Thread by @churumuri, With 171 pieces over 15 days, the Hindi daily ‘Dainik Jagran’ led [...]

With 171 pieces over 15 days, the Hindi daily ‘Dainik Jagran’ led the pack in Islamophobic dog-whistling on ‘Tabhlighi Jamaat’. Today, the Bombay HC order that foreign Tabhlighi participants were made “scapegoats” gets a 2-column mention, on page 6. https://tinyurl.com/y4dn74aj

156 stories, eight editorials, and five cartoons over 15 days: how ‘Dainik Jagran’ kept up the...

The communalisation of the #Coronavirus pandemic in the media, just when the humanitarian crisis sparked by Narendra Modi’s imposition of the 21-day “lockdown” with a 4-hour …

https://tinyurl.com/y4dn74aj

A “big propaganda” campaign of “slander and vilification” driven by “malice and prejudice” which was “wrong and motivated”: @DeccanHerald holds the mirror to the rest of Indian news media on the disgraceful coverage of the #TablighiJamaat plant. https://indianjournalismreview.com/2020/08/26/a-big-propaganda-campaign-of-slander-and-vilification-driven-by-malice-and-prejudice-which-was-wrong-and-motivated-deccan-herald-holds-the-mirror-to-the-media-on-tablighi-jamaat/

A “big propaganda” campaign of “slander and vilification” driven by “malice and prejudice” which...

The coverage of the #TablighiJamaat congregation in Delhi—the shameless attempt to give the #Coronavirus outbreak a communal angle—was one of the more egregious examples of a majoritari…

https://indianjournalismreview.com/2020/08/26/a-big-propaganda-campaign-of-slander-and-vilification-driven-by-malice-and-prejudice-which-was-wrong-and-motivated-deccan-herald-holds-the-mirror-to-the-media-on-tablighi-jamaat/

There are over 180 news reports and snippets in the 14-page national edition of ‘Dainik Jagran’, a key driver of the sangh parivar in the cow belt. There is not a single sentence or para on Allahabad HC quashing the detention of Dr Kafeel Khan under NSA, and ordering his release.

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