Privileging JusticeHow Privilege Discourse Can Distort Social Justice With many discussing how Anne Frank had white privilege and 'Jojo Rabbit' was anti-Semitic, talking about privilege has never been more fraught. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Crashing the HypeThe Crypto Crash Shows How Hype Fuels Dangerous Trends A combination of the hype business model and the internet birthed crypto -- and led to its downfall when the hype bubble burst. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Trial By MemeThe Johnny Depp‑Amber Heard Trial Bolstered Meme Pages as the New Mass Media In no other significant event have meme pages intervened as much to actively drive the narrative and shape public opinion; sparking a concerning trend. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Cat TruceThe Buzz Cut: Women Actors Defy Expectations by Being Friendly to One Another This week in The Buzz Cut, two women defy scientific odds with their friendship and Hollywood learns casting from Bollywood. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Bigotry ChannelNews Body Directs Aaj Tak To Remove Tablighi Jamaat Content 1 Year After Damage Is Done Islamophobia perpetuated by organizations like Aaj Tak led to violence and discrimination against Muslims during the first wave of Covid19. By Aditi Murti
Breaking NowPeople’s Trust in News Grew Globally During Covid19 but Remained Low in India: Survey While trust in legacy papers remained the same, respondents felt that TV news was more polarizing and brought down their overall trust in the news. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Let Dissent Breathe“It’s Time We Define Limits of Sedition” To Protect Media Freedom: SC The court refused to allow any coercive action against two Telugu news channels noting the FIRs were a way to “muzzle media freedom.” By Rohitha Naraharisetty
N For NostalgiaCan’t Let Go: Of the Authenticity of ‘Those Pricey Thakur Girls,’ Despite Its Patriarchal Undertones Even though the lead character saves the world to get a man's attention, the book remains a charming, comforting account of an evolving India in the 1980s. By Saumya Kalia
Ground ReportIndia Has Lost At Least 62 Journalists to Covid19 in the Last Year Worldwide, at least 1,063 media persons have died from Covid19 since 1 March 2020, a Swiss analysis shows. By Saumya Kalia
Turn The NarrativeLeaked Report Shows Government Color‑Coded Journalists Based on Political Sympathies The report also contains a detailed strategy on how to spin media narratives. By Saumya Kalia
Freedom of StreamingSupreme Court Rules That Amazon Prime Video’s India Head Can’t Be Arrested in Tandav Case The court stated that the Government’s current social media and OTT rules "have no teeth," thus no power for prosecution. By Aditi Murti
Freedom In FreefallIndia Slips From ‘Free’ To ‘Partly Free’ in Global Freedom Report India's status declined due to a "multiyear pattern in which the Hindu nationalist government and its allies have presided over rising violence and discriminatory policies." By Devrupa Rakshit
Pay Their DuesGoogle Must Pay for News Content, Says Indian Newspaper Society The INS is also demanding publications receive 85% of the ad revenue they generate for Google India. By Aditi Murti
Equality Please?World Trade Organization’s First Female Head Experiences Racist, Sexist Media Coverage One Swiss newspaper headline read, “This grandmother will become the boss of the WTO.” It was later changed. By Devrupa Rakshit
Protect The PressManipur Journalists Extend News Blackout to Protest Attacks on the Press The protests started after a grenade was lobbed at a newspaper office. By Devrupa Rakshit
Pay UpGoogle Threatens to Pull Out of Australia Amid Proposal to Require Tech Companies to Pay Media for News Content Lawmakers say the landmark legislation aims to preserve a dying journalism industry. By Rajvi Desai
Holding AccountableBombay HC Says it Will Hold Media in Contempt If Reporting Is Biased Against Police, Accused The high court's ruling comes in response to police-critical coverage of the investigation into Sushant Singh Rajput's suicide last year. By Rajvi Desai
Underreported and OverlookedMedia Covered PlayStation5 Launch More Than 10 Humanitarian Crises Combined in 2020 A new report calls out a media driven by what the public wants to know, rather than what it needs to know. By Rajvi Desai