{"id":2340,"date":"2010-11-29T09:42:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-29T04:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/?p=2340"},"modified":"2010-11-29T09:42:00","modified_gmt":"2010-11-29T04:42:00","slug":"radia-tapes-silence-of-the-lambs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/2010\/11\/29\/radia-tapes-silence-of-the-lambs\/","title":{"rendered":"Radia Tapes – Silence of the Lambs …."},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week i had posted on the media black out of the \u00a0RadiaTapes \u00a0– filed in the SC as evidence – and that has the who’s who of media, industry and politics – an incestuous\u00a0 oligarchy – in conversation, \u00a0 in an environment more reminiscent of the Borgias<\/a><\/strong> , than a modern Democratic Republic (atleast i hope India is).<\/p>\n

Atul Chitnis<\/a><\/strong> – suggested that i put a response to a conversation with Sohini about the silence as a separate entry – so here goes …<\/p>\n

Sohini says:
\nNovember 21, 2010 at 8:53 pm<\/p>\n

What amazes me is that top news channels keep running prime-time stories on the telecom scam so unabashedly, without a blink even, when their own \u2018stars\u2019 are involved in the scam. It is so rightly called the \u2018spectrum\u2019 scam. People from all across the spectrum are aboard here!<\/p>\n

[Reply]<\/p>\n

gargi Reply:
\nNovember 22nd, 2010 at 12:41 pm<\/p>\n

Yes & No.
\nThere are three parts to these recordings :
\na) business interest
\nb) business interest fixing ministerial berth with the help of powerbrokers, advocated by journalists
\nc) minor or major indiscretions<\/p>\n

you cannot do the journalist story without doing the business story. the business story will end up pissing off people whose annual advertising spend is possibly greater than the turnover of most media companies \u2026. what do you do then ?<\/p>\n

minor or major indiscretions while speaking -for example a is having an affair with b; or person x is f***ed no matter what he does; or person y has no imagination \u2013 those are things that are going to end up mattering more \u2013 because you are talking about fragile egos and lots of money \u2013 a dangerous combination \u2026..<\/p>\n

in the outrage over Barkha Dutt and Vir Sanghvi \u2013 and their alleged roles \u2013 the bigger picture is being forgotten, and that bigger picture is that these two are incidental to the bigger picture \u2026.hear the tapes<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Worth Reading MSM Sources<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n

Indian Papers <\/strong><\/p>\n

When Radia killed the media star<\/a><\/strong>, G Sampath in the DNA<\/p>\n

Merging Estates<\/a><\/strong>, in the Hoot<\/p>\n

Anchored in mire<\/a><\/strong>, 1st Edit,\u00a0 Deccan Herald<\/p>\n

The spectrum of corruption<\/a><\/strong> – Editorial, Indian Express<\/p>\n

Indian Media Discredited<\/a><\/strong>, Binu Thomas, Countercurrents.org<\/p>\n

Oh what a lovely blackout<\/a><\/strong> – Sevati Ninnan – the Hoot<\/p>\n

The spotlight is on the media now <\/a><\/strong>– Priscilla Jebaraj – lead in the Hindu<\/p>\n

Anant\u2019s blog: Open dares to be different <\/a><\/strong>– \u00a0Campaign India<\/p>\n

Over the Thin Red Line <\/a><\/strong>– Salil Tripathi – \u00a0The Mint<\/p>\n

2G scam sideshow: Netizens lambast high-profile journalists <\/a><\/strong>– ToI<\/p>\n

The Thunderous Silence<\/a><\/strong> – Amit Varma , Yahoo News India<\/p>\n

The silence of the hacks<\/a><\/strong> – Santosh Desai, Times of India<\/p>\n

Those living in Glass Houses <\/a><\/strong>– Rasheeda Bhagat – Hindu Business Line<\/p>\n

Beware the single brush<\/a><\/strong> – Pratap Bhanu Mehta, in the Indian Express<\/p>\n

Just Say Sorry<\/a><\/strong> – T N Ninan , Business Standard<\/p>\n

The Radia Tapes debate–swallowing the bait<\/a><\/strong> – Vidya Subrahmanyam \u00a0in the Hoot<\/p>\n

Radia Tapes: Media ethics at the crossroads<\/a><\/strong> – comment in the Hoot<\/p>\n

Welcome to the Matrix of the Indian State<\/a><\/strong> – Siddarth Varadarajan, in the Hindu<\/p>\n

Of Twitter outrage & media silence<\/a><\/strong> – Santosh Desai in the Times of India<\/p>\n

Journalism in a Radiaactive media <\/a><\/strong>– \u00a0G Sampath<\/p>\n

Foreign Papers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Media run for cover<\/a><\/strong> : BRP Bhaskar, in Gulf Today<\/p>\n

Phone Taps Draw Media Into 2G Spotlight<\/a><\/strong> – \u00a0Tripti Lahiri in WSJ<\/p>\n

Indian Media Where Art Thou on Media Scandal<\/a><\/strong> – Betwa Sharma in the Huffington Post<\/p>\n

Indian journalists accused of secretly helping politicians, businesses<\/a><\/strong> – Washington Post<\/p>\n

Corrupt Corporate Fascism in India<\/a><\/strong> – the Dawn<\/p>\n

Oh Vir, What Can the Matter Be? <\/a><\/strong>– Paul Beckett in the WSJ<\/p>\n

Indian media’s mighty stand exposed on wrong side of 2G spectrum scam<\/a><\/strong> – International Business & Law<\/p>\n

The Media as Middle Man<\/a><\/strong> – Farzana Versey – in Counterpunch<\/p>\n

Dragging Indian Media out of the Muck<\/a><\/strong> – Sadanand Dhume in the WSJ<\/p>\n

The Fall of India’s Katie Couric?<\/a><\/strong> by Tunku Varadarajan in the Daily Beast<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

On TV<\/strong><\/p>\n

Zee News<\/a> – <\/strong><\/p>\n

Sagarika Ghosh on CNN-IBN<\/a><\/strong> – FTN – November 23rd 2010<\/p>\n

Radia tapes: Probing the journalists<\/a><\/strong> – The Last Word with Karan Thapar<\/p>\n

Shourie on Radia with Karan Thapar<\/a><\/strong> – on CNN-IBN<\/p>\n

Ratan Tata with Shekhar Gupta <\/a><\/strong>on Walk the Talk<\/strong>, NDTV<\/p>\n

___________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n

Responses to the Radia Tapes<\/p>\n

Barkha Dutt<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Vir Sanghvi<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Prabhu Chawla<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

____________________________________________________________ <\/strong><\/p>\n

On the Radia Tapes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Medianama<\/a><\/strong> has a consolidated set of links – both audio, and text – here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Reading Radia<\/a> – the tapes transcription project<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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