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What is #RBIvsGovt all about? This episode of Reporters Without Orders with Business Standard's assistant editor Arup Roychoudhury, Newslaundry's Amit Bhardwaj, Gaurav Sarkar and Cherry Agarwal has the details. The panel is joined by Prem Shankar Mishra, senior correspondent with Navbharat Times Lucknow, to discuss discrepancies in teacher recruitment in Uttar Pradesh and the impact of his story.The discussion starts with Arup talking about the rift between the Reserve Bank of India and the government. Speaking about RBI's independence, Arup explains that RBI's autonomy is without any legal backing. Weighing in on media's coverage of economic policy, he adds, “The general channels don’t have the bandwidth or intelligence to cover this." Prem joins the panel to speak about developments in the teacher recruitment scam following his story. As matters stand, the High Court has taken cognisance of the issue. Speaking about an issue that got more attention than it deserved, Amit says that the Ayodhya dispute was over-reported in the media. He adds that sections of the media also misreported the issue, which was hyped without much context.Gaurav talks about a recent incident in Bihar, where an 80-year-old Muslim man was lynched and burned by a mob. This found little coverage in mainstream media, Gaurav tells the panel. Meanwhile, he says, the Statue of Unity got more coverage than it deserved.Cherry talks about how the New York Times' Pakistan edition skipped publishing a critical op-ed piece by Mohammed Hanif. The article was about Asia Bibi's acquittal. She also talks about Arnab Goswami’s appointment to the Nehru Memorial Museum & Library and killing of five Bengali-speaking men in Assam's Tinsukia.For this and more, listen up!

