RANJONA BANERJI

Ranjona Banerji: Basic journalism anyone? Posted on 11 May,2021 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW … which has sadly been forgotten in these days of selfies and hagiography, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Media houses as publicity agents Posted on 07 May,2021 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW When your “source” is a political party with an agenda to spread lies or to create sectarian divides, is that a source, asks Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: EC as a watchdog of democracy? Ha ha ha! Posted on 04 May,2021 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW Forget irony. This is outright dictatorship. That the Election Commission, the ‘watchdog” of Indian democracy, wanting the fourth pillar of democracy to be disallowed from reporting to the people of India observations made by the Third Arm of our Constitutional system, writes Ranjona Banerji

Upset, very upset! Posted on 30 Apr,2021 | under COLUMNS The Government of India is upset that the international media is not dancing to its tunes, writes Ranjona Banerji

All Praise for Thy Great Leader Posted on 27 Apr,2021 | under COLUMNS If the government is upset that people are ungratefully dying, gasping for oxygen, medicines & hospitals, can its high-profile saviours & enablers be far behind, asks Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Right-wing media is exceptionally stupid! Posted on 23 Apr,2021 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW It is truly cringe-worthy to see our major “news” channels continuing with their Modi publicity campaigns, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Finally, Indian media is calling the government out Posted on 20 Apr,2021 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW When it comes to our more famous names, it is business as usual. Mild criticism of the absolute mess that the Modi government has made of the second wave of Covid is linked to some comment by a member of the Congress party so as to play the criticism down, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Do we wait for annihilation Posted on 16 Apr,2021 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW Although there are strong indications that the Indian print media and India’s digital media practise real journalism and some individual TV reporters have gone above and beyond, when it comes to our stars, what can one expect, asks Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: No questions on Kumbh? Posted on 13 Apr,2021 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW All the newsworthy situations in Uttarakhand are dire: Covid, vaccine shortages. forest fires, the open flouting of Covid norms at Kumbh, writes Ranjona Banerji

Second Waves of Praising Modi Posted on 09 Apr,2021 | under MEDIA Oour colleagues on killing beats like health in the middle of a pandemic get shortchanged by their own community, writs Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Awards underlining all that’s wrong with India’s journalism Posted on 06 Apr,2021 | under COLUMNS The actual journalism was done by individual journalists, a few of whom within these “awarded” newsrooms but most were independent or worked with print and digital platforms, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: No nationwide strategy on Covid & vaccination? Posted on 31 Mar,2021 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW The problem is, the mainstream cheerleading media does not clarify what exactly Modi works hard at… definitely not on pandemic control, writes Ranjona Banerji