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BBC offices in India raided by tax officials amid Modi documentary fallout

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Re: BBC offices in India raided by tax officials amid Modi documentary fallout

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Post by a_humean »

londons_explore wrote: post #10
6LLvveMx2koXfwn wrote: post #2

'Following the searches, Gaurav Bhatia, a spokesperson from Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), described the BBC as the “most corrupt organisation in the world”.' Which just about sums up the independence of the process.

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To claim that this incident justifies calling the BBC the "most corrupt organisation in the world" is laughable.

And on this specific case internally within the BBC this man is loathed precisely because it has hurt the reputation of the BBC and he is very likely to resign soon. There is basically zero insitutional support within the BBC for their chair.

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Post by rhaway84773 »

andrewstuart wrote: post #14

It’s worth noting that many companies such as Apple are diversifying from China due to the overreach of the political powers, but they’re moving over to India where the same thing is happening. Strange.

The two are hardly comparable. The current Chinese party has been in power for many decades. The Modi BJP government hasn’t even been in power for 10 years, and frankly, if it wasn’t for a highly inept opposition intent on shooting itself in the foot, would likely have been out of power by the next election.

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Post by JesusLovesEwe »

orlp wrote: post #5
John23832 wrote: post #3

I guess at this point I should believe the points made in the documentary. The reaction to it speaks volumes.

"When you tear out a man’s tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you’re only telling the world that you fear what he might say."

This does not apply to Holocaust revisionism, before anyone even suggests it.

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Post by _aaed »

londons_explore wrote: post #10
6LLvveMx2koXfwn wrote: post #2

'Following the searches, Gaurav Bhatia, a spokesperson from Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), described the BBC as the “most corrupt organisation in the world”.' Which just about sums up the independence of the process.

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I don't know why you are being slated for stating facts. Of course the BBC is not the most corrupt organisation in the world but it's far from benevolent.

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Post by bawolff »

toyg wrote: post #12
londons_explore wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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This is whataboutism. Mr. Sharp is hated by most of the BBC workforce precisely because he is the corrupt representative of a corrupt government. Whatever influence he might ever have had on editorial decisions has long gone.

I don't think it is. Whether appointments to the bbc are the results of bribes is material to if the BJP statement is just making things up as implied by the original poster.

Whataboutism isn't a catch all term that can be used to get rid of every opposing argument.

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Post by assholeconny »

DarthNebo wrote: post #17

Lol, could have just brushed this aside with a comment instead of outright censoring a globally available media. Like what do they expect, no Indian should ever watch it in India or something but it is fine if outside of India? This is how freedom of speech dies, bit by bit......

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Post by altacc »

s_dev wrote: post #24

Modi should have funded an Indian documentary on the financing of Rishi Sunak and his wife as a way of silencing criticism -- Tories would pull BBC in to line pretty quick then. Seems those with dirty hands are quick to point the finger.

Big difference in that Sunak & his wife's wealth is regularly mentioned in the UK, including on BBC programs, and media daily publishes criticism of Sunak and the government he leads, whereas criticism of Modi is suppressed or drowned out by supporters.

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Post by largepeepee »

azalemeth wrote: post #13

Honestly, a lot of the documentary is a mixture of interviews and CCTV camera footage with a fairly even handed narrative on the top – it, by itself, isn't that shocking and certainly isn't presented in a particularly sensationalist way. I'm amazed by the reaction it has generated. Yes, there's some post-colonial history there and it doesn't look great that it's the BBC that has made it, as opposed to, say, a US or c…

>policemen beating up (usually female) students with canes because they've had the audacity to protest, it can't help make you think.

Tbf, having seen the COVID lockdown footage of how they would beat up even larger businessmen in suits with their canes, I can't say I am surprised.

It is quite an insane sight for anyone outside the culture.

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