Delhi Police vs Reels: Chai, Samosa Aur Detention

Delhi Police vs Reels: Chai, Samosa Aur Detention | TV Newsance 354

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Your bi-weekly dose of everything that passes for news on Indian television. This week on TV Newsance, Delhi’s protest season went full Tom & Jerry. Police chasing, protesters scattering, and everyone in the detention bus was already editing their reel. Jantar Mantar was “fired” from protest duty, so the capital now has a new list of approved places to be angry in, and you won’t love them. Over 7,000 people and 30+ journalists were detained in a day, including three of our own reporters. But the real scandal, according to Rubika Liyaquat, is that detainees got chai and samosa which automatically translates to “How dare you insult the kind police?” Godi media is also back with its annual conspiracy season - the foreign Nepal-Bangladesh playbook, and an even “bigger conspiracy” to stop Rahul Gandhi from getting into power. By the way, there’s a Batman and Shaktiman angle to this as well. Watch the episode to know more! But the biggest villain in Goditown is now reels. We went through the protest-site content economy, where there’s a phone in every hand and a mic from channels you’ve probably never heard of. Here, creators have started treating detention like a shoot location and constables like unpaid extras. “Name plate kahan hai?” is now a popular template. But the most ironic part is that the TV anchors who’ve spent years doing exactly this to garner TRPs are now suddenly very concerned about decorum. And somewhere in all this noise, the thing that started it all got quietly lost. 00:00 Welcome to the protest season 00:45 Delhi’s real-life Tom & Jerry 02:31 Delhi Police checks the press 03:18 Modi’s orange economy raises an alarm 03:57 Newslaundry reporters detained 04:38 Support independent journalism 05:21 Detentions can’t stop the reels 06:38 Jantar Mantar “resigns” 07:54 Rubika’s tea-and-samosa defence 09:22 TV news turns protesters into villains 11:27 Mobile phones vs Delhi Police 12:47 Protest site or content spot? 14:30 TV news wrote the outrage playbook 17:10 The viral “Where’s your nameplate?” template 18:34 Journalist, influencer or protester? 21:13 Is the police crackdown working? 22:35 What happened to accountability? 24:55 Why TV reporters face public anger 25:35 Lessons from Shaheen Bagh 27:02 When harassment becomes content 27:46 Help us keep reporting Watch the full episode and let us know your thoughts in the comment section below. Subscribe to Newslaundry: https://pages.razorpay.com/nlsm Join the NL-TNM Book Club: https://www.newslaundry.com/book-club Join us on WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va61PEo0QeacOqU9vr2k Download the accessible Newslaundry app: https://www.newslaundry.com/download-app Follow and engage with us on social media: Facebook: https://facebook.com/newslaundry Twitter: https://twitter.com/newslaundry Instagram: https://instagram.com/newslaundry

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