Barred by Rahul

IN Media Watch Briefs | 14/11/2008

Rahul Gandhi¿s visit to the college he did not graduate from recently drove the media into a frenzy. With the college making it a "closed door" event, TV journalists aiming to get that one "exclusive" quote from Rahul Baba had to brave belligerent security guards at the heavily secured gates. As for the print journalists, they had to rely on the students for the inside story.

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