A debate on media freedom denounced the ban by MSOs in Telangana as unjustified.
There has been a furore in the newly created Telangana over allegedly biased reporting by two news channels, which have since been blockaded by cable operators in the state.
This article hypothesises about a theoretical interpretation called Inoculum Effect on the probable impact of such sting operations.
For sixty years the Congress Party at the Centre and in the states has demonstrated an inclination for media repression.