Times Now Explained

Times Now
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Country:India
Owner:The Times Group
Language:English
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Headquarters:Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Area:Worldwide
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Times Now is an English news channel in India owned and operated by The Times Group. The channel launched on 23 January 2006 in partnership with Reuters.[1] [2] It is a pay television throughout India. Until 2016, it was India's most popular and the most viewed English news channel.[3] [4] [5]

History

In 2016 Arnab Goswami (the earlier editor-in-chief) left the channel to launch Republic TV.[6]

Times India eventually expanded the Times Now into a news network:

ChannelLanguageGenre
Times NowEnglishNews
Times Now World
Mirror Now
ET Now
Times Now NavBharatHindi
ET Now Swadesh

Distribution

Along with the other Times group channels (Zoom, ET Now and Movies Now), Times Now is distributed by Media Network and Distribution (India) Ltd (MNDIL), which is a joint venture between The Times Group and Yogesh Radhakrishnan, a cable and satellite industry veteran, under the brand Prime Connect.[7]

Employees

Lawsuits

On 15 November 2011, in the country's highest defamation suit, the Supreme Court upheld the Bombay High Court's order requiring Times Now to pay ₹100 crore. The channel had erroneously run the picture of Supreme Court judge P.B. Sawant picture instead of someone similarly named as part of a Provident Fund scandal, and the payment went directly to Sawant.[11]

In 2018, Times Now aired derogatory remarks about activist Sanjukta Basu. She filed a complaint with the News Broadcasting Standards Authority in March 2019. In October 2020, she moved Supreme Court claiming that her case was pending with NBSA. Before the case could be listed for hearing in the Supreme court, NBSA released the judgement on her complaint. NBSA ordered Times Now to air apology on live TV at 8PM and 9PM during the prime time and submit DVD copies of the same. NBSA found that Times Now had not contacted Basu to get her version and failed to verify the facts before broadcasting. This conduct was judged to be a violation of NBSA guidelines. The NBSA order noted that "there was an absence of neutrality in the programme".[12]

Violation of Code of Ethics and Broadcasting Standards

Times Now was accused of misrepresenting facts regarding an interview of an alleged eve teaser.[13] The News Broadcasting Standards Authority asked Times Now to apologize and fined them ₹50,000.[14] [15] [16] [17]

The National Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA) reprimanded the channel for a bias in their coverage of the Tablighi Jamaat congregation on 23 June 2016 for violating the Code of Ethics and Broadcasting Standards.[18] [19]

2020 Delhi riots

In 2021, the National Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority (NBDSA) found that debates by two Times Now anchors – Rahul Shivshankar and Padmaja Joshi on the topic 2020 Delhi riots were not conducted in an "impartial and objective manner". NBDSA found that the anchors had "violated the Fundamental Principles as enumerated in the Code of Ethics and Broadcasting Standards and various Guidelines issued by NBDSA". In his order NBDSA chairperson Justice (retired) A.K. Sikri directed Times Now to take down videos of from YouTube and websites. NBDSA had ordered this responding to the complaint filed against Shivshankar accusing him of selectively showing the observations of the courts and the police to make it appear as if the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act protestors were responsible for the religious violence. The order quoted, "The coverage was done to target a community that is critical of the Delhi Police's investigation and project them and their critique in a negative light, thereby unduly hindering the right of the viewer to have a fact based view on the matter and amounted to a sustained campaign to challenge a position, without intimating to the viewers what that position is in its entirety or allowing panellists to explain the same".[20]

Reception

The channel is accused of practicing biased reporting in favour of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).[21] [22] [23] [24]

According to a 2022 BBC News article, several Indian news anchors including Times Now's Shivshankar are known to shout down their panelists and ranting during their show, and have been accused of bias towards India's governing party, Bharatiya Janata Party and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.[25]

In 2020, Newslaundry reported that Shivshankar had used several dog whistles to negatively portray the Indian Muslims.[26]

