Exposed by rival channel

IN Media Watch Briefs | 15/06/2015

Times Now was going to town on Sunday morning with its “Sunday morning exclusive” (June14) on how the British MP Keith Vaz had helped get Lalit Modi his travel documents and how external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj batted for Lalit Modi. That led to the minister giving a statement and all hell breaking loose on TV. A few hours later Rahul Kanwal went on India Today TV to expose the fact that the claimed Times Now exclusive had appeared in the Sunday Times of London last Sunday. Mentioning Goswami by name. This takes channel rivalry to a new level.

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