"Visit any newspaper or channel's office, and you will see the vertical divisions among journalists, Raj Thackeray said on Friday night at his party's annual rally. "If one is with a political party, and the other is with the rival". Media owners and journalists share platforms with political parties and that's why real news doesn't reach the people, he said. These affiliations lead to bias, suppression or downplaying of news. "That is why work we do doesn't reach people".