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दंतेवाड़ा में हुआ नक्सली हमला, पाकिस्तान में आसिया बीबी के ईशनिंदा मामले पर सुप्रीम कोर्ट का फैसला और पाकिस्तानी अवाम का विरोध, राम मंदिर की सुनवाई की तारीख बढ़ने और हाशिमपुरा नरसंहार पर आया दिल्ली उच्च न्यायालय का फैसला आदि इस बार की एनएल चर्चा का विषय रहे.इस बार की चर्चा में दो खास मेहमानों ने टेलीफोन के जरिए हिस्सा लिया. इनमें हैदराबाद से पत्रकार मालिनी सुब्रमण्यम, जिन्होंने नक्सली इलाकों में काफी पत्रकारिता की है और साथ ही पाकिस्तान से बीबीसी के पूर्व पत्रकार हफीज चाचड़ शामिल हुए. इसके अलावा न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री के असिस्टेंट एडिटर राहुल कोटियाल, विशष संवाददाता अमित भारद्वाज भी शामिल रहे. चर्चा का संचालन न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री के कार्यकारी संपादक अतुल चौरसिया ने किया.चर्चा की शुरुआत करते हुए अतुल चौरसिया ने दंतेवाड़ा में हुए नक्सली हमले और दूरदर्शन के कैमरामैन अच्युतानंद साहू की मौत पर दुख व्यक्त करते हुए कहा कि ऐसे किसी भी हिंसाग्रस्त इलाके में काम करने वाले पत्रकारों की क्या चुनौतियां हैं, जो पत्रकार वहां जा रहे है उनको किन बातों का ध्यान रखना चाहिए? यह बड़ा प्रश्न है. इसके जवाब में मालिनी सुब्रमण्यम ने कहा, “यह बहुत ही बड़ा घटना है. और इस बात पर दोनों पक्षों को, सरकार और माओवादी, सफाई देने की जरूरत है. हालांकि माओवादियों ने एक पर्चा जारी कर कहा है कि- “पत्रकारों पर हमला करने का उनका कोई उद्देश्य नहीं था. उन्होंने पुलिस के ऊपर हमला किया था. जैसे ही उन्होंने पुलिस को देखा तो हमला कर दिया. इस हमले को लेकर प्रपोगेंडा चलाया जा रहा है कि माओवादियों ने पत्रकारों को निशाना बनाया. उन्हें बिलकुल भी पत्रकारों के बारे में नहीं था पता था.”अतुल ने पुलिस और पत्रकारों के साथ होने की ओर ध्यान खींचते हुए सवाल किया कि क्या पत्रकारों को ऐसे युद्धरत इलाकों में किसी भी एक पार्टी (सुरक्षा बल या माओवादी) के साथ रिपोर्टिंग के लिए जाना चाहिए? क्योंकि वहां किसी एक पार्टी के साथ होने की सूरत में रिपोर्टर खुद ब खुद दूसरी पार्टी के निशाने पर आ जाते हैं. मालिनी ने डीडी के पत्रकारों द्वारा की गई एक चूक बताया. उनके मुताबिक पत्रकार को स्वतंत्र रूप से ऐऐसे इलाकों में जाना चाहिए. पुलिस चाहे कितनी भी संख्या में हो, पत्रकार के साथ होना खतरे का सबब है.इसी चर्चा को आगे बढ़ते हुए राहुल कोटियाल का एक सवाल आया कि यह जो घटना घटी है, क्या इसको एक छोटी-मोटी घटना मान लिया जाये या फिर इसमें कोई बड़ा संदेश छिपा है? मालिनी ने जवाब में कहा, “इसमें से एक संदेश पत्रकारों को लिए है. एंबुश आए दिन होते रहते हैं. तो ऐसे इलाकों में पत्रकारों की अपनी पहचान के साथ जाना होगा. जैसा कि माओवादियों ने भी कहा है कि कोई पत्रकार चुनाव कवर करने आ रहा है, वह स्वतंत्र होकर आए. किसी भी तरह की सुरक्षा न ले.”न्यूज़लांड्री के रिपोर्टर अमित भारद्वाज ने एक नए पहलू की पर रोशनी डालते हुए सवाल किया कि दरगा कमेटी द्वारा जारी चिट्ठी, जिसमें माओवादियों ने पत्रकारों और चुनाव कर्मियों से कहा कि वो आयें चुनाव कवर करें, चुनाव प्रक्रिया में शामिल हों लेकिन बिना सुरक्षाबलों के। हम उन्हें क्षति नहीं पहुंचाएंगे, लेकिन वहीं दूसरी तरफ अटैक करते हैं। तो क्या इसमें विरोधाभाष नजर नहीं आता? जिसके जवाब में मालिनी ने कहा कि हर पक्ष स्वयम को बचाने की कोशिश कर रहा है।इस विषय के आखिर में अतुल ने कहा कि डीडी न्यूज़ के पत्रकारों की तरफ से यह बड़ी चूक हुई है. दुनिया भर के संघर्षरत इलाकों में, युद्धग्रस्त इलाकों में रिपोर्टिंग के लिए जाने वाले पत्रकारों को एक स्पष्ट गाइडलाइंस फॉलो करने की जरूरत है. उन्हें क्या करना है, क्या नहीं करना है, इसकी स्पष्ट समझ होनी चाहिए. यह ज़िम्मेदारी पत्रकारिता संस्थानों की भी है कि वे ऐसे पत्रकारों को व्यापक प्रशिक्षण देकर ही युद्धरत इलाकों में रिपोर्टिंग के लिए भेजें.पैनल की विस्तृत राय जानने और अन्य मुद्दों के लिए सुनें पूरी चर्चा.

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In this week's NL Hafta, we're joined by former NDTV editor Hridayesh Joshi along with the regular Hafta gang of Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Anand Vardhan and Madhu Trehan. This week we discuss air pollution, the death of Doordarshan News cameraperson Achyuta Nanda Sahu who was killed in a Naxal attack, the new Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel statue, and a little more on publishing houses.An expert on subjects like climate change, Naxalism and politics, Hridayesh Joshi gives us interesting insight in this episode. Starting with air pollution, Joshi talks about various development schemes of the government like the Char Dham Yatra project, which led to the indiscriminate cutting of trees in Uttarakhand. Various nuances of climate change are touched upon. Joshi also tells us how the death of the Doordarshan News journalist was avoidable and how reporting from a Naxal zone has to be done while following certain cardinal rules.Hear Madhu Trehan speak on a not very decent tweet by Divya Spandana. She also tells us why "Sharam sabki utari hui hai' when it comes to politics and politicians. The panel also talks about Twitter obsessions and its hazardous effects. Will the coming elections be the dirtiest and the cheapest one we've seen yet? Have we normalised Gaali-Galoch in politics?This and more in the latest episode of NL Hafta!

