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Ranjona Banerji: Pointless debates on News TV Posted on 24 May,2013 | under BLOGS Perhaps our news channels should start discussion issues like whether the sun should start rising from the West, suggests Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Time to be less gullible, dear sports journalist? Posted on 21 May,2013 | under BLOGS Sports journalists have maximum access and it is about time they dumped their rose-tinted spectacles for some eyewear that is a bit less gullible, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: All eyes on cricket’s royal mess Posted on 17 May,2013 | under BLOGS The Indian Premier League has always carried controversy around like a proud badge but cheating perhaps crosses a limit that it will have to work hard to recover from, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Pakistan anchors – easy and more professional! Posted on 14 May,2013 | under BLOGS Have to admit that they seemed to be professional, easy in their skin and demonstrated a sense of humour as elections results came in, writes Ranjona Banerji of Pakistani news TV anchors

Ranjona Banerji: Same guests, diff’rent channels Posted on 09 May,2013 | under BLOGS As the Karnataka election results were announced, News TV were full of election experts – many of who were common to all channels, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Why I have stopped watching primetime News TV Posted on 07 May,2013 | under BLOGS The first thing TV news needs to do is get rid of those now pointless debates as they serve no purpose and have stopped being amusing any more, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: What News TV producers want India to think Posted on 03 May,2013 | under BLOGS It is the media’s first responsibility to be responsible and objective in the way it presents its stories. By all means use Sarabjit as an example but to make him a martyr and to push governments into giving him state honours is stretching too many limits, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: When journalists get taken for a ride Posted on 30 Apr,2013 | under BLOGS As a fraternity, we have been unable to protect ourselves from the shenanigans of our employers, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Time to junk ‘exclusive’ tag Posted on 26 Apr,2013 | under BLOGS It is about time that this whole ‘exclusive’ angle of a story is junked unless there is incontrovertible proof that it is so, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Medianet mars trendsetting paper Posted on 23 Apr,2013 | under BLOGS It is also true that within the media, The Times of India has become a trendsetter. Good or bad, if the group does it, the rest of the media houses follow suit, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Move over FBI, NIA: Indian TV news can solve both Boston and Bengaluru bombings! Posted on 19 Apr,2013 | under BLOGS Our news TV channels knew who and how the Boston and Bengaluru bombings happened, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Disturbing account, but a pleasure to watch Posted on 16 Apr,2013 | under BLOGS Headlines Today’s investigative report into the Gujarat riots of 2002 based on police wireless reports, impresses Ranjona Banerji