On 6 September 2021, Times Now was criticised for a report using video that suggested a Pakistan Air Force jet was hovering over Afghanistan's Panjshir Valley. The video was soon revealed to be a United States Air Force F-15 jet filmed by a YouTube airplane enthusiast in Wales filming the jet within the Mach Loop three months before.[27]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Daya Kishan Thussu. News as Entertainment: The Rise of Global Infotainment. 15 January 2018. 9 January 2008. SAGE Publications. 978-1-84787-506-8. 100–. 26 March 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230326142322/https://books.google.com/books?id=pRiiYoanw6kC&pg=PA100. live.
  2. News: Reuters to pay $19 mn for 26% in Times Now . Business Standard . Bipin Chandran . 14 June 2013 . 15 January 2018 . Chandran . Bipin . 15 January 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180115185337/http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/reuters-to-pay-19-mn-for-26-in-times-now-106022101005_1.html . live .
  3. News: Can any English news channel beat the just turned 10 Times Now? . The Hindu . Pradyuman Maheshwari . 6 February 2016 . 15 January 2018 . Maheshwari . Pradyuman . 6 February 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160206041231/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/entertainment/can-any-english-news-channel-beat-the-just-turned-10-times-now/article8201261.ece . live .
  4. Book: Boria Majumdar. Nalin Mehta. India and the Olympics. 15 January 2018. 7 May 2009. Routledge. 978-1-135-27575-4. 9–. 26 March 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230326142323/https://books.google.com/books?id=E3ONAgAAQBAJ&pg=PR9. live.
  5. News: India's Times Now news channel to launch in UK . . James Crabtre . 15 November 2015 . 15 January 2018 . 16 January 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180116004238/https://www.ft.com/content/2a1de6d0-89e5-11e5-8a12-b0ce506400af . live .
  6. https://www.indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/viewership/dingdong-contest-between-dd-india-and-republic-tv-in-english-news-genre-190507 Dingdong Contest between DD India and Republic TV in English News Genre
  7. Web site: BCCL floats TV distribution joint venture. https://web.archive.org/web/20140114064410/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-28/india-business/28367584_1_channels-joint-venture-tv-foray. dead. The Times of India. 14 January 2014.
  8. News: Rahul Shivshankar appointed as Chief Editor of TIMES NOW. The Economic Times. 16 December 2016. 30 October 2018. 14 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190414080438/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/media/entertainment/media/rahul-shivshankar-appointed-as-chief-editor-of-times-now/articleshow/56009850.cms. live.
  9. News: Navika Kumar appointed Times Network Group editor . 24 February 2020 . Newslaundry . 19 February 2020 . en . 23 February 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200223200444/https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/02/19/navika-kumar-appointed-times-network-group-editor . live .
  10. News: Times Now censured for not revealing defence analyst's business interests. indianexpress.com. 17 January 2021. 6 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140406081229/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/times-now-censured-for-not-revealing-defence-analyst-s-business-interests/1051671. live.
  11. News: SC asks Times Now to deposit Rs 100 crore before HC takes up its appeal in defamation case. Times of India. 27 July 2016. 15 November 2011. 11 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160111110205/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/SC-asks-Times-Now-to-deposit-Rs-100-crore-before-HC-takes-up-its-appeal-in-defamation-case/articleshow/10734614.cms. live.
  12. News: Scroll Staff . Times Now asked to air apology to activist for derogatory remarks during 2018 debate . 5 March 2022 . Scroll.in . 25 October 2020 . 5 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220305133626/https://scroll.in/latest/976698/times-now-asked-to-air-apology-to-activist-for-derogatory-remarks-during-2018-debate . live .
  13. News: Bhardwaj . Ananya . Why Delhi woman behind viral post on 'molestation' didn't appear in court for 3 years . 26 August 2020 . ThePrint . 11 September 2018 . 13 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210613143428/https://theprint.in/india/governance/why-delhi-woman-behind-viral-post-on-molestation-didnt-appear-in-court-for-3-years/115931/ . live .
