{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5ec246dc70f8f107de229629/5ec7ccaf142b6038899f61ac?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ep 116: Layoffs in media, OpIndia’s communalisation of a Bihar boy’s death, and more","description":"<p>In this episode, host Snigdha Sharma is joined by Newslaundry’s Ayush Tiwari and Basant Kumar.</p><p><br></p><p>While Basant tells the panel about his <a href=\"https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/05/19/human-sacrifice-in-mosque-how-opindia-communalised-a-bihar-boys-death\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">report</a> on Opindia communalising the death of a boy in Bihar’s Gopalganj, Ayush talks about his reports on the <a href=\"https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/05/15/layoffs-hit-economic-times-is-times-of-india-next\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">layoffs</a> in the Times group. The trio also discuss journalists in Himachal Pradesh <a href=\"https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/05/12/himachal-pradeshs-journalists-face-firs-harassment-for-reporting-on-government-failures\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">facing FIRs</a> for reporting on government failures, and the News Broadcasters Association and the Indian Newspaper Society’s <a href=\"https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/05/18/inhuman-and-illegal-the-battle-over-media-layoffs-in-the-supreme-court\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">response to a PIL</a> challenging layoffs by media companies.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>This and a lot more as they talk about what made news, what didn’t, and what shouldn’t have.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Tune in!</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Newslaundry.com"}