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Nithin Coca నితిన్
@ncoca@social.coop  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

Consider this - "only 10.6 per cent of #India’s population speaks #English"

Yet so many major #Indian media outlets only publish in English, especially the ones doing investigative of longform journalism. It's the elite speaking to the elite, while the right speaks in the vernacular.

https://eastasiaforum.org/2025/07/01/indias-state-and-central-governments-still-arent-speaking-the-same-language/

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bewilderbeast23
@bewilderbeast23@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago
@ncoca There's a similar situation in South Africa. We have 11 official languages. Most of the newspapers, radio and TV in local languages are govt or pro-govt. Criticism of govt is almost exclusively in English and Afrikaans media.
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Tokyo Outsider (337ppm)
@tokyo_0@mas.to replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago
@ncoca Does the right speak in the vernacular across the country or mostly in the Hindi belt?
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Nithin Coca నితిన్
@ncoca@social.coop replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago
@tokyo_0 Just from a journalism perspective, most mainstream media in vernacular or regional language is conservative or corporate - tied to vested interests. There's little to no independent or investigative reporting in most Indian languages, except for a little in Hindi.
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Tokyo Outsider (337ppm)
@tokyo_0@mas.to replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago
@ncoca That's super interesting. Thank you for sharing 👍
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