{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5ec246dc70f8f107de229629/66bf8c318d5b0e0994ce6b79?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Reporters Without Orders Ep 333: Herbal firm fraud, Indian media’s Bangladesh coverage","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5ec246dc70f8f107de229629/1723829160124-ccce408b-8319-4b81-a86a-76cd1625e679.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>This week, host Anmol Pritam is joined by <em>Newslaundry’s</em> Basant Kumar and Ishita Pradeep.</p><p><br></p><p>Basant <a href=\"https://www.newslaundry.com/2024/08/10/a-herbal-firms-handbook-of-abuse-drugs-fraud-and-youngsters-confined-to-rooms\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">reported</a> on a “herbal firm” which allegedly frauds youngsters in lure of a “luxurious life”. He talks about his investigation into the company’s modus operandi of network marketing and pressuring its staff for adding new members in the chain, failing which they were physically assaulted and abused.</p><p><br></p><p>Ishita talks about her <a href=\"https://www.newslaundry.com/2024/08/09/report-with-facts-would-be-better-for-us-hindu-students-in-bangladesh-on-indian-media-coverage\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">report</a> on the Indian media’s coverage of the Bangladesh crisis and attacks on Bangladeshi Hindu minority. She delves into the situation in the country at present and how some media outlets emphasised on the communal angle and ignored the administrative failure.</p><p><br></p><p>Tune in.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Timecodes</strong></p><p><br></p><p>00:00:00 - Introduction</p><p>00:03:37 - Doctor’s ‘rape’</p><p>00:14:32 - Fraud firm</p><p>00:28:51 - Bangladesh violence</p><p>00:44:47 - Recommendations</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Recommendations</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Ishita</strong></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.amazon.in/Why-Loiter-Shilpa-Phadke/dp/0143415956\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Why Loiter?</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbOhDJFc0Dc\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Kavita Krishnan,Secretary of the All India Progressive Women's Association (AIPWA)</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Basant</strong></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.amazon.in/No-Nation-Women-Reportage-Democracy/dp/9386797089\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">No Nation for Women</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FOB6JiAoBk&amp;t=8s\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Hindenburg जिन्न की चपेट में SEBI प्रमुख माधवी बुच और Vinesh Phogat को सलामी | NL Tippani 200</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Anmol</strong></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.newslaundry.com/2024/08/12/activist-whose-rti-flagged-smriti-irani-linked-goa-cafe-alleges-home-ministry-witch-hunt\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Activist whose RTI flagged ‘Smriti Irani-linked Goa cafe’ alleges home ministry ‘witch-hunt’</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.newslaundry.com/2024/08/06/new-complaint-alleges-taloja-prison-underbelly-mutton-meal-for-rs-8000-40-cuts-zero-record\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">New complaint alleges Taloja prison underbelly: ‘Mutton meals for Rs 8,000 per kg, 40% cuts, zero record’</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>Produced and edited by Saif Ali Ekram, recorded by Anil Kumar.</em></strong></p>","author_name":"Newslaundry.com"}