Telling leak

IN Media Watch Briefs | 26/02/2014

When a personal exchange between Raghav Bahl and Rajdeep Sardesai gets leaked it points to serious tension between the top honchos of Network 18. In these emails dated February 10 Bahl tells Sardesai that he and Sagarika Ghose must counter Ram Guha's tweet about Network 18's proprietors allegedly currying favour with Modi, and silencing its journalists. The tweet refers to a story about Sagarika. Bahl insists that she issue a categorical denial. Eventually though, no denial seems to have been issued.

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