RANJONA BANERJI

Ranjona Banerji: Why do politicians need to lecture journalism students Posted on 24 Nov,2020 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW The deification of paid politicians is one of many stumbling blocks in our search for an equitable society, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: The Joke’s On Us Posted on 20 Nov,2020 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW For fear of falling incomes and malicious action, many mainstream media outlets will hold even further back from criticism, even of the “positive” variety, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: No ‘personal liberty’ for Sidiqque Kappan? Posted on 17 Nov,2020 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW The irresponsibility of the Indian media is matched by the mixed messages from the Supreme Court of India on the Indian media, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Good News on Diwali? Posted on 13 Nov,2020 | under MEDIA Ranjona Banerji’s Diwali gift: all of us journalists need a good kick up our whatevers every now and then and then once again. Hmmm

Ranjona Banerji: Party propagandist Arnab Goswami’s plywood martyrdom Posted on 10 Nov,2020 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW Let Arnab Goswami play the Indian legal system on his own time and money and plot his plywood martyrdom with the help of his party and fellow propagandists, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: What about journalists punished for doing their job? Posted on 06 Nov,2020 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW There are endless examples of them. They are harassed, roughed up, manhandled, locked up. How many people and organisations bleating about freedom of the press then, asks Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Je suis hypocrite?! Posted on 03 Nov,2020 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW We are looking for a distraction from the mess in India today and we want to continue to demonise the “other”, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Imaginary green shoots everywhere Posted on 30 Oct,2020 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW The PR kitty is large and generous and far more expansive than the actual prospects for the Indian economy and indeed, the immediate Indian economy itself, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Republic TV: Journalism, Bad/ Annoying Journalism or no Journalism at all? Posted on 27 Oct,2020 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW Is Republic TV a journalistic enterprise at all? It may employ journalists or former journalists but in its very core, in its practice, in its behaviour and its presentation, it is an assault on the very notion of journalism, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Murky journey over India’s TRP fraud gets filthy Posted on 20 Oct,2020 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW “Republic TV takes its cue from its boss, Arnab Goswami and he is the chief perpetrator of allegations and lies. It is not possible to soft-soap this”, writes Ranjona Banerji

Much black in the lentils? Posted on 16 Oct,2020 | under COLUMNS The continuing oppression of free speech, dissent, disagreement and threats to social and political status quos has no apparent end in India, writes Ranjona Banerji

One More Nail in Journalism’s Coffin Posted on 13 Oct,2020 | under MEDIA Not even the worst yellow, gutter, ambulance-chasing, tabloid journalism of the past can compare to what these television channels do, writes Ranjona Banerji