Rajdeep Sardesai has suddenly become relevant on TV screens these days. And its not like the last time, when he was caught assaulting people in New York. Rajdeep, has become the go-to man, it seems, for the India Today group, to send out to get interviews from controversial individuals. It started with Rajdeep landing the “Global Exclusive” and eventually, the only interview of Lalit Modi. For this, Rajdeep, had to be flown out to far-flung Montenegro on a very short notice.
Montenegro, is over 5000 kms (aerial distance) from India. A flight, booked on short notice, takes between 12-15 hours to reach there, and costs Rs 70000 odd for an economy class round trip and a Rs 1.6 lac odd for a business class round trip. In the true spirit of journalism, Rajdeep travelled all this distance to get the interview of a man under investigation for economic offences, only because it involved some BJP leaders getting embarrassed. The distance is important, since as Twitter user @VibhaSays pointed out, Rajdeep had often used the “tyranny of distance” excuse, when he did not cover certain other stories, like death of kids in a school and other news stories in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, which are very much in our own country.]
every assam journalist wants to know why national channels dont cover more of the north east. My answer: its the 'tyranny of distance'
Dear Rajdeep Sardesai, you are not neutral, and don’t worry, it is normal
How the slaves at NDTV carried the picture of their Mataji instead of Smriti Irani. Later, when they corrected the picture on their twitter account, there was a not a word of regret.
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