Political ads, Amethi-Rae Bareli fight, Kejriwal’s return | FULL EPISODE Hafta 485

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This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Jayashree Arunachalam and Anand Vardhan are joined by advertising guru and columnist Santosh Desai and multimedia artist Anurag Minus Verma.
On the impact of political advertisements, Santosh says it has “never” been a significant player, as ads “simply fail” to reach an audience “beyond a certain comfort zone”. Anurag says influencer and meme marketing agencies instead have become “very important” in communication strategies.
The conversation moves to the elections in Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi and Rae Bareli. Manisha, who reported from the two constituencies, says that unemployment is a “really big concern”. She says that while people are talking about it from village to village, it is not a sign of anti-incumbency. “A lot of them say Modi should focus on this [employment] in his third term.”
On the temporary bail of AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal and his speech about Prime Minister Narendra Modi retiring before turning 75, Anand says, “It is a ploy to confuse voters.”
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00:00:00-00:06:17 Introduction
00:06:18-00:14:14 Headlines
00:14:15-00:59:24 Political advertising
00:59:25-1:08:30 Santosh recommendation
01:08:31-1:32:22 Amethi-Rae Bareli elections, Kejriwal’s interim bail
01:33:23-1:34:15 Anurag recommendation
01:34:16-2:06:03 Letters
02:06:04-2:17:28 Panel recommendations
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[@rahuls4924]

Our site, Our people, Lal salam comrades

[@keithrebelo9427]

I think the 2 chairs 1 glass of water alludes to the Karan Thappar interview, basically making him uncomfortable with the questions

[@Singers101]

I enjoyed this show very much. Thank you guys.

[@x.y.1215]

You also forgot to mention Umar Khalid who is rotting in jail for three years now on basically gossip.

[@RIJU9285]

Pleasantly surprised to hear Anurag recommend Aki Kaurismaki. Still remember watching A Bohemian Life in college days and being mind blown.

[@ashishprabhat1]

Pandeyji sounded so nervous but wow… So original insights! Very impressed

[@MegaAwesomeguys]

Political ads should be how Lincoln Project did against Trump, those went crazy viral and spoke volumes. Nobody does that here in India.

[@pr3148]

You guys should invite Supreme Court lawyer Harish Vasudevan form Kerala. He will explain the ECI roles and responsibilities and why ECI officials should be held accountable for these disgraceful action.

[@cyrilcbis]

Kudos to newslaundry for making the website accessible for all...way to go towards an inclusive society..Well done..

[@k6wolf]

There are so many good political ads in the US, the best Ad i have seen was the first ad by AOC

[@sargecmulackal9591]

I hope this finds you folks well! I wanted to say big thank you for making your channel more accessible to differently-abled subscribers. Your initiative is truly commendable and will make a world of difference to many. Keep up the great work! Best, Sarge

[@AdityaPatwardhanJ]

An amazing discussion!! A suggestion: please split your videos into chapter that we can navigate to, as it a long discussion.

[@ravim4170]

Where did the song recommendation go at the end? Was it edited out for some reason?

[@rafia_khan]

That ad and the parody was hilarious

[@amitmehta4491]

When you have a product as bad as "political party" then quality of ad doesn't matter.

[@pr3148]

❤ Hafta ❤ AS, MP… 1:45:00 Love you guys.. doesn’t matter where you guys are from.

[@satish17sin]

@newslaundry - are you guys testing your viewers attention level, Rajshree speaks at a speed of 1.75x and Anand speaks at the speed if 0.25x and then your editor decided to have 2 videos played with the volume where one of the zoom participants is talking and ad sound is also on .. come on bhai .. Abhinandhan all of these matters now a days. #pleaselookintothisissue

[@rehanalota6478]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@littlestreamfilms4090]

the ek glass paani in the ad was because it was a take on him asking for water from Karan Thapar during the interview when he didn't have any answer, so the ad is mocking that.

[@blues_fan]

Again Anand tries to trivialize the accident in Mumbai by comparing with prior advert board related incidents. In a country of 1.5 billion with hundreds of years of history, there won't be a situation where an incident is unique and one of a kind. Talk about the incident that has occurred, ask for justice for the lost lives. Don't hide behind whataboutery.

