Dhobi Ghat Ep 9: Assam & Azad Maidan
Madhu Trehan in conversation with Barkha Dutt and Sreenivasan Jain on the media's coverage of Assam, Azad Maidan and the exodus. Is media damned if it does & damned if it doesn't? How TV was way more responsible than print, and more.
Madhu Trehan in conversation with Barkha Dutt and Sreenivasan Jain on the media’s coverage of Assam, Azad Maidan and the exodus from Bangalore. Is media damned if it does & damned if it doesn’t? How TV news was way more responsible than print, and more.
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