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39-430: Sudhir Chaudhary , the ex-editor-in-chief of Zee news (currently Consulting Editor of Aaj Tak ), took credit for coining the term. According to him, it was targeted at "designer journalists", and "English-speaking page 3 celebrities" who allegedly "sympathise with terrorists" and "malign the judicial system". Shivam Vij, the contributing editor of ThePrint , credited Republic TV 's Arnab Goswami for having popularised

78-545: A "knowledge journalist" as a public intellectual who, like Walter Lippmann , Fareed Zakaria , Naomi Klein , Michael Pollan , and Andrew Revkin , sees their role as researching complicated issues of fact or science which most laymen would not have the time or access to information to research themselves, then communicating an accurate and understandable version to the public as a teacher and policy advisor. In his best-known books, Public Opinion (1922) and The Phantom Public (1925), Lippmann argued that most people lacked

117-541: A February 2022 speech to parliament, Modi stated that Indian National Congress was the leader of Tukde Tukde Gang and had been practicing a divide and rule policy. An RTI request was filed in the Ministry of Home Affairs headed by Amit Shah, querying the particulars of the "tukde tukde gang" and whether it was banned under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). In its reply on 20 January 2020,

156-448: A deeper understanding of the historical context of reservations for marginalized upliftment. In March 2024, Aajtak, who broadcast his show, was again fined by NBDSA for misrepresenting Barack Obama's statement about protecting Muslim minorities in India by attributing it to the ' tukde tukde gang' and separatist and terrorist movements such as Khalistan, thus distorting viewers' perception of

195-403: A professional journalist and a source can be rather complex, and a source can sometimes have an effect on an article written by the journalist. The article 'A Compromised Fourth Estate' uses Herbert Gans' metaphor to capture their relationship. He uses a dance metaphor, "The Tango", to illustrate the co-operative nature of their interactions inasmuch as "It takes two to tango". Herbert suggests that

234-544: Is a person who gathers information in the form of text, audio or pictures, processes it into a newsworthy form and disseminates it to the public. This is called journalism . Journalists can be broadcast, print, advertising or public relations personnel. Depending on the form of journalism, "journalist" may also describe various categories of people by the roles they play in the process. These include reporters, correspondents , citizen journalists , editors , editorial writers , columnists and photojournalists . A reporter

273-468: Is a type of journalist who researches , writes and reports on information in order to present using sources . This may entail conducting interviews , information-gathering and/or writing articles. Reporters may split their time between working in a newsroom , from home or outside to witness events or interview people. Reporters may be assigned a specific beat (area of coverage). Matthew C. Nisbet , who has written on science communication , has defined

312-727: Is hosting Aaj Tak's prime time show Black & White ( B & W ). In November 2012, Chaudhary and his colleague Sameer Ahluwalia were arrested on charges of extortion after businessman Naveen Jindal alleged that the two journalists had tried to extort ₹ 100 Crore worth of advertisements from his company in exchange for dropping stories that linked the Jindal Group with the Coalgate scam. The two were sent to 14-day judicial custody in Tihar Jail but were released on bail. The Broadcast Editors' Association suspended Chaudhary as its treasurer in

351-629: The Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) have used the phrase multiple times, including the Prime Minister Narendra Modi , Home Minister Amit Shah , former Law and Justice Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and MoS External Affairs S. Jaishankar . In December 2019, Shah, while addressing a gathering in Delhi, claimed that people protesting the recent Citizenship Amendment act belong to the "tukde tukde gang" and that they needed to be punished. In

390-914: The Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Without Borders publish reports on press freedom and advocate for journalistic freedom. As of November 2024, the Committee to Protect Journalists reports that 1625 journalists have been killed worldwide since 1992 by murder (71%), crossfire or combat (17%), or on dangerous assignment (11%). The "ten deadliest countries" for journalists since 1992 have been Iraq (230 deaths), Philippines (109), Russia (77), Colombia (76), Mexico (69), Algeria (61), Pakistan (59), India (49), Somalia (45), Brazil (31) and Sri Lanka (30). The Committee to Protect Journalists also reports that as of 1 December 2010, 145 journalists were jailed worldwide for journalistic activities. Current numbers are even higher. The ten countries with

