CNN IBN's elusive investigator

IN Media Watch Briefs | 14/10/2015

On October 13 CNN IBN came up with its second exclusive on Pakistan in less than a fortnight. But who is the mysterious reporter producing these? One Manoj Gupta whom you never see on screen. He provided the input for the 'Living Hell in PoK' story dated September 30 and is also supposed to be the investigative reporter who produced the Osama story described by the channel as "The decade's biggest world exclusive". The clinching evidence apparently came from a former Pakistan defence minister who finally chose to go on record with his statement. Why would he do that? Anchor Zaka Jacob said it was because Manoj Gupta had been pursuing him for 2 years! Will the channel produce this gent?

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