BY Dipu Shaw| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |03/01/2015
By attacking the timing of M. S. Dhoni's retirement, actor Tom Alter misunderstands the man and his motives.
BY Dipu Shaw| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |20/02/2011
When quotes and controversies are found wanting, channels are resorting to invention in an attempt to keep the viewer interested.
BY Dipu Shaw| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |22/01/2011
Television reporters and camera crews were also present, and not only recorded the razing of the mosque by DDA authorities but also the violence that ensued.
BY Dipu Shaw| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |08/08/2010
There is little doubt that excessive media coverage of the delays and corruption allegations against the Organising Committee (OC) is now proving detrimental to the success of the Delhi Commonwealth Games 2010.
BY Dipu Shaw| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |10/06/2009
The channels were identical in their details. All of them specified that Anees and Dawood were shot at near the Al Habib Bank ATM in Karachi.
BY Dipu Shaw| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |07/05/2009
In spite of the fact that the reporter was informed about the mistakes by the RTI applicant, the newspaper made no corrections on the subsequent day.
BY Dipu Shaw| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |04/05/2009
IBN 7’s talk show host drove Shweta Singh to break down on the small screen with her probing questions.
BY Dipu Shaw| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |15/03/2009
The Hindu’s stories of any incident related to Tibet and China stand out in stark contrast to similar stories filed in other dailies, India or foreign.
BY Dipu Shaw| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |29/01/2009
The declared assets of the MPs in the Sunday Indian cover story are not the same as that mentioned in their affidavits for the General Elections, 2004.
BY Dipu Shaw| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |11/10/2008
They refuted the Nanavati Report with their sting camera footage, much of which had already been shown in November last year on Aaj Tak.
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Clearly, the run to the 2019 elections is on. A journalist received a call from someone saying they were from Aajtak channel and were conducting a survey, asking whom she was going to vote for in 2019. On being told that her vote was secret, the caller assumed she wasn't going to vote for 'Modiji'. The caller, a woman, also didn't identify herself. A month or two earlier the same journalist received a call, this time from a man, asking if she was going to vote for the BSP.                 

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