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Podcast: Reporters Without Orders
Episode: Ep 83: #HowdyModi, #GretaThunberg and more
Description: In this episode of Reporters Without Orders, Snigdha Sharma hosts Gaurav Sarkar, Ayush Tiwari and Basant Kumar to reflect on the extravaganza that was Narendra Modi’s ‘Howdy, Modi’ rally in Houston, United States, and its wall-to-wall coverage by the Indian media. Why would the media think the rally warranted such fawning coverage? And why were the same channels that had labelled Donald Trump a serial liar singing his praises for sharing Modi’s stage? By the way, a major protest, dubbed “Adios, Modi” was held right outside the stadium where Modi was holding audience, but you could be forgiven for having m...