Hafta 312: Arnab-Partho WhatsApp chats, Team Indiaâs win at the Gabba, and Covid vaccinations
The podcast where we discuss the news of the week.
This week on NL Hafta,
Newslaundryâs Abhinandan Sekhri, Anand Vardhan, Manisha Pande, and Raman Kirpal are joined by Aunindyo Chakravarty, a former senior managing editor at
NDTV India and
NewsClick.
The discussion begins with the transcripts of the purported WhatsApp chats between
Republicâs Arnab Goswami and former BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta. Abhinandan says, âI think Arnab hasnât denied these chats and he has had more than enough time to. Neither have any of the other players denied the chats saying that these are nonsense, âthis has not been said by usâ.â
What s True
Nidhi Razdan announced in June 2020 that she was leaving her job as a television news anchor to join Harvard University as a journalism professor. She later said the job offer was a hoax designed to access her personal information. Harvard confirmed there was no evidence of the university hiring her. Razdan filed a complaint with the Delhi police. What s False
Harvard University’s graduate and undergraduate programs do not offer journalism degrees, but their school of continuing education, which is a separate, open admissions program, does. What s Undetermined
Beyond her own posts detailing the experience, Razdan has not offered any more evidence of this phishing attack. Harvard has not commented on the specifics of the incident.
TV: Former NDTV anchor duped in phishing scam; files complaint gdnonline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from gdnonline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Farrukh Dhondy | Hoax on TV anchor is a wake-up call on fake offers
Published : Jan 23, 2021, 12:07 am IST
Updated : Jan 23, 2021, 12:07 am IST
Gentle reader, Ms Razdan is not the only one to have fallen for fake offers which arrive through the Internet
I knew that the Internet and the social media are the vehicles of fraud as never before. In imitation of a famous Indian scam, some crooks have taken to sending posts to the unwary to say that they are guilty of tax fraud and they ought to deposit X amount immediately or be arrested that very day. (Representative Photo:PTI)
Our podcast: Should platforms have the power to ban leaders like Donald Trump?
In this episode of our Future of Journalism podcast, we explore issues around Trump s suspension from several social media platforms
Donald Trump speaks during a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results in Washington DC, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Jim Bourg
Tuesday 19 January 2021
The topic
Following the suspension or barring of Donald Trump by many of the largest social media and tech platforms, after his supporters stormed the Capitol building in January 2021, we explore the issues surrounding these decisions. When should the likes of Facebook and Twitter weigh in on potentially harmful political speech on their platforms? How can these rules be applied fairly and consistently? What are the implications for freedom of expression? And what lessons can we draw from similar events around the world?