Praise and derision

IN Media Watch Briefs | 01/07/2017

On television's big night Republic TV's technology failed repeatedly ensuring that reporter after reporter that Arnab Goswami cut to after the GST session of Parliament could not be heard. Or was it a fortuitous lapse because it gave him more time to pile on praise for the PM and heap derision on the opposition: "Despite the bait by the single largest opposition party I would say the prime minister's stature has really risen." "I liked the simplicity of the Prime Minister's message." '"I thought the PM was so much at ease." The Congress party boycott was described as petty sulking by a party that ended up embarrassing itself.

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