Farmer protests, the media’s coverage of it, and Amit Malviya’s ‘manipulated media’ tweet | NL Hafta

This week on #NLHafta, it's an all-Newslaundry panel of Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Mehraj D Lone, Raman Kirpal, and our reporter Nidhi Suresh, who has been covering the #farmerprotests at Delhi’s borders.

The conversation starts with how the TV news media covered the protests, and the pushback against “#Godimedia” by protesters. Describing the nature of the coverage, Manisha says: “It’s the same thing that they’ve been doing for a while now, and we’ve seen this from the CAA protests onwards. Essentially, what these channels do is: they go to these protest sites, they’ll find one or two controversial bites or speak to people who are probably not aware of the bill or would, in their excitement, say something. Then they’ll just play that on loop to tar the entire protest.”

Nidhi Suresh adds her experience from the ground, and how the farmers on the ground say they never asked for these laws.

On Twitter flagging BJP’s Amit Malviya’s tweet as “manipulated media”, Raman says Twitter reacted “too late”. The panel also discusses fake news and misinformation on social media, the UN chief’s recent address on climate change, and much more.

Tune in to the audio podcast: https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/12/05/hafta-305-farmer-protests-the-medias-coverage-of-it-and-amit-malviyas-manipulated-media-tweet

Timecodes:
00:00 - Introduction
04:35 - Headlines
09:15 - Farmer protests
13:01 - Media coverage of farmer protests
1:04:03 - Rajinikanth to launch political party in January
1:05:43 - UN secretary general Antonio Gutteres’ speech on the environment
1:09:26 - Amit Malviya's tweet flagged on Twitter
1:22:20 - Subscriber mails
1:43:13 - Recommendations

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