Post Tagged with: "Godi Media"

Pretending democracy

Pretending democracy

Only recently, the Chief Minister of Goa warned the people of the State in rough and ready terms: ‘I will not brook any criticism of the PM’.  In the ever-widening threat of trampling public discourse and media freedom, I pondered as to how long more one would be able to read a valid newspaper, or tune into critical news coverage[Read More…]

by 27/12/2022 Comments are Disabled India
Darkness at Noon

Darkness at Noon

When I heard about Ravish Kumar resigning from NDTV’s news channel, everything went dark for me though it was a bright and sunny afternoon. I have come to accept this darkness in the media world as I do the evening of my life. There is no future to think about but the present and its reigning darkness. With Ravish Kumar,[Read More…]

by 07/12/2022 Comments are Disabled India
Twitter: The first global Godi Media?

Twitter: The first global Godi Media?

We all know by now, the all too familiar term Godi Media. A media which has been purchased by a particular economic or ideological entity either explicitly through a formal accusation or through other ways of inducement or coercion. Either way, the media identity; be it a print medium or a digital one ceases to report or analyse news in[Read More…]

by 04/05/2022 Comments are Disabled World
The rise of ‘Godi Media’ in the U.S.!      

The rise of ‘Godi Media’ in the U.S.!      

In a recent exchange with a leading publisher of an ethnic Indian newspaper, I inquired why he hasn’t carried a news item on the Indian Americans protesting before the United Nations where Prime Minister Modi was addressing the General Assembly. The answer came swiftly back in a query whether the demonstration was anti-India! I responded in kind, saying protesting Modi[Read More…]

by 26/11/2021 Comments are Disabled India
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