This week, host Akanksha Kumar is joined by Pratyush Deep from Newslaundry and Kritika Goel, deputy editor at the Quint where she leads a fact-checking initiative.

Kritika explains her report on how #BoycottBollywood hashtags are closely linked to Facebook pages that were once part of the #JusticeforSSR campaign. “It’s very evident from the kind of activity we see online, the kind of activity we see on their pages, that they do subscribe to the right-wing ideology,” she says.

Pratyush then details his report on how nearly 200 children in a Delhi village were out of school, until a government official stepped in. He also talks about similar issues in remote areas.

This and a lot more as they talk about what made news, what didn’t, and what shouldn’t have.

Tune in.

Timecodes

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:00:48 - Boycott Bollywood factcheck

00:21:14 - Delhi children struggle for school

00:32:00 - Recommendations

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Produced and recorded by Tehreem Roshan, edited by Umrav Singh.

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