429-446: The Hamas attack , Russian invasion of Ukraine and the presidential election . American consumers turned away from journalists at legacy organizations as social media became a common news source. Journalists sometimes expose themselves to danger, particularly when reporting in areas of armed conflict or in states that do not respect the freedom of the press . Organizations such as

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468-603: The Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications at Northwestern University . In January 2024, The Los Angeles Times , Time magazine and National Geographic all conducted layoffs, and Condé Nast journalists went on strike over proposed job cuts. The Los Angeles Times laid off more than 20% of the newsroom. CNN , Sports Illustrated and NBC News shed employees in early 2024. The New York Times reported that Americans were suffering from “news fatigue” due to coverage of major news stories like

507-570: The News Broadcasting & Digital Standards Authority (NBDSA) recently took action against two shows hosted by Sudhir Chaudhary, citing concerns of Islamophobia. The complaint emphasized the communal discourse present in both shows, both hosted by Chaudhary. One episode, aired in October 2022 as part of his 'Black and White' series, addressed the topic of "Muslim participation in Garba festivals." However,

546-539: The "types of jihads ", which were criticized as Islamophobic. On 2 June 2023, he subtly blamed Muslims for destroying a temple in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr . This later turned out to be false when the UP police arrested the four Hindu men in the case. After this, he said "Progressive Hindus" have "defamed their own religion", and these are the "same progressive Hindus who like to be identified as secular". In November 2023,

585-505: The BJP government registered a seditious case, said that it's been using, the imaginary “tukde tukde gang” to deflect public attention from the real issues of unemployment, economy and education. Sudhir Chaudhary (journalist) Sudhir Chaudhary is an Indian journalist . He is a consulting editor at the Hindi news channel Aaj Tak and hosts the show Black & White ( B & W ). He

624-494: The Ministry said it had "no information concerning tukde-tukde gang." Yashwant Sinha , former Minister of Finance and External Affairs under PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee said, the real tukde-tukde gang is the one who are in the BJP indicating to Modi and Shah . Historian Ramachandra Guha said the real tukde-tukde gang are those, who are sitting in Delhi who want to divide the country on the basis of religion and languages while he

663-403: The capacity, time and motivation to follow and analyze news of the many complex policy questions that troubled society. Nor did they often experience most social problems or directly access expert insights. These limitations were made worse by a news media that tended to oversimplify issues and to reinforce stereotypes , partisan viewpoints and prejudices . As a consequence, Lippmann believed that

702-465: The case. Chaudhary accused Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra of plagiarizing American journalist Martin Longman who pointed out the early signs of fascism in India, although both Longman and Moitra later denied such accusations. Mahua Moitra filed a criminal defamation case against Sudhir Chaudhary after which Chaudhary, on his daily prime time show, accepted that only a part of Mahua Moitra's speech

741-516: The content was criticized for its biased portrayal, manipulation of facts, and the use of a distinctly communal slur, reflecting an anti-Muslim bias. In another instance, Sudhir Chaudhary made unfounded claims about illegal mausoleums on government land in Uttarakhand during his role as anchor, thus stigmatizing the entire Muslim community. In response to these complaints, the NBDSA reprimanded the channel for

780-520: The country reportedly go unsolved. Bulgarian Victoria Marinova was beaten, raped and strangled. Saudi Arabian dissident Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul. From 2008 to 2019, Freedom Forum 's now-defunct Newseum in Washington, D.C. featured a Journalists Memorial which honored several thousand journalists around the world who had died or were killed while reporting

