India revokes non-profit status for independent outlets, claiming “journalism does not serve any public purpose”
India revokes non-profit status for independent outlets, claiming “journalism does not serve any public purpose”
15 comments
-
-
Watching the New York Times manufacture consent to invade Mexico for fentanyl and the Washington Post suppress anything critical of Trump even before the election; while both are nonetheless simultaneously lauded by liberals & conservatives alike makes it hard to disagree w the Indian government.
It feels like the only truly independent press anywhere takes the same form of independent social media like Lemmy: vulnerable organizations on shoe string budgets with little to no reach into its country's majority consciousness, who either deride its information or just flat out ignore it.
The over overwhelming majority are unwittingly ushering in our descent into fascism by actions like these and they punch left against anyone actively trying to stop it and I wonder if they'll ever shake off the narrative they've unwittingly swallowed and how much more of a beating the left can take before that needful dissention is completely gone.
The worst part is that they'll cheer for it once it is truly gone and it'll come at a time where they'll consider Nazi salutes like Elon's as nbd.
-
The world's largest democracy.
-
The Indian government's recent move to strip non-profits like The Reporters' Collective and The File of their tax-exempt status—claiming journalism lacks "public purpose"—is peak bureaucratic theater. Imagine a state defining "public service" as whatever doesn't threaten its narrative. This isn't about fiscal responsibility—it's about muting scrutiny under the guise of legal technicalities.
Democracy dies when accountability becomes optional. By weaponizing tax codes against independent voices, they're not even pretending anymore. Watch how quickly "free press" gets rebranded as "economic terrorism" when inconvenient truths surface. Meanwhile, state-approved propaganda outlets thrive, funded by oligarchs and laundered through social media's narcissistic echo chambers. The math checks out: silence dissent, amplify obedience. Welcome to the new public square—sterilized, sanitized, and subservient.
15 comments