RANJONA BANERJI

Ranjona Banerji: Journalists as publicity agents? Posted on 31 Mar,2020 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW When a senior TV personality uses the same example given by the head of the BJP’s IT cell to defend the government, eyebrows if not questions, are raised, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Melodrama Unlimited! Posted on 27 Mar,2020 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW The rumour mill tells me that Sreenivasan Jain is doing the best job on NDTV. Ravish Kumar’s fans are constant of course. And then you have the usual list of suspects whose main job is to stroke various BJP egos, writes Ranjona Banerji

So who do we trust for authentic news? Posted on 24 Mar,2020 | under MEDIA Stay safe. Believe no information until you have checked the source, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: The Divide on PM Modi’s speech Posted on 20 Mar,2020 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW I expect journalists to analyse the content of the speech instead of going goo-goo over the bells and whistles, writes Ranjona Banerji

Free, Fast & Factless Posted on 17 Mar,2020 | under MEDIA ‘News’ and ‘information’ about the latest virus spreads so fast and free, that it is impossible to sift fact from lies, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Covid-19: After the foolhardy nonchalance comes the panic Posted on 13 Mar,2020 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW It was the word “pandemic” that galvanised the world, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Coronation virus indeed! Posted on 11 Mar,2020 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW A diet of forwards does not increase either knowledge or good sense, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Has Indian media’s crawling sycophancy for 6 years rendered it incapable? Posted on 06 Mar,2020 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW Just when we need a strong media, our colleagues and their owners still flounder in messes of their own making, rues Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Fear and loathing Posted on 03 Mar,2020 | under MEDIA “We only have a handful of brave Indian journalists left. Who can blame them? Sedition charges flying freely, being attacked on the streets by murderous mobs often incited by your bosses in studios, detentions made for no reason,” writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Delhi riots coverage – objectivity by any standards? Posted on 28 Feb,2020 | under MEDIA Delhi’s five star “journalists” have fallen over themselves to try and prove that the violence in riots was evenly balanced between “this side and that side”, that is between Hindus and Muslims, writes Ranjona Banerji

An Almost Obituary for a Brave Media Posted on 25 Feb,2020 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW When the media reports on the ground reality and media commentators twist or ignore ground reports, you know how embedded the rot is, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Tragic. Despicable. Unethical Posted on 18 Feb,2020 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW That journalists should try and both further the police’s agenda as well as excuse police violence is both tragic and despicable, writes Ranjona Banerji