Media with the Help of Capital led to the Growth of Right: Teesta

In a panel discussion on “crisis of capital and the rise on the right”, Teesta Setalvad talked about the challenges faced by journalists post globalisation. Neo-liberalism and globalization can take one on the consumerist path and delink from the base of the profession or ideology. This was done in name of better pays and independence. And thus, the delinking from the journalists unions post liberalisation in fact made people vulnerable to getting fired. Teesta also talked about the retrenchment of journalists by newspapers. She says that the rise of capital and Hindutva has gone hand-in hand with the media today.