Thread by @SaketGokhale

A little birdie tells me that PMO has instructed media outlets to stay off the topic of PM CARES ventilator scam.

Y'day, @INCIndia & Rahul Gandhi brought up the issue.

Look at the below @PTI_News wire carried in TOI.

See the headline & then the crux of the content.

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Other than @IndiaToday, not one TV channel has uttered a word on ventilators.

Many, including me, dug out facts. The Opposition raised the issue.

When people say Opposition is "not doing enough", remember that the culprit is a pliable media which covers up for the govt.

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Independent online media outlets are the only ones who ask questions to the govt.

EVERY mainstream media outlet toes the govt line & attacks the Opposition.

TV debates are a joke taking the level of our public discourse to a mind-numbing low with ZERO issued addressed.

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Are we always going to say "media is sold out" & leave it at that?

How long will we allow the media to abandon its responsibility towards people & become govt mouthpieces?

The blood of the people affected by PM CARES ventilator scam is on the hands of the media equally.

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