For those of you who are late nighters like me and keen followers of tweets you would have already known what #Barkhagate is.
For the rest of the folks who woke up to the Friday fantasies, you would be shocked with under the belt ethics of our journalists in selectively giving us the news and being hand-in-glove with politicians, lobbyists, bureaucrats and more...
So what the heck is #Barkhagate?
Its a scam involving journalist @bdutt and a lobbyist for leading Telcos and Industrialists by name Radia, in connection to the support to UPA government in 2009 between Congress and DMK. The transcript of the whole conversation was put up on the website of the Open The Magazine....
..."As talks between the DMK and Congress (‘them’) broke down over joining the Government in May 2009, Radia was actively involved in opening channels between the two parties through, among others, television journalist Barkha Dutt"
Where was it put up?
It was first put up by the Open The Magazine on their website
When was it put up?
Late Thursday Night (19th - 20th November 2010)
Who put it up ?
Doesn't matter. Re-tweet and spread the word....but credit must also go to a certain @jhunjhunwala (fake ? :) for putting these links up on the Twitter and upping the ante. Lets trend and show media, Who the Big Boss is.
How did it become so famous?
Ya, it got viral on twitter! and as tweeted by someone:
"Angry tweets, outburst on journos, meteoric trending of #Barkhagate shows how much disgust people had against media. Root out the weeds, now"
Who are all involved?
Journalists, Politicians, Lobbyists, Industrialists, Ruling Party, Coalition partners, and etc..
What are the links?
- Primary Link
- Tell Sunil Mittal you have to work with Raja
- What Kind of story do you want
- Link 2 (If the open mag link is still down, it was at the time of writing this article)
Voice Transcripts / Audio Tapes:
Recorded Conversation [1]Recorded Conversation [2]
Recorded Conversation [3]
Recorded Conversation [4]
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