819-660: The following profile: In 2019 the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism Digital News Report described the future for journalists in South Africa as “grim” because of low online revenue and plummeting advertising. In 2020 Reporters Without Borders secretary general Christophe Deloire said journalists in developing countries were suffering political interference because the COVID-19 pandemic had given governments around

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858-579: The form of a targeted sexual violation, often in reprisal for their work. Mob-related sexual violence aimed against journalists covering public events; or the sexual abuse of journalists in detention or captivity. Many of these crimes are not reported as a result of powerful cultural and professional stigmas. Increasingly, journalists (particularly women) are abused and harassed online, via hate speech , cyber-bullying , cyber-stalking , doxing, trolling, public shaming , intimidation and threats. According to Reporters Without Borders ' 2018 annual report, it

897-496: The fourth estate being driven by the fifth estate of public relations. Journalists can face violence and intimidation for exercising their fundamental right to freedom of expression . The range of threats they are confronted with include murder, kidnapping , hostage-taking, offline and online harassment, intimidation , enforced disappearances, arbitrary detention and torture. Women in journalism also face specific dangers and are especially vulnerable to sexual assault, whether in

936-404: The largest number of currently-imprisoned journalists are Turkey (95), China (34), Iran (34), Eritrea (17), Burma (13), Uzbekistan (6), Vietnam (5), Cuba (4), Ethiopia (4) and Sudan (3). Apart from physical harm, journalists are harmed psychologically. This applies especially to war reporters, but their editorial offices at home often do not know how to deal appropriately with

975-571: The matter. In 2015, Sudhir Chaudhary got X-category security after allegations that someone had threatened to murder Chaudhary. In 2020, Zee News claimed that China had been monitoring Sudhir Chaudhary. Chaudhary won a Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism in the "Hindi broadcast" category for 2013. He won the award for his interview with the friend of the Delhi December 16 gang-rape victim. Journalist A journalist

1014-880: The news. After the Newseum closed in December 2019, supporters of freedom of the press persuaded the United States Congress in December 2020 to authorize the construction of a memorial to fallen journalists on public land with private funds. By May 2023, the Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation had begun the design of the memorial. In the US, nearly all journalists have attended university, but only about half majored in journalism. Journalists who work in television or for newspapers are more likely to have studied journalism in college than journalists working for

1053-679: The protests, some protesters were heard shouting slogans such as " Bharat tere tukde honge....Insha Allah. Insha Allah " (India, you'll be divided into pieces...if god wills, god wills) and " Aur Bharat ki barbaadi tak jung rahegi, jung rahegi " (The fight will continue until the destruction of India) which was later alleged to be "Bhartiya Court Zindabad" (long live the Indian Courts) raised by counter protesting ABVP members. Some students, including Kanhaiya Kumar and Umar Khalid , were arrested under charges of sedition and later released on bail for six months. Since then, numerous senior members of

1092-528: The public needed journalists like himself who could serve as expert analysts, guiding "citizens to a deeper understanding of what was really important". In 2018, the United States Department of Labor's Occupational Outlook Handbook reported that employment for the category "reporters, correspondents and broadcast news analysts" will decline 9 percent between 2016 and 2026. A worldwide sample of 27,500 journalists in 67 countries in 2012–2016 produced

1131-606: The reporters they expose to danger. Hence, a systematic and sustainable way of psychological support for traumatized journalists is strongly needed. Few and fragmented support programs exist so far. On 8 August 2023, Iran's Journalists' Day, Tehran Journalists' Association head Akbar Montajabi noted over 100 journalists arrested amid protests, while HamMihan newspaper exposed repression against 76 media workers since September 2022 following Mahsa Amini's death-triggered mass protests, leading to legal consequences for journalists including Niloufar Hamedi and Elaheh. The relationship between

1170-513: The source often leads, but journalists commonly object to this notion for two reasons: The dance metaphor goes on to state: A relationship with sources that is too cozy is potentially compromising of journalists' integrity and risks becoming collusive. Journalists have typically favored a more robust, conflict model, based on a crucial assumption that if the media are to function as watchdogs of powerful economic and political interests, journalists must establish their independence of sources or risk

