Editor In Chief, India Ahead News
Bhupendra Chaubey is amongst the leading journalists of our times. Over a two decade career, he has built a reputation for himself for being the only ground reporter editor in the business of news. He uses new mediums of broadcasting like digital audio platforms very effectively. His election coverage is something that people in India swear by. At a time when media is going thru a credibility crisis, Bhupendra keeps the focus on facts and not hype. He started off with ndtv and then set up CNN IBN which is now CNN NEWS 18. He took over India Ahead News to try new experiments in broadcasting in 2020.
Ms Niharika Chug started the session with the question that why nowadays media houses need to be in nexus with politicians. Shantanu Gupta and Arun Anand explained that what is seen as a nexus between politicians and media houses, is not happening today, but it is happening from the time before Indian freedom. With the example of Mahatma Gandhi who then used media to attract the attention of western influencers towards the plight of India under British Rule. Mr Arun Anand explained that the media is being utilized by politicians to communicate with the people for a long time. Mr Shantanu told the audience that earlier the foreign trips of Prime Ministers used to see a big contingent of journalists accompanying the PM on their foreign visits. Now since reports are given directly by the government the journalists who are missing the free journeys are making this cry of the recent nexus of journalists and politicians. Mr Bhuoendra Chubey with many examples informed the audience that the media is being used by the ruling dispensation for their purpose. He also told the audience that the journalists who ask questions to the governments let it be central or state governments have to face dire consequences from those governments. The session was extended by another forty minutes as the hall was full of an enthusiastic audience who wanted to know more from the panel.