Inside the Network18 takeover
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Inside the Network18 takeover
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#2I don't think this is the right forum to post it (though I agree that the article raises some very pertinent questions)
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#3That is an interesting story, thank you. It reads like a television drama and could probably be turned into an engaging suspense movie. I sometimes wonder whether there should be more forced independence for media companies, but then I remember things like News Corp, which isn't exactly a shining star of journalistic integrity, and GE owning NBC (prior to the sale to Comcast), which afaik didn't ever run into any conflict of interest problems between the parent company and what hit the airwaves.
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#4Debt is the key in the story. You cannot spend the money if you don't have it.
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#5I don't think this is the right forum to post it (though I agree that the article raises some very pertinent questions)
why is it not for this forum ?
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#6One would tend to question certain events when lots of people that mint has spoken to, do not want to be named.
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#7First it mentions that Reliance did not want board members to quit. But then everyone quits!
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#8I don't think this is the right forum to post it (though I agree that the article raises some very pertinent questions)
This is where selective censorship and commoditization of mass opinions begins. These are the most important stories.
A famous author once said that to trade underlying agendas and flow of control, follow the money.
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#9That is an interesting story, thank you. It reads like a television drama and could probably be turned into an engaging suspense movie. I sometimes wonder whether there should be more forced independence for media companies, but then I remember things like News Corp, which isn't exactly a shining star of journalistic integrity, and GE owning NBC (prior to the sale to Comcast), which afaik didn't ever run into any con…
"And when the 12th largest company in the world controls the most awesome goddamn propaganda force in the whole godless world, who knows what shit will be peddled for truth on this network?"
'Howard Beale' from Network(1976).
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#10One would tend to question certain events when lots of people that mint has spoken to, do not want to be named.
When the boss in question is Ambani, one would understand why nobody wants to be identified.