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Hate speech in India: Media's rabble-rousing doesn't help cause, proves counter-productive to free speech

The problem of hate speech is compounded when propagated by members of the press. This is because unlike the situation where the person making the hate speech is a politician or an ordinary citizen/internet user, the media is expected to be comparatively neutral while reporting events.

Pakistan police fire tear gas at hardline Islamists blockading Islamabad; TV channels ordered to go off air during crackdown

Pakistani authorities ordered private television channels to go off air on Saturday during a police and paramilitary crackdown on Islamist protesters in the capital.

Arnab Goswami represents an era where individuals become synonymous with institutions

Arnab Goswami is among the pioneers of a media culture that kow-tows to the government, admonishes those who seek questions of it, castigates as anti-national those who criticise and speak against the majority voice.

Mehbooba Mufti-govt in Kashmir bans 5 news channels as they're 'promoting hatred' in Valley

The Jammu and Kashmir government has clamped down on five news channels for "fomenting’ trouble" in Kashmir Valley during the ongoing unrest that has left close to seventy people dead and thousands injured.

Cable operators in Kashmir asked to stop airing 5 channels which promoted 'feeling of enmity'

Cable TV operators in Kashmir were on Thursday directed by the authorities to stop airing five news channels as their programmes had allegedly caused law and order problems in the unrest-hit Valley and were promoting "enmity against the sovereignty of the state."

Is mobile phone the new symbol and conveyor of national conscience?

Has the ubiquitous mobile phone become the symbol and the conveyor of the national conscience? Made us less involved, turned us into mute and silent witnesses to injustice

Dhaka terror attack: PM Sheikh Hasina criticises TV channels for live coverage of crisis

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina criticised Bangladeshi TV channels over live telecast of the government's preparations during the Dhaka hostage crisis.

Tamil Nadu poll: Jaya Plus, Sun TV up political rivalry in backing parties

The channels are busy telecasting attacks on each other while showcasing achievements and poll promises of the parties.

JNU row: Delhi govt to file criminal cases against three TV channels

Delhi government has decided to take action against the TV channels who allegedly tampered the videos that showed Kanhaiya raising anti-national slogans

India is not in crisis; stop the moaning and whining and let's get on with our lives, shall we?

Media and its many not-always-splendid facets is just a passing fad, changing its underwear every day, leaving not even a bruise on the body politic of India.