Media

Media is considered the fourth pillar of democracy. This section presents news and views about the state of Indian media.

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The Hindu’s N Ram, who regularly publishes pro-China paid propaganda, comes out in support of China-funded NewsClick at Rajdeep’s show: Details

Paurush Gupta - 4 October, 2023

Ram added, “Roy Singham doesn’t receive money from anybody else, he has already made it clear and he doesn’t act at the direction of anyone. He lives in Shanghai and if he chooses to cooperate with the Chinese organisations, that’s his business.”

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As Abhisar Sharma gets raided, here is what his link to China-funded NewsClick was and what ED had said about the portal’s funding

OpIndia Staff - 3 October, 2023

Abhisar Sharma features regularly on NewsClick videos wherein he is seen either defending the Congress party or furthering anti-India narratives. During the COVID-19 spread, NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and the NewsClick team were introduced to Chinese handlers by American businessman Neville Roy Singham for defending China’s handling of COVID-19.

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NewsClick China funding: Fresh case lodged under UAPA, Delhi Police special cell searches premises with forensic team at multiple locations, Teesta Setalvad raided too

OpIndia Staff - 3 October, 2023

Delhi Police registers fresh case against NewsClick under UAPA, China funding under probe as special cell raids 30 locations.

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Liberal ‘journalists’ start whining after raids on people connected to China-funded NewsClick, talk about ‘freedom of press’ when issue is about sovereignty of India

OpIndia Staff - 3 October, 2023

Journalists were raided by Delhi Police in connection with illicit funds received by NewsClick from China

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Delhi Police raids residence of Abhisar Sharma, Prabir Purkayastha and others related to China-funded NewsClick, laptop and phone confiscated

OpIndia Staff - 3 October, 2023

One of the locations raided by the Delhi Police in connection with the Newsclick scandal was that of Abhisar Sharma.

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‘The Telegraph’ moves R Rajagopal to Editor-at-Large role, usual suspects cry foul after he is replaced by Sankarshan Thakur

OpIndia Staff - 1 October, 2023

R Rajagopal has been working with The Telegraph since 1996 and assumed the position of Editor in 2016.

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Tamil Nadu police register FIR against Firstpost columnist Abhijit Majumder over opinion piece on Udhayanidhi Stalin’s anti-Hindu remark: What happened

OpIndia Staff - 30 September, 2023

Earlier in June 2020, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) served a legal notice to Abhijit Majumder for criticising the grand-old party.

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How Justin Trudeau hounded a small, independent news platform even as he waxes eloquent about freedom of speech and expression

Dibakar Dutta - 26 September, 2023

In April 2022, the Canadian government denied 'journalism licence' to Rebel News, claiming that only 1% of its content is news.

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The Wire’s Siddharth Varadarajan makes 6 arguments to legitimise Khalistanis in Canada, protect their ‘freedom of expression’: Dismantling his propaganda

Dibakar Dutta - 25 September, 2023

Siddharth Vardarajan suggested that Canada was somehow shoved into a corner by the Indian government, which forced it to make unfounded allegations against India in public.

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