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Each generation forged ahead in fighting misogynist forces.Read the article here: https://www.newslaundry.com/2018/10/29/metoo-in-newsrooms-battling-sexism-since-the-1960s

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In its 90th episode, The Awful and Awesome Entertainment Wrap takes you on an entertaining ride of some of the worst and best developments of the week. Our hosts Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen talk about two novels, latest shows on Netflix and an awful short film recommended for the mufatkhors!The Twice-Born: Life and Death on the Ganges is a novel written by Aatish Taseer whom Abhinandan calls one of the finest writers of his time. The book is about the Brahmin mind, Benaras, and modern politics. Another book discussed in this episode is Red Birds by Mohammed Hanif. The book is about America's war politics and its victims. Both books are highly recommended by our hosts.Taking a dive from a very highbrow discussion, Rajyasree takes us to Eros Now's latest drama series Smoke. A drama set in Goa and revolving around drugs, Rajyasree says Smoke is one of the most well-shot series and has a Narcos feel to it. The cast of this crime drama includes Tom Alter, Gulshan Devaiah, Kalki Koechlin and Jim Sarbh. Sen also thinks the series is as good as Sacred Games and has an Anurag Kashyap vibe to it.Moving on, we discuss Hasan Minhaj's latest series on Netflix, Patriot Act. Abhinandan and Rajyasree believe Hasan's style of stand-up comedy is different but quite predictable, unlike comedians like Stephen Colbert. With only two episodes out, maybe it's too early to judge what Patriot Act has in store but it's a remarkable feat for an American-Indian to have his own show on Netflix.Another recommendation coming from Netflix is BBC series Bodyguard starring Richard Madden and Keeley Hawes. They also discuss the latest trailer of Kedarnath starring Sara Ali Khan and Sushant Singh Rajput and how it was successful in piquing viewers' interest.The podcast also talks about a short film, The Playboy Mr Sawhney, which turned out to be a torturous watch. Listen to the full podcast to know why it's been highly recommended for our mufatkhors.

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This episode of Reporters Without Orders features a complete in-house panel comprising our host Cherry Agarwal, Newslaundry's intrepid reporters Prateek Goyal and Amit Bhardwaj, Gaurav Sarkar from the Newslaundry desk.The podcast kicks off with a discussion on air pollution and Delhi's deteriorating air quality. The panel also discusses media's coverage of the issue. Gaurav says that had the media given enough attention to this issue, a solution would have emerged. "A knee-jerk reaction won't solve the problem, air pollution has to be tackled head-on. We need proper investigative reports on climate change, including reports that track air quality over 10-15 years of time to find long-term solutions," Gaurav says.Prateek tells us that the drought situation in many parts of Maharashtra has been under-reported and issues like Rakhi Sawant's dramatic press conference are being over-reported. Issues like migration from drought-hit areas and human trafficking of young girls from these regions remain under-reported, Prateek adds. "Will the election year force the media to cover farmer distress and related issues? Will the politicians try to please the farmers just because it's election time? Amit asks.The panel also discusses the death of eight-year-old Mohammad Azeem at South Delhi’s Jamia Faridiya Madrasa. Amit tells the panel that it was not a case of mob lynching, as was being portrayed by sections of the media. For all this and more, listen up!

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It's been an exciting week in news, and we have an exciting panel in this episode of NL Hafta! We're joined by NDTV’s political editor and anchor of Reality Check, Sunetra Choudhary, with the regular Hafta gang of Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande and also Madhu Trehan, our editor-in-chief.The episode kicks off with the CBI versus CBI drama. Sunetra has been covering the CBI for a long time and gives us some insight into this case. We find out why this case is important and how it’s got all the ingredients that make up a good news story. Sunetra also tells us about talented BJP spokespersons who make appearances on NDTV. The panel then moves on to discuss Smriti Irani’s bizarre comment based on a piece of fake news. Madhu tells us how the Sabarimala issue has gotten out of hand and why no political party wants to irk the Ayyappa devotees in exchange for votes.This Hafta episode also continues the discussion on #MeToo and talks about Tavleen Singh and Seema Mustafa’s take on the issue. Is there no space for nuance in this movement?From Kashoggi’s gruesome murder to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s fake outrage and the West’s reaction to the case—Abhinandan shares his thoughts. In the context of Anil Ambani suing NDTV for ₹10,000 crore, Madhu is reminded of a Netflix documentary, Nobody Speak.The team also discusses Abhijit Iyer-Mitra’s recent arrest for his comments, and the irony of the entire episode.Finally, the Hafta gang discusses the dilemma of separating art from artist considering the recent developments in the wake of the #MeToo movement. Should we stop watching Woody Allen movies after he has been called out? Tune in to find out!

