What does it mean for a country’s democracy when its prime minister sits down for a three-hour long chat with an foreign podcaster but doesn’t hold a single press conference in eleven years. Who questions the state when billionaires with close ties to the union government run major TV news networks?

In this episode of Let Me Explain, Pooja Prasanna examines how press freedom in India is being suppressed from the top. Tracing PM Modi’s long history of not taking tough questions, she also dissects his media management style – tightly controlled interviews with friendly media figures, setting the narrative through pliable media outlets, and stifling all critical voices.

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