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The Fourth Estate

Trust and The Tribune Yet another credible and powerful voice representing independent media in the country has been silenced. Last week, Harish Khare, editor-in-chief of The Tribune, the Chandigarh-...

The Fourth Estate

Ticket to Ride The names selected by various parties for a berth in the Rajya Sabha shows a growing trend—the number of journalists or media house owners in the fray. There was a time when businessme...

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Bruised Egos Journalists assigned to the BJP beat—and their tribe is increasing—were quite thrilled that the party was moving to a swanky new headquarters with modern amenities, wi-fi and proper ai...

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The Wrong Mahajan When news broke that a Prasar Bharati selection committee had appointed Rahul Mahajan as editor-in-chief of Rajya Sabha TV, it created a piquant, even hilarious, situation. A numb...

The Fourth Estate

Minister’s Mission Every ministry she has been given charge of, Smriti Irani likes to stamp her authority and rush in where angels fear to tread. Her current clean-house target is the Information &am...

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Faking to Please India and the External Affairs Ministry are hugely embarrassed thanks to over-enthusiastic anchors from Times Now and Zee TV who gleefully aired a video the day Prime Minister Modi...

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The Modi Setpiece So rare are Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s interactions with the media that even the occasional interviews he reluctantly grants are carefully choreographed. He has not held a singl...

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Repent in Haste The tendency among media outlets for so-called “exclusives” and to be quickest on the draw is creating not just fake news but also reportage with the potential to create dangerous s...

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Friendly Faces After much criticism of his reluctance to have any press conferences or interviews with the media in the last three years, the Prime Minister finally obliged on the eve of his trip t...

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Bar Bar Republic TV and Arnab Goswami are now getting some payback for their aggressive support for the government and biased, often distorted, attacks on its opponents. First, Rahul Gandhi barred bo...

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