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Reviewing the Reviews: Barely two stars for Gulaab Gang Posted on 10 Mar,2014 | under BLOGS The week’s other release Queen opened to universal acclaim but Gulaab Gang could barely manage two star ratings

Ranjona Banerji: Journalists under attack Posted on 07 Mar,2014 | under BLOGS The attack on former Hindu editor-in-chief Siddharth Varadarajan’s caretaker is disturbing and must be condemned, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Endless political coverage on TV can be tedious Posted on 04 Mar,2014 | under BLOGS Rather than reporting on the news and commenting on outcomes, our TV news channels have opted for a paparazzi predatory mode

Reviewing the Reviews: Critics divided on Shaadi Ke Side Effects Posted on 03 Mar,2014 | under BLOGS The ratings for Shaadi Ke Side Effects went from two to three, but mostly hovered at 2.5, notes Deepa Gahlot

Ranjona Banerji: Survey results are not gospel Posted on 28 Feb,2014 | under BLOGS Ranjona Banerji on the News Express sting, the story on the junketeering Karnataka MLA and why Scroll.in is a must-read

Time to call Minster’s bluff. 6.5/10 performance by UPA-run I&B ministry Posted on 25 Feb,2014 | under BLOGS Pradyuman Maheshwari reacts to the many claims made by the MIB in a ‘Bharat Nirman’ series ad

Ranjona Banerji: How the media is everyone’s whipping boy Posted on 25 Feb,2014 | under BLOGS General criticism of the media and of journalists has to be accepted as par for the course, writes Ranjona Banerji

Reviewing the Reviews: Mostly 2.5 stars as Highway disappoints critics Posted on 24 Feb,2014 | under BLOGS Most critics were disappointed with Imtiaz Ali’s Highway and stayed with 2.5 stars with the highest being four, notes Deepa Gahlot

Ranjona Banerji: Nothing’s changed in a no news week! Posted on 19 Feb,2014 | under BLOGS Ranjona Banerji has spent the last few days in Munnar with no internet connectivity and access to news, television and social media

Ranjona Banerji: Don’t support Modi and get damned! Posted on 11 Feb,2014 | under BLOGS The credibility crisis for the media has worsened after the revelations of the Niira Radia tapes and the conversations of Barkha Dutt and Vir Sanghvi with the lobbyist and PR person, writes Ranjona Banerji

Reviewing the Reviews: Mostly 2.5-3 stars for ‘Hasee Toh Phasee’ Posted on 10 Feb,2014 | under BLOGS There were unreserved raves for lead actress Parineeti Chopra and just a little less appreciation for Sidharth Malhotra and Manoj Joshi

Ranjona Banerji: Falling caliber of editors & the crisis in news media Posted on 07 Feb,2014 | under BLOGS The Press Club Mumbai discussion on the crisis in journalism dealt with issues that concern most newsrooms today: owner interference, weak business models and hence retrenchment, big business influence and the diminishing role of the editor