will make the Indian Olympic Association and the government of the day answer why they simply fooled around with sport in this country for decades, replacing honesty of purpose and functional sincerity with bombast, platitudes and the very cheap ploy of playing to the gallery. The question arises because Indian sport is …

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November 7, 2018

‘Channels’ run amuck

Not for nothing is she still known as Nirbhaya ~ though close to six years have elapsed since the horrific sexual assault that ultimately took her life. So was it really necessary for the apex court to have to drive home what every rookie reporter and “sub” ought to learn during his/her initial journalistic training? …

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August 4, 2018

Dignity devalued

Publicity, even negative, is the life-blood of show-business. And that furnishes valid reason for sections of the electronic media to introspect on the sharp criticism of the manner in which the more popular television channels reported the death of the film star, Sridevi. It has long been standard practice for loud-mouth anchors (male and female) …

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March 1, 2018