  14. News: Times Now fined, asked to apologize for intimidating reporting in Jasleen Kaur story. 15 March 2016. The News Minute. 10 July 2016. 13 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160713162130/http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/times-now-fined-asked-apologize-intimidating-reporting-jasleen-kaur-story-40331. live.
  15. News: NBSA asks Times Now to issue apology, pay fine for a story. Bansal. Shuchi. 15 March 2016. Mint. 10 July 2016. 8 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160708193647/http://www.livemint.com/Consumer/tkP9rrq1dHYIOm8jWkyiPK/NBSA-asks-Times-Now-to-issue-apology-pay-fine-for-a-story.html. live.
  16. News: Ajmal . Zaheeb . 'Times Now, will you issue public apology now', ask Twitterati after Sarvjeet Singh is acquitted by court . 17 January 2021 . National Herald . 26 October 2019 . en . 17 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201117025509/https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/india/times-now-will-you-issue-public-apology-now-ask-twitterati-after-sarvjeet-singh-is-acquitted-by-court . live .
  17. News: Jagmohan. Aakruti. 17 March 2016. NBSA Asks Times Now to Apologise, Pay Fine for Jasleen Kaur Story. 26 August 2020. TheQuint. en. 24 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201024024902/https://www.thequint.com/news/hot-news/nbsa-asks-times-now-to-apologise-pay-fine-for-jasleen-kaur-story. live.
  18. News: NBSA reprimands three TV channels over Tablighi Jamaat reports. The Hindu. 19 June 2021. 19 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210619141127/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/nbsa-reprimands-three-tv-channels-over-tablighi-jamaat-reports/article34843558.ece. live.
  19. News: NBSA fines News18 Kannada, Suvarna News, censures Times Now. Deccanherald. 19 June 2021. 17 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210617171417/https://www.deccanherald.com/national/nbsa-fines-news18-kannada-suvarna-news-censures-times-now-998513.html. live.
  20. News: Two of Times Now's Debates on Delhi Riots Were Not Impartial, Objective: NBDSA . 5 March 2022 . The Wire . 22 November 2021 . 5 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220305110839/https://thewire.in/media/two-of-times-nows-debates-on-delhi-riots-were-not-impartial-objective-nbdsa . live .
  21. News: Priyadarshini . Anna . TV channels double down . 24 January 2021 . Newslaundry . 2 December 2020 . 22 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210122162413/https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/12/02/farmers-are-angry-with-godi-media-for-demonising-them-tv-channels-double-down . live .
  22. Web site: Farmers are angry with 'Godi Media' for demonising them. TV channels double down. 18 December 2020. Newslaundry. 11 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201211213915/https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/12/02/farmers-are-angry-with-godi-media-for-demonising-them-tv-channels-double-down. live.
  23. News: Madan . Aman . India's Not-So-Free Media . 24 January 2021 . The Diplomat . 23 January 2019 . 5 December 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211205101208/https://thediplomat.com/2019/01/indias-not-so-free-media/ . live .
  24. News: Yadav . Puneet Nicholas . Are Newsrooms Run By Political Masters? Why Are Editors Compromising On Truth Telling? Outlook India Magazine . 24 January 2021 . Outlook . 2 March 2020 . 26 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210226015237/https://magazine.outlookindia.com/story/india-news-are-newsrooms-run-by-political-masters-why-are-editors-compromising-on-truth-telling/302846 . live .
  25. News: 'I am Mr McAdams': TV anchor Rahul Shivshankar yells at wrong man on Ukraine live . 4 March 2022 . BBC News . 4 March 2022 . 4 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220304074307/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-60614274 . live .
  26. News: S . Meghnad . When Rahul Shivshankar used Black Lives Matter to bash Muslims, as usual . 5 March 2022 . Newslaundry . 3 June 2020 . 5 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220305113548/https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/06/03/when-rahul-shivshankar-used-black-lives-matter-to-bash-muslims-as-usual . live .
  27. News: Chaudhuri . Pooja . Pathan . Aqib . Times Now airs video from UK as Pakistani fighter jet in Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan . 6 September 2021 . alt news . 6 September 2021 . 6 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210906151518/https://www.altnews.in/times-now-airs-video-from-uk-as-pakistani-fighter-jet-in-panjshir-valley-afghanistan/ . live .

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