[@palashaglawe2992]

i dont think that particular ad was that bad, the idea behind the message was to increase tax compliance and show how taxes you pay is leading to development. ad doesnt have to be too flunky, It just needs to convey the message to the audience. if your point is to riddicule it by saying that govt is misusing the money on ad, its right on that aspect but there is a need for tax compliance too and one way to acheive is adv(unless govt is spending too much that it negates the increase in tax collection)

[@AmeyaApte27]

Anand is not going to laugh however hard you try Abhinandan!

[@ANG53066]

I like the format...After day long reporting ..Repoter reports the editor in front of him

[@comsen2114]

1:24:00 Wrong. This govt couldn't even conduct entrance exams properly.

[@parichaybose]

No opinion poll influence voter's mind more significant ways

[@user-tt9tp5hw7i]

लोकतंत्र धर्म के लिए पुलवामा,किसान, महिला खिलाड़ी के साथ हुए यटना को याद करते हुए ज्यादा से ज्यादा मतदान करे व करवाए। जय-जय जागरूक जनता-जनार्दन जय जय इंडिया गठबन्धन सरकार जय जय पत्रकार बन्धुजन जय जय गांधी परिवार

[@thesunfromwest]

Did you guys really not get the Congress advertisement with 'Do Kursi' thing? I thought it was on point in that sense.

[@thesunfromwest]

I would say it meant that Cast Census will tell you who needs what.

[@amitkashyap6643]

Partial discussion always...and please work on your accent. Phonetic classes are much needed.

[@afreenreads3313]

Please do not keep hafta behind the pay wall. I hate to ask you this but I really think it helps a-lot when I share it with high schoolers /college students and they share it with their friends and accomplices. It’s a request but as you also need to pay bills , it's understandable. Do it according to your convenience 🤗

[@Aurora-ch9qx]

Do you mean keep it outside the paywall?

[@afreenreads3313]

@@Aurora-ch9qx yes, love. Forgot to add *do not. Thank you for the correction.

[@RR-hp8hx]

Hahaha, to the helicopter being the centre of attraction😂

[@hritvikarjunmehrotra7453]

Hey Abhinandan, we get it you have a soft corner for AAP. Enough with it

[@saida87229]

Sikri saab, please make a nice Dental insurance and Health insurance for Pande ji 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@MirNovichok]

"India is a failed experiment" - Arunachalam sounds rather ignorant. Can she provide examples of post-colonial states with similar quantitative/qualitative challenges as India who're doing better than us at this point of time? Has she compared the MMR/IMR data from 1947 with present data? What about access to drinking water? Sen's papers on how famines drastically reduced the moment we become a democracy? The number of people lifted out of extreme poverty? I can go on and on - just because you have a mic and a platform doesn't mean you should speak crap with confidence.

[@A09119]

Why don't you put your fooking money where your mouth is & provide the evidence to back up your claims?Has illiteracy, Poverty, Starvation, Custodial deaths, Fake encounters been eliminated? What about fraudulently Snatching away people's livelihood through forcefully acquiring their land without rightful compensation leading to their displacement?Caste & Class Discrimination?Worker exploitation? Environment Degradation & Destruction?What about Food security,Free Education & Healthcare for all?What about Social & legal justice

[@dashmeetsingh9679]

India is actually going Pakistan way, slowly but surely. Democracy is getting weaker. All the instituitions are getting centralized, autonomy of every instution has been compromised. Pakistan’s downfall started when there politics went from democracy to psuedo-democracy. So yeah India hasnt failed, yet. But who knows.

[@rochak8532]

CFBR

[@MegaAwesomeguys]

TMCs last year political campaign song Khela Hobe had a lot of influence, though it wasn't produced by IPAC, was done by a supporter but TMC had to use that after it got viral, got mainstream even used in KJOs movie. Lol i just heard Manisha mention this 😂

[@subhajitkarmakar]

And they used this slogan as a war cry while butchering opposition after 21 assembly election. "Khela hobe" is a nightmare of a slogan in rural Bengal.

[@MegaAwesomeguys]

@@subhajitkarmakar Rural bengal still ended up voting for them during the panchayat elections. Even after re-polling in a few booths, TMC still managed to win easily.

[@subhajitkarmakar]

@@MegaAwesomeguys Most of our panchayat seats go uncontested for "some" reasons.

[@subhajitkarmakar]

@@MegaAwesomeguys And Left showed little power in Panchayat elections too. They won a few seats there.

