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Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7m1nfQiRvn0HFT1ubiuUk0?si=gTKdpHtMTHSrueLxvt4Fdw Kunal Purohit's Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/kunalpea Twitter : https://twitter.com/kunalpurohit?s=20 Kunal Purohit is a seasoned independent journalist based out of Mumbai. He writes for both international and national publications like Hindustan Times, Al Jazeera, South China Morning Post, Deutsche Welle, Indiaspend, The Wire, and many others. Kunal is also the recipient of numerous prestigious journalism awards including the Ramnath Goenka Excellence In Journalism Award '13, Statesman Award for Rural Reporting '14, UNFPA-Laadli Media Award for Gender Sensitive Reporting '14. In 2016, Purohit became a Felix Scholar. Kunal reports on urban planning, rural development, agriculture, gender and conflict. He has two podcasts: 'The Last Courtesan of Bombay' - https://theswaddle.com/the-last-courtesans-of-bombay-podcast-series/. 'The Night Shift' - https://theswaddle.com/the-night-shift-podcast/ In this episode of the podcast, he dissects fake news in the India of COVID-19 era. Deriving insights from sociologists and his own reporting, he explains how users of Whatsapp, Facebook, and YouTube are naively contributing to strong anti-Chinese sentiment along with bogus medical advice. Tune in to this episode to understand how you can separate the wheat from the chaff when it comes to factual reporting on the Coronavirus. Enjoy! INSTAGRAM : @vinamrekasanaa https://www.instagram.com/vinamrekasanaa/ FACEBOOK : @vinamrekasanaa https://www.facebook.com/vinamrekasanaa/ TWITTER : @vinamrekasanaa https://twitter.com/vinamrekasanaa LINKEDIN : @vinamrekasanaa https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinamre-kasanaa-b8524496/

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Independent Journalist Kunal Purohit, who has done some remarkable research on the ground, shares his insights with Teesta Setalvad about manipulation of common people's perception through technology, web and distorted news, which went on to intensely affect the Lok Sabha elections 2019.