Ep 78: Aadhaar and fake news, #ArrestShehlaRashid and more

This week on Reporters Without Orders, Snigdha Sharma wears the host's hat and sits down with Newslaundry Hindi correspondent Basant Kumar, desk writer Gaurav Sarkar and Meghnad S.The discussion kicks off with everyone on the panel sharing the most bizarre news they've read this week including the sequence of events involving P Chidambaram. Talking about under-reported stories, Gaurav mentions a BJP member allegedly raping a minor at gunpoint in Mumbai while Basant expresses concern over journalists' ignorance regarding several job cuts across the country. Basant says, "This is a slap on the face of journalists because if we were reporting about this, NITMA wouldn't have had to put out an advertisement."Talking about the state's attempt to link people's social media accounts to their Aadhaar cards, Meghnad thinks an Aadhaar card is not needed to find out about those spreading fake news. Snigdha feels the government is trying to make citizens choose between privacy and curbing fake news.The group then discusses the hashtag #ArrestShehlaRashid trending on Twitter and the relevance of Donald Trump's attempt to mediate between India and Pakistan. Gaurav updates listeners on the Priya Ramani versus MJ Akbar case, and wraps up the conversation with an interesting yet surprising snippet from the Unnao case hearing which went unreported.For all this and more, listen up!

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