Anu fisks an NDTV article that sees bright days ahead for India science because a ‘dream team’ has now assumed office at the top of the ministry:
If there is to be team that dares to dream science for India, it will first question the way we raise our children, the way families answer their questions, [...]
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‘Council of Sons-in-law and Relatives’ and other dream teams
Published by June 3rd, 2009 in Corruption, Education, Environment, Government, Media, NDTV, Policy and Science & Technology. 1 CommentPeddling opinions over polls
Published by April 7th, 2009 in Democracy, General Elections 2009, Media, NDTV and Politics. 0 CommentsVinod Sharma picks huge holes in two recent opinion polls conducted by two prominent television channels:
As is evident from the analysis above, both the opinion polls have attempted to project the Congress as doing very well in the key state of Andhra Pradesh. CNN-IBN, in one of its polls, actually shows a near 4% swing [...]
The real face of NDTV?
Published by February 4th, 2009 in Blogging, Democracy, Human Rights, Media and NDTV. 2 CommentsHrishi asks if this is the real face of NDTV?
But, NDTV, shame on you. You could just as easily have posted your side of the story, instead of these underhand dealings. My respect for you would have grown. What’s the difference between you and a local goon? I guess, only the language used to intimidate [...]
Mid-Day: ‘Why blogs are angry on Burka Dutt?’
Published by February 3rd, 2009 in Blogging, Democracy, Human Rights, India, Internet, Justice, Media and NDTV. 0 CommentsFinally, one mainstream publication has picked up the story. We salute the Mid-Day and B.F.Firos for publishing this report on the NDTV/Kunte issue:
Call it a war between a Goliath and many Davids! Blogs are up in arms against NDTV’s Barkha Dutt after the TV channel sued a blogger who attacked her coverage of Mumbai terror [...]
The Hoot’s non-response on the NDTV/Kunte issue
Published by February 3rd, 2009 in Blogging, Democracy, Human Rights, India, Internet, Justice, Media and NDTV. 0 CommentsThe HOOT responds with a non-response and what seems like a judgement:
A blogger indulged in some abusive free speech about Barkha Dutt’s reporting of the Mumbai seige. And invited a legal notice for defamation from NDTV. The Hoot presents the original offending post, and its subsequent withdrawal.
The blogosphere has come out unreservedly in [...]
More free lessons for NDTV
Published by February 3rd, 2009 in Blogging, Democracy, Human Rights, Internet, Media and NDTV. 0 CommentsCyril Gupta is ‘disgusted with NDTV’:
For a channel that purports to stand for ‘free expression’ and whose reporters/anchors can be often seen making negative statements about politicians and issues all and sundry without immediately flashing relevant proof to back up their claim, this act is not only unwarranted, it’s downright heinous.
You MUST check the cartoon [...]
NDTV: ‘Your viewers are your distributors now’
Published by February 3rd, 2009 in Blogging, Democracy, Human Rights, Media and NDTV. 0 CommentsAnachronism says he does not ‘hate/loathe/despise NDTV or any of it’s affiliated networks’ nor does he harbour ‘personal grudges against Barkha Dutt, i am merely “disappointed” that she let me down’:
This is the blog post which led to Chyetanya Kunte being served a legal notice. I’ve put it up for those who haven’t read [...]
NDTV: ‘We have nothing against freedom of speech or opinion’
Published by February 2nd, 2009 in Blogging, Human Rights, Justice, Media and NDTV. 1 CommentPradyuman Maheshwari, who used to run Mediaah!, the blog-based media site which had been involved in a legal situation with the Times group a few years ago, offers his views on the Kunte/NDTV issue:
As someone who has had to pay much in legal fees for what I have written on a weblog, I do realise [...]
Manasi, while finding Kunte unnecessarily melodramatic, opinionated and given to unwarranted descriptions, thinks NDTV’s actions, from a more human perspective, have little justification:
I am reminded of a case in 2006 of Erik Ringmar, a lecturer from the London School of Economics, whose blog sparked a fiery debate. His book, A Blogger’s Manifesto, describes the story [...]
