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Podcast: Reporters Without Orders
Episode: Reporters Without Orders Ep 169: Six months of farmer protests and rural UP's dubious Covid data
Description: In this episode, host Basant Kumar is joined by freelance journalists Mandeep Punia and Ranvijay Singh. Mandeep begins with the farmer protests, which marked six months at Delhi’s borders this week. Explaining the role of the youth and women, he says that despite all odds, “this protest has become a process for intensifying what is right”. Mandeep and Ranvijay both criticise how legacy media has highlighted the protest, and the impact of Covid.Ranvijay explains how Covid has been “mismanaged” in rural Uttar Pradesh, pointing out how local bodies are hiding the true number...