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While there are aspects that they can do better, I think this is very much needed. There are some tough questions that needs to be asked to media people. Here are some of the more combative interviews S0pgz2biUmE&feature=plcp k3SP2zsaOqA&feature=plcp Tavleen really get annoyed here XPop4VcDiyA

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Most of these "journalists" have had a very privileged life and are sons/daughters of politicians/diplomats/bureaucrats and are from the upper crust of the Delhi social scene having studied at Stephens college etc. They look upon the Indian masses as idiots and expect them to defer to their opinions.They have no connection to reality whatsoever and are generally power brokers.

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Most of these "journalists" have had a very privileged life and are sons/daughters of politicians/diplomats/bureaucrats and are from the upper crust of the Delhi social scene having studied at Stephens college etc. They look upon the Indian masses as idiots and expect them to defer to their opinions.They have no connection to reality whatsoever and are generally power brokers.
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Most of these "journalists" have had a very privileged life and are sons/daughters of politicians/diplomats/bureaucrats and are from the upper crust of the Delhi social scene having studied at Stephens college etc. They look upon the Indian masses as idiots and expect them to defer to their opinions.They have no connection to reality whatsoever and are generally power brokers.
Karan Thappar, Prannoy Roy, Vikram Chandra all came from very privileged backgrounds, who else?
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Karan Thappar' date=' Prannoy Roy, Vikram Chandra all came from very privileged backgrounds, who else?[/quote'] IIRC Barkha Dutt's mother was also an accomplished journalist. Nidhi Razdan's father was also a senior journalist and was also President of the Editors Guild (or some other Board like that). Rajdeep Sardesai's father was an accomplished cricketer.
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"Arun Shourie speaks to Madhu Trehan on "being sacrificed" by Ramnath Goenka, fatwas and kaafirs, the Manu Smriti and the need for a Hindu soul with an Islamic body, the culture of appeasement, Modi and the "coup against Vajpayee", BJP not being a particularly religious party and more." Very interesting and intense interview of the great man

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What a sharp guy. And what a shame his own party ran him into the ground. One has to wonder if we would ever see another journalist like him. Did some fantastic work and went toe to toe against Indira, Sanjay and Rajeev Gandhi. This man should be treasured. There are some quirks in his interview here, Modi and Faithfreedom thingy for instance, but overall a terrific discussion.
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Another point about the Karan Thapar interview - IMO it was a complete failure for the interviewer because instead of revealing things about Karan Thapar and showing him in a negative light (which seemed to be the objective of the interview), it ended up showing him in a better light because of the way he answered (or tried to answer) the humiliating questions. Also saw the Arun Shourie interview - the same interviewer who was insulting Karan Thapar in the earlier interview was polite to a fault here. As for Arun Shourie - I have huge respect for the man, his insights about the topics raised in the interview were brilliant.

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