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This episode of Reporters Without Orders features our host Cherry Agarwal along with Prateek Goyal, Gaurav Sarkar, and our guests, Rajeev Sharma, senior journalist from Amritsar, and Ranjeet Jadhav, a reporter from Mid-Day. The discussion kicks off with Rajeev recounting the Amritsar train accident which left 61 people dead and several others injured. Rajeev shares details about what happened, local media's coverage of the accident, among other things. Gaurav speaks about his recent article on allegations of tax evasion and money laundering that have surfaced against former TV 18 promoter and current owner of The Quint, Raghav Bahl. Bahl allegedly made ₹114 crore out of an investment of ₹3.03 crore made in a penny stock company called PMC Fincorp. Speaking about challenges he faced while reporting on the story, Gaurav says, “Crunching the numbers would be the biggest challenge and trusting the source as well." Prateek then speaks about his report where he has documented a disabled woman’s three-year ordeal at the hands of the Army. A deaf and mute woman was allegedly repeatedly raped and harassed by four Army jawans between 2015 and 2017 at Military Hospital, Kirkee, in Pune. “The Army says that it comes under the civil case, which needs an FIR and the police say that in order to prepare the FIR, they need the permission from the Army to do the enquiry," Prateek says speaking about the lack of action in the case.The panel also discussed media reports about ‘man-eater’ tigress Avni. Speaking about media's reportage on wildlife and environment, Ranjeet says, “In India, there is no reporting that is done by different news organisations on such issues on a regular basis, which results in minimal awareness on the same." He adds, “Sadly when something sensational like continuous human kill comes up, they cover it.”For other reports, discussion on media's coverage of different issues and more, listen up!

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Seriously, this covers everything.Read the article here: https://www.newslaundry.com/2018/10/12/faq-sexual-harassment-workplace

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On this week’s episode of The Awful and Awesome Entertainment Wrap, our hosts Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss everything ranging from the first episode of the latest season’s Koffee with Karan, to the recently released movie Badhaai Ho, starring Ayushmann Khurrana and Sanya Malhotra.The Sensational Life & Death of Qandeel Baloch, a book written by Pakistani journalist Sanam Maher, the television show Styled by Neha, as well as two popular advertisements released recently during the festive season, are also spoken about.The episode kicks off with a discussion on Satam Maher’s book The Sensational Life & Death of Qandeel Baloch, based on the life of a Pakistani model and actress who was killed by her brother. “It’s an interesting read—especially during this #MeToo movement,” says Abhinandan.Rajyasree then weighs in on two television shows that are trending all over the commercial media space: they are Koffee with Karan and Styled by Neha. The sixth season of Koffee with Karan aired on Sunday night, and its first episode featured actresses Alia Bhatt and Deepika Padukone, who go on to discuss a lot of things—including their personal experiences with Ranbir Kapoor. Styled by Neha, a new show by Fox featuring former Miss India pageant Neha Dhupia, stylist and model Diva Dhawan, and celebrity make-up artist Elton Fernandez, is criticised by Rajyasree.Both hosts then talk about the recently released movie Badhaai Ho which deals with problems faced by a middle-class family when a mid-aged woman gets pregnant. “It is definitely worth a watch!,” said Rajyasree, and Abhinandan agrees with her.Moving on, Abhinandan and Rajyasree review two advertisements that have received a lot of limelight during this festive season; they are the Diwali special ad of Saregama Carvaan and Fortune Food’s controversial Durga Pooja advertisement.The discussion then shifts to the recent #MeToo allegations against Anu Malik, Sajid Khan and Chetan Bhagat, where our hosts take up different stances.Tune in to find out more.

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