1209-537: The term as a device to club together all the Leftist critics of the government as anti-nationals who allegedly wanted to see India broken to pieces. The term was popularised during the 2016 JNU sedition row . Then it was used to brand the left-leaning students of the Jawaharlal Nehru University that protested the hanging of Afzal Guru , who was a convicted terrorist. In a cellphone video that emerged after

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1248-584: The unnecessary and loose use of the term 'Mazhaar Jihaad' and ordered the removal of the video of one of the shows. While once again targeting minorities, stirred debate on his show "Black and White" by declaring India the best cricket team globally, attributing success to the absence of reservations in player selection. Advocating for a merit-based approach, he questioned whether removing reservations across sectors would lead to greater national achievements. Social media backlash accused him of promoting divisive narratives against minorities and backward classes, urging

1287-475: The wake of these charges, saying that Chaudhary had acted in a manner prejudicial to the interests and objectives of the Association. In July 2018, the Jindal Group wrote to the investigating agencies saying that a settlement had been reached, and requesting them to withdraw the allegations against the journalists and close the case; on the same day, charges of bribery were filed against Jindal and others related to

1326-497: The world the chance “to take advantage of the fact that politics are on hold, the public is stunned and protests are out of the question, in order to impose measures that would be impossible in normal times”. In 2023 the closure of local newspapers in the US accelerated to an average of 2.5 per week, leaving more than 200 US counties as “news deserts” and meaning that more than half of all U.S. counties had limited access to reliable local news and information, according to researchers at

1365-495: Was broadcast and showed his regrets. Zee Media also filed a defamation case against her for calling it 'chor' and 'paid' news. On 10 April 2020, on Zee News, Chaudhary (according to Al Jazeera ) openly accused Muslims of impeding India's coronavirus war. Chaudhary said on his show DNA that the " Tablighi Jamaat betrayed the nation." In May 2020, Kerala Police filed a first information report against Chaudhary for his 11 March broadcast of DNA , in which Chaudhary discusses

1404-510: Was detained by police during CAA-NRC protest. P. Chidambaram , the former Minister of Finance under PM Manmohan Singh , said that the "real tukde tukde gang" is the ruling party which is determined to divide the country on religious lines. He criticised the comment of Ravi Shankar Prasad , the former Law Minister of India, for calling protesters as a part of tukde tukde gang. Talking to the National Herald (India) , Kanhaiya Kumar , on whom

1443-502: Was formerly the editor-in-chief and CEO of Zee News , WION , Zee Business , Zee 24 Taas and hosted the prime-time show Daily News & Analysis ( DNA ) on Zee News. Chaudhary has been working in the television news industry since the 1990s. He started his career in Zee News, then worked with Live India and Mi Marathi before joining Zee News again. He was in live television reporting and then 24 hours news television. Chaudhary

1482-491: Was the worst year on record for deadly violence and abuse toward journalists; there was a 15 percent increase in such killings since 2017, with 80 killed, 348 imprisoned and 60 held hostage. Yaser Murtaja was shot by an Israeli army sniper. Rubén Pat was gunned down outside a beach bar in Mexico. Mexico was described by Reporters Without Borders as "one of world's deadliest countries for the media"; 90% of attacks on journalists in

1521-719: Was told to have been in the squad which has covered the Vajpayee – Musharraf Indo-Pak meeting at Islamabad , after the 2001 Indian Parliament attack . In 2003, he left Zee News . He was instrumental in the launch of Sahara Samay , the Hindi -language news channel of the Sahara group . He also joined India TV for a brief time. In 2012, he rejoined Zee News, where he hosted the news show Daily News & Analysis ( DNA ). Chaudhary resigned again from Zee News in July 2022 and joined Aaj Tak . He

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