Rajdeep Sardesai Interview
"Amit Malviya crossed a line with me, not with the channel," said veteran journalist Rajdeep Sardesai, speaking about his rift with the IT cell head of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
In the final chapter of his new book, '2024: The Election That Surprised India', Sardesai narrated how he had to block Malviya on WhatsApp after the latter would send him hateful messages. The two have also had a heated public exchange in the past over Twitter. That begs the question - should the network continue to platform Malviya on shows and debates being conducted by Sardesai?
Quizzed about this by Himanshi Dahiya, watch what Sardesai had to say on 'Badi Badi Baatein' with Eshwar.
Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w_bSf_I43M&t=1767s
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"A terrible rape takes place at RG KAR, God forbid if the rapist was a Muslim, God forbid! Terrible rapes take place in different parts of the country. Are we going to define the scale of the crime based on the religion of the perpetrator?" said Rajdeep Sardesai, as he expressed his angst against the sowing of hate by India's 'mainstream' media on the basis of religion.
"Television media has much to answer for. I am not going to stand here and claim I am different. I am a part of that wider television mainstream media. We are also at fault," he said.
In his latest book - ' 2024: The Election that Surprised India' - the veteran journalist talks about the damage done by the Indian media to the country's social fabric. But on the latest episode of 'Badi Badi Baatein', Sardesai also explains why "it is not easy for a TV news channel as big as India Today to have him as a prime time news anchor."
Watch Rajdeep Sardesai in this fun, passionate, and heartfelt conversation on 'Badi Badi Baatein' with Associate Editor Eshwar E and other journalists from The Quint.
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Full interview on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/0w_bSf_I43M?si=6HBe80-d1KwTPbY3
"Television media also has much to answer for. I am not going to stand here and claim I am different. I am a part of that wider television mainstream media. We are also at fault," senior journalist Rajdeep Sardesai told Eshwar E as he spoke about communal narratives being run by India's 'mainstream media'.
In his latest book - ' 2024: The Election that Surprised India' - an entire chapter talks about the state of Indian media, the accusations of biases, and the fear in India's media industry at large. But in this interview, Sardesai also explains why "it is not easy for an India Today to have him as a prime time news anchor."
Sardesai's latest book largely talks about the 2024 general elections, his own experiences covering elections over the years, anecdotes from his encounters with political personalities, and the way forward for India as a nation.
On the latest episode of 'Badi Badi Baatein', journalists from The Quint, along with Associate Editor Eshwar had a fun, passionate, and heartfelt conversation with Rajdeep Sardesai.
Link for the full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w_bSf_I43M
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