Zee's 'in-depth' coverage?

IN Media Watch Briefs | 30/09/2014

Zee news carried this extraordinary news report on the episode involving Rajdeep Sardesai's physical tussle at the Madison Square Garden with Narendra Modi supporters. It began by asking what a Indian journalist's conduct should be on foreign soil, should he be giving space to those criticising the prime minister, and so on. It then chose to get personal and trace the rise of Rajdeep Sardesai and his wife Sagarika Ghose with many references to former bureaucrat Bhaskar Ghose's alleged role in promoting his son-in-law's career by giving Doordarshan largesse to a TV entrepreneur who employed Rajdeep. Visuals of NDTV founder Prannoy Roy and Ghose were shown. A Sardesai role in suppressing telecast of footage in the cash for votes scam is also alleged. Amazing what passes for journalism in these contentious times.

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