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Podcast: Reporters Without Orders
Episode: Reporters Without Orders Ep 188: Media on Aryan Khan-Lakhimpur, fallout of attack on Muslim bangle seller
Description: This week, host Akanksha Kumar is joined by journalist Tabeenah Anjum and Newslaundryâs Diksha Munjal. Diksha talks about her report on how the media gave the recent Mumbai âdrug bustâ, which involved Aryan Khan, way more coverage than the October 3 violence in Lakhimpur Kheri. âClearly it was very sensational for the mainstream media to cover the drug bust as they deployed all their resources to that story, instead of focusing on Lakhimpur,â she says. She also points out how sections of the media used vocabulary to delegitimise the farmersâ protest, saying, âAll of them were try...