COVID-19 has brought India to its knees and, in many ways, the mainstream news media are failing to do their job.

Contributors:
Atul Chaurasia - Executive Editor, Newslaundry
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta - Journalist & Author
Sandhya Ravishankar - Journalist, India Ahead News
Kapil Komireddi - Author, Malevolent Republic

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Host Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Flo Phillips about doctored footage coming out of Russia. Kremlin-backed channels would have you believe it is not just Ukrainian and Russian forces building up at the border but American as well.

Attacked on the streets, typecast on TV: a media history of being Asian in America

How Asian Americans have been othered in the media; the tropes and the rise in hate.

Contributors:
Kimmy Yam - Reporter, NBC News
Takeo Rivera - Assistant Professor, Boston University
Amanda Nguyen - Civil Rights Activist & Founder, Rise

COVID-19 has brought India to its knees and, in many ways, the mainstream news media are failing to do their job. Contributors: Atul Chaurasia - Executive Editor, Newslaundry Paranjoy Guha Thakurta - Journalist & Author Sandhya Ravishankar - Journalist, India Ahead News Kapil Komireddi - Author, Malevolent Republic On our radar Host Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Flo Phillips about doctored footage coming out of Russia. Kremlin-backed channels would have you believe it is not just Ukrainian and Russian forces building up at the border but American as well. Attacked on the streets, typecast on TV: a media history of being Asian in America How Asian Americans have been othered in the media; the tropes and the rise in hate. Contributors: Kimmy Yam - Reporter, NBC News Takeo Rivera - Assistant Professor, Boston University Amanda Nguyen - Civil Rights Activist & Founder, Rise

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