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 

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/

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.