Ouch!

IN Media Watch Briefs | 26/08/2016

On the August 25 Newshour Arnab Goswami on Times Now was more aggressive than usual. The recorded conversation that Rahul Mukhrejea had with his step-mother Indrani and father Peter Mukherjea, both suspected of being involved in the death of Sheena Bora, was being played. Dubbed a 'mega-exclusive' and 'super exclusive' by the channel, part of the discussion had Goswami interrogating Rabin Mukherjea, the elder son of Peter. Rabin was asked why his father, in these conversations, was asking about the whereabouts of Sheena knowing fully well that she was dead. Before replying Rabin asked a counter-question about Goswami's wife, Samyabrata Ray Goswami, the Mumbai-based correspondent of The Telegraph, writing a book on this case. Upon which the anchor erupted, inserting many dammits in his rant. The recording of this show is difficult to find on the internet.

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