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India's press freedom rank slips below Pakistan, Afghanistan to an abysmal 161


"In India, media takeovers by oligarchs close to Prime Minister Modi have jeopardised pluralism," the report said while referring to NDTV's takeover by the Adani group.

The report states that though India has a huge media presence of over 10,000 newspapers and almost 400 TV channels, the ownership is concentrated in the hands of a few media groups.

While referring to the legal framework, the report stated that the charges of defamation, sedition, contempt of court and endangering national security were increasingly used against media outlets and journalists critical of the government. The arrest of Malayali journalist Sidique Kaappan is a case in point.

These repeated violations undermine media self-regulatory bodies, such as the Press Council of India (PCI) and the Electronic Media Monitoring Centre (EMMC), the report stated.

The report also slams the mainstream media for lack of representation. “For example, fewer than 15 per cent of the participants in major evening talk shows are women,” it said.


In the World Press Freedom Index report, each country or territory’s score is evaluated using five contextual indicators that reflect the press freedom situation in all of its complexity: political context, legal framework, economic context, sociocultural context and safety. India falls in the red zone for three out of the five indicators.

Political

Political context evaluates the degree of support and respect for media autonomy vis-à-vis political pressure from the state. India falls in the 'very serious range' for this indicator with its rank dropping from 145 to 169 in this category.

Legal

Legal framework refers to the level of censorship, access to information, ability to protest sources and penalty for violence against journalists.

India's ranking has dropped from 149 to 155 in this category and the indicator falls in the red zone of 'very serious'.



Economic

Economic context includes the difficulty of creating or maintaining a media outlet and constraints linked to non-state actors and the ability to promote business interests. Falling in the 'difficult' range, India's ranking has dropped from 120 to 144 for this indicator.

Social

Sociocultural context includes attacks on press issues such as gender, class, ethnicity and religion; and pressure to not question certain interest groups or power groups.

With a drop from 127 to 143, the country's index has shifted from the 'problematic' range to 'difficult' for this indicator.

Safety


Safety is the ability to identify, gather and disseminate news and information in accordance with journalistic methods and ethics, without unnecessary risk of bodily harm, psychological or emotional distress, or professional harm.

Falling in the red zone of 'very serious', India ranks among the bottom 10 countries when it comes to the safety of journalists. The rank has dropped from 163 to 172 for the indicator.
 
They have to maintain a facade about it. But deep down their belief and that of their most hardcore supporters is that vast majority of the population is stupid and does not deserve or need freedom of speech. This is in line with what the Chinese think too, whom right wing folks secretly admire for their toughness. It was also the belief of conservative white elites who believed that less educated people should not have a right to vote.
yes. bro. That's why I am a supporter of Democratic China, but I still insist that China's per capita GDP must first reach $25000 And then transformed into a democratic country..... Because the degree of social development must reach a certain level in order to bear the "democratic pains."
 
yes. bro. That's why I am a supporter of Democratic China, but I still insist that China's per capita GDP must first reach $25000 And then transformed into a democratic country..... Because the degree of social development must reach a certain level in order to bear the "democratic pains."
The reason China is a superpower is because its not a democracy, hence no headache of NGOs, protests and all degenerate stuff.
 
not so bad. China is gradually accepting democratic ideas. But our democracy will not be influenced by the West.
Democracy is the reason India hasn't been able to prosper, some American funded NGO is always there to stall progress or even opposition party, a one party government is what we need but chances of it being always successful isn't that high.
 
methodology ?

link to original report ?

ommomono is like some shady kerala (full of communists and islamists) based random website.

in order to prevent a proper lynching, they're even hiding the name of the scumbucket who authored this shoddy hit piece... cowards !
 
Democracy is the reason India hasn't been able to prosper, some American funded NGO is always there to stall progress or even opposition party, a one party government is what we need but chances of it being always successful isn't that high.
Do you know what I admire about India? nationalism. I admire India's nationalism very much. It is more important than democracy.
 
methodology ?

link to original report ?

ommomono is like some shady kerala (full of communists and islamists) based random website.

in order to prevent a proper lynching, they're even hiding the name of the scumbucket who authored this shoddy hit piece... cowards !
I posted the article with more interactive charts and not behind a pay wall. But it is definitely not shady. It was founded in 1888. So very legitimate.

Here is the one which I saw first

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Indians will protest against these rankings by sending death and rape threats to the journalists who published them.
 
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