The Radia Tapes debate: working journalists introspect
BY POORNIMA JOSHI, RADHIKA RAMASESHAN, AMMU JOSEPH F| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |26/11/2010
Every hack covering government formation in May 2009 knew the PM didn't want Raja and TR Baalu because they were "tainted". Were Sanghvi and Barkha--the former gave the impression he had a hot line to the Gandhis--unaware of this?
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