RANJONA BANERJI

Ranjona Banerji: The HuffPo Revelations… truly Pulitzer Prize-worthy Posted on 22 Nov,2019 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW If Parliament and the Judiciary are hamstrung by their severe inadequacies or lack of will or gumption, the onus falls on the media and the people, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Will anyone take HuffPost’s stunning expose on election funding controversies any further? Posted on 19 Nov,2019 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW “The Huffington Post investigation makes clear the manner in which the BJP government pushed through its opaque funding scheme, in spite of all misgivings by the RBI and others, is a clear pointer to how corruption has been given a chance to flourish,” writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Propaganda UnLtd Posted on 14 Nov,2019 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW What we are looking at is BJP propaganda on the scale discussed during the Trump election or during Brexit, writes Ranjona Banerji

Did the Indian media pass the journalism test with the Ayodhya verdict coverage? (+NewsStand) Posted on 11 Nov,2019 | under MEDIA Television let’s say is a gone case, but what about print, asks Ranjona Banerji. Plus a look at Page 1s of a cross-section of news dailies

Ranjona Banerji: Free Speech? Twitter? Bunkum! Posted on 08 Nov,2019 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW Like Facebook, Twitter has now shown itself to be one more easily malleable device for rightwing forces across the world, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Eat Carrots, Fight Pollution. Ha! Posted on 05 Nov,2019 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW What are Narendra Modi and the Centre doing is only asked by the few scant members of the anti-national media that remain, asks Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: End of Innocence on Social Media Posted on 01 Nov,2019 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW Enjoy your time on social media in the innocence that your innocence is not being interfered with, advises Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Sing(h)-ing the Wrong Right View! Posted on 25 Oct,2019 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW Why does a journalist with Bennett Coleman travel to the US  to take part in a US House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on human rights in South Asia and then sound like a spokesperson of the Government of India, asks Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: The press in India: 90% chamcha-coward, 5% fence-sitters, 5% courageous Posted on 22 Oct,2019 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW The Indian media will run away faster than Usain Bolt if it comes across a whistle-blower by mistake, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Cowards & Enablers Everywhere! Posted on 18 Oct,2019 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW Those who are brave enough to take on the BJP and its governments often pay a very hard price, from loss of livelihood to physical and mental abuse, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Fear and Stupidity with Economic Nobels and the Economy Posted on 15 Oct,2019 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW “The big questions for the media are: Is the Nobel prize real? Does it matter when anti-national Indians win something? Do anti-national Indians buy their way into awards and other such nonsense. Why do anti-national universities and anti-national parts of India get more such honours than rightwing BJP lovers?”, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Back to Modiji-land Posted on 11 Oct,2019 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW Carriers of destruction need a little superstition to save them from destruction, chuckles Ranjona Banerji as she’s back from a month-long holiday