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Panel Discussion Reuters Institute's Digital News Report 2021

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Gunjan Rajput

4:56

Hello and Welcome to the Panel Discussion on Reuters Institute's Digital News Report 2021. The panel consists of Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, director of the Reuters Institute, Shashi Kumar, journalist and media entrepreneur, Supriya Sharma, executive editor of Scroll, and Dhanya Rajendran, editor-in-chief of the News Minute. The discussion will be moderated by Manisha Pande, executive editor of Newslaundry.

4:58

The host, Manisha Pande, starts with the concept of neutrality, the majority of news consumers want media to be neutral. If there is a rape story, you can’t be advocating for the victims or saying some story can’t have two sides

4:59

After introducing the panel , she started with the concept of neutrality of media

Dhanya Rajendran, editor-in-chief of the News Minute talks about how news consumers should understand neutrality doesn’t exist.

5:00

Dhanya adds, "Readers cannot demand neutrality from me, A and B version of a story cannot be the same"

He emphasized discovering both sides of the story.

5:01

Supriya Sharma, "official sources demand same neutrality from the media houses as the ask from the government, journalist part is to be fair. Journalists should give a chance to every side of the story, but journalists should not be accounted for symmetry

5:02

Shashi Kumar, "its a clinical concept of objectivity, talks about media ecology where the media covers all viewpoints. Its fragmented, mainstream media catches the eye's point"

5:03

Do you think demanding neutrality from media is right?

Yes (0% | 0 votes)

No (0% | 0 votes)

Total Votes: 0

Dhanya Rajendran, "In India, when crimes like rape happen, Hatraa rape, blah blah they don’t want versions. They just want THEIR VERSIONS. People don’t really expect neutrality in India, rather they want their version of it."

5:04

Manisha Pande, "trusting in the source that you have chosen, in India people have chosen their sources and channels and only believe that"

But if our audience chooses their sources what does it do to us as journalists or journalism in India? Asks Manisha

5:07

Practicing neutrality, rather than objectivity, is another frequent source of propaganda. Media should present facts, not play both sides.

The @washingtonpost is practiced at neutrality.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott blames wind turbines, Green New Deal policies for outages. Critics call that "a lie." wapo.st/2LXhH5h

Shashi Kumar replies back by saying "how the Reuters report, and he also quotes republic, which has high viewership but claims it is least trusted."

5:10

https://www.americanpressinstitute.org/publications/reports/survey-res...

5:11

Rasmus Kleis Nielsen joins in the conversation, "Difficulty in journalism in India, talks about the ethics in journalism with public opinion. Talks about the fairness of receiving and delivering news." He adds "Critics the social media and people are trusting it too much"

5:13

Shashi Kumar points out about the brand trust rating scale, both The Wire and republic are both same, according to the rating report in terms of brand trust

He also quotes Doordarshan , AIR as a symbol of Brand trust

He also compares it as the trust is there among people for BJP and congress

5:14

Manisha Pande brings out the point in the second wave Doordarshan had nothing about it the oxygen shortage, they are the mouth of the government

5:15

Shashi Kumar replies back by saying "that’s not the correct perception of news"

He says Doodarshan as the national broadcaster as the people think that it is reliable

5:16

Supriya Sharma talks about public accountability journalism is always widely read, last year's report on Gov delays in producing PPE kits, this year on oxygen plant delay, etc.

5:17

she adds, brought people together and added value to journalism

she talked about the stories that came to the limelight as the PP kit and oxygen plants during pandemic

@DanRather The primary responsibility of the media is the accountability of the media. There is no journalism as I knew it once. Dedication to the search for the truth and dedication to the presentation of the truth based on facts discovered by that search, checked and rechecked.

She points "Readers not only recognised that and came to us as a trusted source, but as an expression to how much they value our story, they came to us and helped us To tell the stories"

5:19

Dhanya Rajendran points at the views on neutrality and links to SS, talking about the eco chamber containing two sets of people one who believes it and another who doesn't. She wants to combine Supriya and Manisha, echoing in a chamber. We have a group of people who will always believe us, and a group that will never believe us. Like in covid both these groups are impacted by us. Pandemic has shouted public that there are media houses that still believe in public good and they will ask questions to the powerful

5:20

She also speaks about how, During the pandemic, people praised the government earlier, and started listening to the other side through the media

5:21

Every Tuesday morning every newspaper in India has the headline -- "Decline in number of covid cases".
Every Tuesday.

And almost every Wednesday has -- "Jump in number of covid cases"

IMO - borderline misrepresentation of facts for sensationalism.

5:22

Supriya Sharma points out that reporting in mainstream media, could not ignore the sentiments of their views. During the second wave, the MAINSTREAM media house had to start asking questions too powerful for its viewers Unlike the first wave of the pandemic.

5:24

Shashi Kumar, speaks about the digital media that stand alone, like wire and quint, they are the frontline of media in India. In terms of stories, they are more leading platform for the news section. Government states complain on the portal and govern it. He praised digital media and compared it to the mainstream media. The shift in the media ecology.

5:25

Manisha says," I don’t think a lot of people will be going to the newspaper to see the news, but we have seen a shrink in ads in these newspapers, now if the newspaper writes against the government, they shrink the ad budget. How does that work?"

Do you feel mainstream media ignores sentiments while reporting?

Absolutely! (0% | 0 votes)

Its not that black and white (0% | 0 votes)

Total Votes: 0

5:26

Sashi empashises that multimedia and digital growth is the ANSWER

5:27

@yusufpore @ShekharGupta I doubted the news, India TV lacking any credibility anyways...the media is not just cherry-picking, they are playing communal...the digital media is so much better and that is why it bothers me when ppl accuse SG of being favorable to the ruling party narrative..2/2

5:28

Rasmus Kleis Nielsen talks about the advertisement in India and Indian market regarding the news
Regional newspapers are more dominating than others as the cover more space. The regional and commercial newspapers are in tremendous pressure and are reliable of government procedure.

5:29