Group Editor of NDTV, Barkha Dutt, who has been caught lobbying and power broking between the tainted DMK and Congress leaders has gone on the defensive as Outlook, Mid Day and Open Magazine have released transcripts and audio bytes proving the nexus between Niira Radia (also spelt Nira Radia) and top Indian journalists such as Barkha Dutt (NDTV), Vir Sanghvi (Hindustan Times) and Prabhu Chawla (India Today).
barkha dutt - Smear campaign astounding. Onus on Open and Outlook to prove quid-pro quo of any kind, before villifying individuals and their work.
Outlook and Open Magazine have provided more proof this case than the NDTV has in some past instances of its “activist” journalism.
barkha dutt - Vinod Mehta has been guest on several TV shows hosted by me. Would like him to point out one instance of compromise in coverage. Can he?
She’s clearly taking it personally. Outlook has released transcripts. Vinod Mehta’s personal opinion does’t prove anyone’s innocence or guilt.
barkha dutt - Amazed Angered and saddened at inability of some to distinguish between gathering info and ridiculous labels like lobbying/powerbroking
The transcripts speak for themselves. Read them here.
Update:
Another update posted by Barkha:
barkha dutt - Radia was a valid news source for DMK camp. She gave info on Karunanidhi, and sought my analysis on what Cong may do next. Valid journalism.
Since when did lobbying / power broking become valid journalism? Rather sounds unethical. However notice how neither she nor NDTV’s official statement has denied any of this. NDTV’s threat to Open Magazine of a defamation law suit stands on thin ice.
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