{"id":2274,"date":"2010-11-18T19:36:03","date_gmt":"2010-11-18T14:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/?p=2274"},"modified":"2010-11-18T19:36:03","modified_gmt":"2010-11-18T14:36:03","slug":"conversations-with-power-brokers-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/2010\/11\/18\/conversations-with-power-brokers-view\/","title":{"rendered":"Conversations with Power Brokers &#8211; view"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Like many others &#8211; i <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openthemagazine.com\/article\/nation\/tell-me-what-should-i-tell-them\">read<\/a><\/strong> and then <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.megaupload.com\/?d=FZQV3L10\">heard<\/a><\/strong> the recordings, <strong><em>allegedly<\/em><\/strong>, between a leading power broker and a leading journalist, with horror&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>What caused the horror :<br \/>\na) it seems that power brokers are using journalists to fix the composition of the Government<\/p>\n<p>b) it seems like some journalists know about cabinet compositions much before the President \ud83d\ude42 &#8211; 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