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Uproar in India: And You Thought It Was Only About Farmers?
Sainath, P.
http://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/14/uproar-in-india-and-you-thought-it-was-only-about-farmers/Date Written: 2020-12-14 Publisher: CounterPunch Year Published: 2020 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX24116 Surely the 'mainstream' media (a strange term for platforms whose content excludes over 70 per cent of the population) cannot be unaware of these implications of the new farm laws for Indian democracy. But the pursuit of profit drives them far more than any notion of public interest or democratic principles. Shed any delusions about the conflicts of interests (in plural) involved. These media are also corporations. The Big Boss of the largest Indian corporation is also the richest and biggest media owner in the country. Subject Headings |