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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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Contributors:
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00:00 Intro
01:16 India’s COVID crisis
12:09 Russia’s doctored images
14:33 Asian American tropes in media
25:06 Endnote
Category
World
Tags
al jazeera, aljazeera, asian american
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