[@MegaAwesomeguys]

@@subhajitkarmakar MOST? What? Just googled and found out 'Around 9.5% of West Bengal’s 73,887 panchayat seats have been won uncontested by various parties'. This year, BJP has already won seats uncontested in LOK SABHA, yes in LOK Sabha, in Gujrat. Last time this happened in 1989 maybe. There also might be some reason behind that. It has happened in places like Tripura, Kerala before too. Quiet a c'mon occurrence by the dominant party.

[@yashmaheshwari1727]

A friend of mine (I would classify him as a BJP - leaning - undecided - voter) pointed out that he supports BJP, but does not want them to get more than 400 seats. So he would not be voting for them this time. He understands the fear of misuse of media and other agencies. And the idea of 400+ and having the ability to change the constitution puts a seed of fear in him as well. So a case where "400+" is working against the BJP ... Anyone else observing something on the same line?

[@ramanmishra2400]

No,..we want 400+

[@OGopinions]

I think it's time to do another campaign- Ye 80 crore ration kisses diya papa. Humne diya. Hamare tax se. You guys should do a.serues of all things with Modi's photo that is paid by us

[@urasay2]

There was no need for Abhinandan to sing so much of Mile Sur Mera tumhara. Just don't sing ya.

[@urasay2]

Did rajeshri sen like my comment?

[@rajatdeeprana]

Modi Award 1. The King Hamad Order of the Renaissance, Bahrain - August 2019 Modi Award 2. Order of Zayed, UAE's highest civilian award - August 2019 Modi Award 3. Grand Collar of the State of Palestine - February 2018 Modi Award 4. King Abdulaziz Sash Award, Saudi Arabia - April 2016 Modi Award 5. Rule of Nishan Izzuddeen, Maldives - June 2019

[@diva7892]

Modi pm plus bjp I.t. malviya curated godi media interviews .... Some mor*n godi media interviewing does not merit mention Karan Thapar ka interview face karo naa! Toh jaane!

[@vickysherast1599]

😂😂😂😂😂😅😅😅

[@Vishnus610]

Rahul Gandhi will never give an interview...it's all because of arnab goswami

[@anishsharma5764]

News laundry me bhi jitni abadi utna haq hona chahiye, sirf sawarno ko baithaye rehte hai yeh log, daliton vanchiton aur alpsankhyakon ko jagah do

[@ashishprabhat1]

The anchor in beard is really annoying and smug. Is he the editor?

[@Rafeek-Indian]

You should say people of determination not people with disabilities

[@x.y.1215]

Lol, no discussion on Hyderabad where the candidate herself was in the polling stations checking the identification of the candidates. Why? Because it was Owaisi’s district, a predominantly Muslim district, so no comment on the RSS/BJP candidate’s outrageous behavior.

[@critical_thinker06]

Sometimes listening to some people, it seems that the opposition can do nothing right and modiji does everything right 🤣🤣

[@hritvikarjunmehrotra7453]

If elections go the opposition’s way, then the same people will serenade these adds

[@MirNovichok]

Also, it was really cool to see Manisha take a stand against the constant badmouthing of UP from some folks with weird complexes. As they said, for all the "literacy" of the southern states they voted back a literal fucking dictator to power!

[@ClubPunjab]

Rajshree’s conversation is as bad as her wig. Anurag is zabardast.

[@neelamacwan7670]

Why are you talking in English, talking 8n your indian language.

[@sidhantkhajuria7629]

This cheap copy of Gaurav Kapoor is funny, seems to be living in his own lala land

[@siddarthrao-jq7ic]

Jaishree, i see you picking your nose every damn Hafta, its so off putting. Please behave yourself.

[@atishkumarpadhy9669]

the more I hear Manisha, the more convinced i become that she is a covert BJP supporter. The shiv sena ad was much much better than BJP dulha ad

[@anishsharma5764]

Kaun jaat ke ho? News laundry me jitni abadi utni haq hai ya nahi? Daliton ko news laundry ke jagah kyu nahi di gayi hai, Pandey jee ke jagah kisi dalit aadiwasi ko baithao, Brahmanwaad band karo news laundry

[@souravpaul1490]

how hard you try ...... once a pappu will always remain a pappu.😅

[@pp47-04]

Once a andhbhakt, always an andhbhakt 😅😄😅😂🤣

[@souravpaul1490]

​@@pp47-04brainwashed😂

[@user-ni2ny5xp5r]

naxal laundry doing its best to promote fellow urban naxals of aap