Press Freedom
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On “Press Freedom” and Prejudice.
The author objects to Norwegian newspaper coverage of the Indian Prime Minister’s visit, citing terms such as ‘snake charmer’ as bigotry, and argues that mainstream coverage rules permit far more…
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Sanjeev Sanyal on the generational shift in India
RecoveringNewsJunkie links a long interview with Sanjeev Sanyal covering citation laundering, the portrayal of Ashoka and the ranking of Indian democracy, and finds the press-freedom rankings laughable.
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General Bajwa, please retire
Republished from 2019, the post argues that General Bajwa’s army-chief extension crowns a tenure of rolled-back civil liberties and media freedom, and that Imran Khan’s government abandoned its governing responsibilities…
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Putting the Arnab storm in perspective
The author argues the optics and high-handedness of Arnab Goswami’s arrest deserve criticism, but that arbitrary arrests such as Sameer Thakkar’s over tweets are more troubling, and that Goswami’s arrest…
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Important WhatsApp Forward on the State of Pakistani politics
X.T.M says he stands with the Sharifs against the army, then reproduces a WhatsApp forward alleging a plan to install Imran Khan and his allies, with offensive remarks by PTI…
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“Why cant a woman be more like a man?”
After Erdogan called a woman journalist a ‘shameless woman’ who should know her place, the poster says it likes seeing women on top, to show they are equal in public…
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“I accept being called a traitor”
Wishing a wounded Geo TV journalist a full recovery, the poster reproduces his statement rejecting the ‘traitor’ label and the ‘good and bad terrorists’ distinction. The poster adds that the…