Happy hunting, Barkha Dutt
Published by February 2nd, 2009 in Blogging, Democracy, Human Rights, Media and NDTV. 0 CommentsChandni is disappointed with Barkha Dutt:
But more than anything else, I am outraged at this bullying of the bloggers, of curbing our freedom of expression, we the bloggers, common men and women.
And I am particularly sad that this step has been taken by Ms. Dutt, who is a journalist herself, and scrutinizes the lives and [...]
‘Now go on and sue every blogger on the internet’
Published by February 2nd, 2009 in Blogging, Democracy, Human Rights, Media and NDTV. 2 CommentsSita on NDTV’s lack of foresight:
A lone blogger is not a lone blogger. Not anymore
Their reasoning is simple. If we can send a 35 page legal notice to a poor lone blogger what can he do. Poor felow will have no option but to take down the article and publish a public apology for saying [...]
An open letter to Barkha Dutt
Published by February 1st, 2009 in Blogging, Democracy, Human Rights, Media and NDTV. 1 CommentSudipta, youngest Blogbhartian, offers some wise counsel for Barkha Dutt:
In short, you have asked everyone to not express themselves freely, and not to speak their mind. You, Barkha, have embraced the very reason every tyrant in history has found to justify his or her tyranny: for their own good, and to use unlimited power to [...]
NDTV, a lesson from Fox News
Published by February 1st, 2009 in Blogging, Human Rights, Media and NDTV. 0 CommentsShubho rightly points out that freedom of speech can’t be selective:
The incidence is startling. Not only because it has exposed the malevolent side of the imposing face of NDTV, India’s largest private television production house but also because the incident has exposed how a prime television media house and its famed Managing Editor can become [...]
STOP WATCHING NDTV
Published by February 1st, 2009 in Blogging, Human Rights, Media and NDTV. 0 CommentsBoycottndtv tells you why:
He may not be perfect, like none of us is either. Perhaps he doesn’t get his facts right at times — not that I know for certain that he doesn’t. Perhaps on occasion he may appear to be driven by prejudice, or illogic or unreason — again, not that I know that [...]
NDTV: the loss of irony
Published by January 31st, 2009 in Blogging, Human Rights, Media and NDTV. 1 CommentA media house suing someone for exercising his freedom of speech- Kishore seems amused at the loss of irony:
Talk about corporate own-goals. Or worse, loss of irony. Blogger Chyetanya Kunte appears to have been coerced into making “an unconditional apology to Ms. Barkha Dutt, Managing Editor, English News, NDTV Limited and to NDTV Limited, for the [...]
Barkha Dutt Padh Legi!
Published by January 31st, 2009 in Blogging, Human Rights, Media and NDTV. 3 CommentsMad Momma voices what we all feel- we shall not be silenced:
After a long time I blog with a very heavy heart. We’ve spoken about mainstream media robbing images and ideas and plagiarising from blogs. But this takes the cake. Mainstream media targets a single blogger for his opinion of their reporting. This considering not [...]
‘Shoddy Intimidation’
Published by January 31st, 2009 in Blogging, Human Rights, Media and NDTV. 4 CommentsWill that make up for shoddy performance? NDTV, you’ve lost the plot.
Rahul is happy that his non-friend from college is taking on the enemy, finally:
Anyway, the main criticism that I saw everywhere was that your coverage of the movements of the police, army, commandos and others was aiding the enemy. So I was happy to [...]
NDTV, listen to the defiance
Published by January 30th, 2009 in Blogging, Human Rights, Media and NDTV. 19 CommentsWith one clueless stroke, you’ve reduced yourself to a mere big business, a bully. I guess that’s defamatory of big business. It actually displays more imagination than to ever sue current or potential customers. Never sue the people. If the Tatas or Ambanis or Birlas had forgotten that, ever, there wouldn’t be any Tatas or [...]
CKunte vs NDTV: In the matter of ’shoddy journalism’
Published by January 29th, 2009 in Blogging, India, Media and NDTV. 6 CommentsFollowing the controversy of blogger Chyetanya Kunte apologising to NDTV for his blog post, Vijayendra writes an open letter to NDTV:
You won’t achieve anything by getting one blogger to withdraw what he typed in the heat of anger. Just like the government of India wouldn’t have achieved anything by blocking one TV news channel.
You are [...]
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