Offering a platform

IN Media Watch Briefs | 18/11/2010

The Open Magazine tapes also have Vir Sanghvi talking to Nira Radia about what he can do to give Mukesh Ambani a platform. He suggests he can use either his TV programme, or his column Counterpoint, in the Hindustan Times. Headline to this story: What kind of story do you want? Vir Sanghvi’s response is posted on his site. He says, " I had asked Ms Radia to explain the position of her client, Mukesh Ambani. And I also asked Anil Ambani’s side for its views."

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