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Confronting bad faith campaigns Confronting bad faith campaigns Updated: Updated: May 24, 2021 00:33 IST Journalism provides the space to articulate diverse ideas and this space cannot be surrendered to bad faith campaigns Share Article AAA Journalism provides the space to articulate diverse ideas and this space cannot be surrendered to bad faith campaigns In less than three weeks since she started her journalistic career at The Associated Press (AP), Emily Wilder, a graduate of Stanford University, was fired for her social media posts on the Israel-Palestine conflict. The AP took this drastic decision following a campaign by conservatives against her for her activism as a student. Ms. Wilder, who is Jewish, was an active member of the pro-Palestinian groups ‘Jewish Voice for Peace’ and ‘Students for Justice in Palestine’ at Stanford University. ....
An inclusive public sphere An inclusive public sphere Updated: Updated: April 19, 2021 00:19 IST The acrimonious social media space is not encouraging dialogue but is instead generating new forms of silos Share Article AAA The acrimonious social media space is not encouraging dialogue but is instead generating new forms of silos Unlike India, the United States has an empirical approach to measure the decline in trust in the media. A recent study by the Media Insight Project, a collaboration of the American Press Institute and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, shows two phases of decline. The slide started in the pre-Internet decades between 1972 and 2000. It seems rather ironic as this period was dominated by some of the finest investigative reports such as the Watergate investigations by ....
Seeing things as they are Seeing things as they are Updated: Updated: April 04, 2021 23:28 IST Reporting transgressions during the election season is not enough; the media needs to scrutinise institutional failures Share Article AAA Reporting transgressions during the election season is not enough; the media needs to scrutinise institutional failures In any election season, journalists navigate minefields rampant misogynism, partisan considerations, ideological affiliations, and selective leaks. Reporters often develop a framework to evaluate the claims of political parties and institutions. Transgressions by political parties are generally easy to spot misogyny, for instance, is a trait shared by most political parties. However, institutional failures are generally masked. For instance, how can one explain the bizarre development where electronic voting machines (EVMs) were found in a vehicle linked to a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candi ....