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The TRP trap: Media seems to have hit the self-destruct button

A weakened media at war with itself is an ideal situation for the establishment to step in

Mumbai Police names Republic TV in TRP racket, Goswami threatens defamation

Those responsible, Mumbai Police Commissioner said, would be arrested, be it a director, promoter or any other employee of the channel

Cong spokesperson urges I&B ministry to restore 'civility' in TV debates

Congress spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill on Thursday urged the Information and Broadcasting Ministry to take steps to restore "civility" in television debates and pitched for issuance of an advisory to enforce a code of conduct by news channels. In a letter to I&B minister Prakash Javadekar, Shergill said it is imperative to restore civility through a code of conduct in order to "tame the slanderous beast" that television debates have become. "Constant interruptions coupled with toxic and defamatory smears impact the mental and physical well-being of all individuals on the panel," he said in the letter. The Congress' senior spokesperson Anand Sharma shared concerns expressed by Shergill over the alleged "damage done by competitive sensationalism in the media". "The brazen violation of NBA (News Broadcasters Association) guidelines and code need honest reflection and course correction," he tweeted. The letter by Shergill comes a day after the death of Congress leader and spokesperson

Nepal partially lifts ban imposed on Indian private news channels

On Thursday, cable television operators stopped the transmission of all Indian private news channels except Doordarshan, accusing them of airing reports hurting Nepal's national sentiment.

We will get into electronic media, says RPSG chairman Sanjiv Goenka

Digital will be a crucial arm of the media. I am not sure whether it will be at the cost of print, but it will acquire importance. It is definitely being consumed, says RPSG Chairman

Galwan clash: Indian newspapers, websites not accessible in China

Though Chinese newspapers and websites continue to be accessible in India, people in China can only access the Indian media websites with Virtual Private Network (VPN) server.

Feeding into the feedback

The democratisation of social media carries with it the understanding that its users will be responsible. For this reason it is less regulated than print or television media

Sonia Gandhi writes to PM, suggests measures to fight Covid-19 outbreak

Suspend Central Vista project, stop media advertisements to save money to fight Covid-19, Sonia Gandhi wrote in her letter to PM Modi

DD viewership grew 16% in 2019 riding on network's English news channel

DD Network's total viewership increased from 492 billion minutes in 2018 to 573 billion minutes in 2019, up 16 per cent, the BARC data showed.

Best of BS Opinion: Italy locks down, branded generics market, and more

From why analysing state Budgets can be a challenging exercise to how the success of fact-checkers lies in the failure of journalism, here's a selection of Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day

I&B ministry lifts 48-hour ban on two-Kerala-based channels: Report

Sources said the two channels had written to the ministry seeking revocation of the bans, following which it was lifted

Letter to BS: Indian news channels are busy fostering hatred and negativity

The incidents of violence have traumatised the nation and raised a question mark over the role the news channels could have played by moderating the whole fiasco

Why I do not watch TV news anymore

That Indian TV news viewer prefers the viciousness on display in top channels is a worrisome trend

Too much information

Why do we need two parliamentary TV channels?