Tag: Paid Media

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Journalist bodies flay Centre over fake news order

New Delhi: Several journalist associations on Tuesday attacked a central government order that threatened to take away the accreditation of journalists who were found propagating fake news. But following widespread criticism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered to withdraw the order earlier in the day. The order issued on Monday night said a journalist’s accreditation would […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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Op-Ed: BJD Tirade Against OTV is a Sign of Nervousness

There are two ways to see BJD’s rather intemperate outburst against OTV on Monday. The first of these is that the ruling party, for all its bravado in public, is apprehensive of the unthinkable happening in Bijepur. Otherwise, why is a party that beat back the BJP wave from the shores of Odisha at the height […]

  • Thursday, 10 June 2021
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To End ‘Paid Media’, Consumer Must Pay for News

These days, the term ‘paid media’ is used in abandon – and more often than not by people who know nothing about the working or economics of the media business. Fake, motivated reports, pictures and videos from dubious sources are shared liberally on social media by people with the mandatory comment “Paid media will never […]

  • Thursday, 10 June 2021
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