Scribe View March 25, 2020 Bye for now! Why journalism, and this column, need to pause and reflect I write this amid a lockdown caused by the coronavirus, which I believe will make us pause and reflect on many aspects of our lives;…
Scribe View March 18, 2020 When news is mystical: Fact-checking is good for journalism, but it has its limits If judges can be judged on whether they have been just or not in a verdict, if social media or independent digital websites can question…
Scribe View March 11, 2020 Outbreak vs Newsbreak: Why the news media is better off reporting more (but carefully) on the coronavirus What is a poor journalist supposed to do when there is a disease outbreak that is shaking the world markets, causing deaths and triggering concerns…
Scribe View March 4, 2020 Journalistic bias is like cholesterol: there is a good variety and a bad one Last week, as the horrible religious riots in Delhi unfolded, I got into a minor argument on Twitter with a person who suggested I was…
Scribe View February 26, 2020 Why Mikaela Spielberg makes news – and when she does not. Or should not. They say when a dog bites man it is not news, but when a man bites dog, it is news. That, of course, is a…
Scribe View February 19, 2020 Why journalists matter when historians quibble and squabble They used to say that journalism is history written in a hurry. I suppose the saying belongs to a largely bygone era when propaganda did…
Scribe View February 12, 2020 Breaking Knewz: Two cheers for Rupert Murdoch’s news aggregator I am a big believer in credible journalism. I am also a big admirer of Rupert Murdoch. That would almost seem like a couple of…
Scribe View February 5, 2020 India’s budget is now more for the media and voters than for economy and business How things change! There was a time early in my career, when India had no private television channels or the Internet. I used to work…
Scribe View January 29, 2020 Why journalists should be decent, and why that is not easy: Musings on Jim Lehrer Journalism is like art, I often like to say. It has many styles and approaches, and often, different goals as well. So, it is not…
Scribe View January 22, 2020 BJP seems to have limited knowledge of independent journalism If you thought media barons were powerful, think again. It may not be the case if you are riding a huge global business and a…