Media, The Fourth Estate: Free or Paid?

The 'paid news' controversy has gathered momentum for past few months. The reports reveal that big media corporations in India have been signing equity-for-advertising deals with private companies. These private treaties have narrowed down the gap between the editorial and advertising space. And whenever media will be 'paid' democracy will be betrayed. Newsclick talks to Senior journalist Pranjoy Guha Thakurta.

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Link of the recording of the 70-minute deposition on 14 February 2022 by Paranjoy Guha Thakurta to the Supreme Court-appointed committee headed by Justice (retired) R V Raveendran on allegations of misuse of the Israeli Pegasus spyware on Indian citizens: https://pegasus-india-investigation.in/depositions/paranjoy-guha-thakurta-statement/