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Media’s regulation and self-regulation: How both failed
Posted by :
Manoj Mitta
on July 13, 2009
For my generation of journalists, the first major attempt to muzzle the press came in 1988. It was triggered by a crisis of credibility facing the Rajiv Gandhi government because of its abortive military mission in Sri Lanka and the spate of corruption scandals unearthed by the media. The government hit back with a proposal [...]
Professional, oh yeah?
Posted by :
Manoj Mitta
on October 25, 2008
The media’s growing alignment with the market over the last decade has done a lot of good to us, the media professionals. We command better pay packets. Some of us even have ESOPs. We have gone up the social ladder. We are more influential than ever before. These gains seem to have however come at [...]
