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The huge losses for the BJP in UP may be linked to Hindi Belt audiences moving away from mainstream (godi) television to independent journalists and commentators on YouTube.
Many guests on #ElectionBeat flagged this trend.
@tallstories #IndiaElection
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@_sabanaqvi @frontline_india @Kranjanashish @YouTube As a keen observer of UP politics, @_sabanaqvi, did you anticipate this result? You did tell us on #ElectionBeat that you did not see a wave, but we did not discuss numbers.
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๐๐I would have met political parties repeatedly, held pressers as often as required, because transparency is key to public trust, former Chief Election Commissioner @DrSYQuraishi in this last episode of #ElectionBeat with me and @SavyasaachiJain. Tune in https://t.co/iORVUfK8lR
Former Chief Election Commissioner @DrSYQuraishi says he fears that public trust in the #ElectionCommission is declining.
He discusses EVMs, VVPATs, model code violations and a lot more with @tallstories and me on #ElectionBeat Ep. 15.
A thread.
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๐๐ The amount of disinformation disseminated from โthe topโ in these elections was higher than in 2014 and 2019 elections, says Pratik Sinha @free_thinker of @AltNews in a new episode of #ElectionBeat with me and @SavyasaachiJain Tune in https://t.co/fZTpiaSOFN
๐๐New episode of #ElectionBeat, with broadcaster @pervaizalam, a well known voice across South Asia from his BBC days. He tells me and @SavyasaachiJain that the BBC has toned down its criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Tune in at https://t.co/RxHAQQiRh7
๐๐ Audience loyalty has shifted from credibility of news to ideology of channel says @kg_suresh ex-@PTI, now heading @MCNUJC_Bhopal in new episode of #ElectionBeat, an election special podcast on media with me & @SavyasaachiJain
https://t.co/RpDkx7ctD1
I donโt watch television news, says @upadhyayumesh. "There is nothing new that I will get from a debate."
"There are no field reports. It is an audio-visual medium that has been turned into a debate medium," he says on #ElectionBeat Ep. 11.
๐๐New episode of #ElectionBeat just up, with @upadhyaymedia, who tells me and @SavyasaachiJain that western media is a foreign policy tools of the West, & believe they can bring in the government they want!!
Listen at https://t.co/4J1J2hwnDb
๐๐New episode of #ElectionBeat just up, with @upadhyaymedia, who tells me and @SavyasaachiJain that western media is a foreign policy tools of the West, & believe they can bring in the government they want!!
Listen at https://t.co/4J1J2hwnDb
โIf democracy is purely the process of voting, then yes, we're great, we have very robust elections,โ says @MnshaP to @tallstories and me in #ElectionBeat Ep 9.
โBut if democracy is also about institutionsโฆ
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@MnshaP talks to #ElectionBeat about the @newslaundry study that shows how 52% of the prime time TV shows they analysed attacked the opposition and another 27% favoured the ruling BJP or PM Modi.
๐๐ new episode of #ElectionBeat, this one with @MnshaP Manisha Pande of @newslaundry. TV is a megaphone of the government, itโs news format is routinely communal and anti-people, she tells me and @SavyasaachiJain listen in at https://t.co/UsjTCwwQEx
๐๐ new episode of #ElectionBeat, this one with @MnshaP Manisha Pande of @newslaundry. TV is a megaphone of the government, itโs news format is routinely communal and anti-people, she tells me and @SavyasaachiJain listen in at https://t.co/UsjTCwwQEx
๐๐Episode 8 of #ElectionBeat, with @shankarsview Sitaraman Shankar, Editor of @DeccanHerald. Politicians/govt need to develop a thicker skin for media criticism, and they need to interact with media more, he tells me and @SavyasaachiJain. Tune in at https://t.co/If2NmGUU54
YouTubers are out there โguns blazingโ during #IndianElections2024 and are acting as an important corrective to the sectarianism and biases of the mainstream media, says @_sabanaqvi to @tallstories and me in Ep. 7 of #ElectionBeat.
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@neerjachowdhury @girishkuber @kalpana1947 @TheJaggi @MrinalPande1 @vpavarala @_sabanaqvi Find #ElectionBeat hosted by @tallstories and me wherever you access your podcasts. Listen to insightful conversations with senior journos, academics and observers on how the Indian media is covering #IndianElections2024
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#ElectionBeat episodes with @neerjachowdhury, @girishkuber, @kalpana1947, @TheJaggi, @MrinalPande1, @vpavarala and @_sabanaqvi available wherever you get your podcasts. Other incisive convos dropping soon.
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We are living in abnormal times when very poisonous toxic hate speeches are made at the top, and no media group really has the spine or the economic independence or the lack of fear to go against the grain: @_sabanaqvi on #ElectionBeat Ep. 7
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YouTubers are out there โguns blazingโ during #IndianElections2024 and are acting as an important corrective to the sectarianism and biases of the mainstream media, says @_sabanaqvi to @tallstories and me in Ep. 7 of #ElectionBeat.
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https://t.co/XU5CZNo4PP
@vpavarala It's interesting how many of the guests who talk to @tallstories and me on our podcast #ElectionBeat say they don't - or can't bear to - watch Indian television news. What's going on? Listen in and follow. More fascinating conversations coming up every 2-3 days.
"I am telling my students to stop watching television news", says University of Hyderabad's Prof @vpavarala in Ep 6 of #ElectionBeat
Listen to this & other fascinating conversations on Indian media wherever you get your podcasts.
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