Indian journalism and media has always been robustly independent. But there's been a certain crudeness and lack of subtlety in much of the reporting. It's fantastic to watch the accelerated evolution of the level of reporting (Tehelka is great example).

Here's CNN IBN's Face The Nation discussing Bombay's repeat of New Years free for all groping of women. I've ranted earlier about what would be considered assault elsewhere, is mis-termed 'Eve teasing' in India. The show highlights the importance of semantics, and discusses the Indian Penal Code's use of the term 'outrage the modesty of a woman'. It also drops the overused, and misused, 'eve teasing' term for the more accurate 'sexually harassed':

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CNN IBN's leveraging of technology as a distribution channel is impressive. It'll also be great if they integrate new media into more of their reporting. A plug for the outstanding work done by the Blank Noise Project wouldn't have been out of place.