How did India’s news channels become so full of hate?
The idea that the extreme hate on news TV is audience driven has little data to back it. On the other hand, there is plenty of data to show that hate in Indian media is top-down, driven by the government and media owners. Shoaib Daniyal writes.
I saw #WhileWeWatched last night and really, really recommend it. It’s an excellent documentary about #RavishKumar, the fearless, amazing #NDTV news presenter informing viewers of the lies they are being relentlessly told in #Modi’s #India around the 2019 election. The #nationalism and #Propanda on other channels is frightening, not least because identical to rhetoric elsewhere. Kumar resigned in 2022 and now does a #YoutubeChannel, living more or less in hiding.
This new documentary on Indian journalist Ravish Kumar, forced out of the profession for truth-telling, looks great. Can't wait for it to come to San Francisco, or to streaming: