‘We’ve Reached A Stage Where The News Media Have Become A Voice Against The People’

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‘We’ve Reached A Stage Where The News Media Have Become A Voice Against The People’

Complaints filed by a 32-year-old activist recently resulted in orders from a self-regulatory body to three television news channels to take down their content and for two more to pay fines for “targeting” Indian Muslims. We spoke with Indrajeet Ghorpade, an engineer, who has taken it upon himself to hold the Indian media accountable for misinformation and Islamophobia. He agreed that fines of Rs 100,000 and Rs 50,000 were a slap on the wrists f…