More Details. Sree Iyer 10 books 32 followers. Search review text. Ashish Iyer. Very detailed analysis and well written. I would strongly recommend reading this book. The language is very simple without any jargon. Interesting read about how a TV channel made money and involved itself in power brokerage. Play politics and influence people's opinion to favors the corrupt. Good book for a text book case study for Corporate Law students and professionals, it was very informative and incisive.
Only books like this will bring rogues like Pranoy Roy, who posed a pious face, to justice. He must be punished not only for cheating the government but also lying to the poor people beloved him. It is nothing but treason. The best Book i ever read on how the nexus of Media houses connive with Politicians looted investors, govt, public.
It is a documentary on how Nasty, Utterly and inherently corrupt and low and filthy Media can be. It narrates how a Media House was created, nurtured and nourished for being the Propaganda machinery of Congress.
Some Journalists were rewarded with "Padma" Awards! This TV channel has cheated Indian public and is blot to honest journalist who works hard to break stories. Author has shown NDTV its place and larger message to intelligentsia that they don't monopoly of intellect. But it really is an eye opener for anyone who believes in proof of an accusation. Extremely disturbing if u have money and right connection. You can get away with anything, considering the serious nature of allegations.
Books like this are the need of the hour. They expose the Main stream media peddling lies and hiding illegal activities while being a partner in them. Anil Swarup. Author 2 books followers. The author attempts to provide a vivid example of "supari journalism" a phrase coined by the author himself in India. The allegations are extremely serious and against one of the leading media houses in the country.
He holds no punches. No one, except the present Prime Minister, has been spared. Perhaps the truth will come out in due course. Perhaps it may not. Only time will tell. The list against whom allegations, backed by some damning circumstantial evidence, have been levelled cuts across party lines.
There are some names outside the political domain that have been mentioned. The most intriguing one relates to Narayna Murthy who enjoys impeccable reputation. It is also not clear why the author hold backs the name of "The Industrial House owner who was angry with his then quarrelling brother" when he has chosen to reveal all other names.
His comment about women journalist is grossly unfair when he remarks, "Women journalists across the world have had this advantage over their male counterparts. Attraction to opposite sex is natural". It walks us through the history of NDTV from its start to the current day. We see the unbelievable corruption that is NDTV, in this journey. The main protagonists are Prannoy Roy and his wife Radhika Roy. There is a clean presentation of hypotheses, conjectures, facts and figures along with annexures and links.
Opinion I liked the in-depth analysis and description of the perpetration of the frauds. The timeline of NDTV's frauds in the book adds to its readability. Post a Comment. It introduced Psephology to the eager Indian masses and used state-of-the-art tools to bring slick programming and made an instant connect with its audience.
Prannoy Roy, one of the promoters was an instant hit with his earnest demeanor and sly smile. This is the story of how this dynamic young man ended up presiding over one of the most corrupt media houses in Indian history. The two Promoters of NDTV, along with key top management colluded over the years with government functionaries and politicians to break laws, evade taxes and deceive shareholders of a public listed company.
In the minds of the Indian citizen, there is a space and respect for media. Using the halo of journalism and under the garb of Freedom of Press, media owners misuse this position and in the end, degrade the values of journalism.
On several occasions media became the tool of false propaganda, blackmailing and illegal money making with the blessing of uncouth politicians and corporate icons with hidden agendas. This ought to be exposed and that is the reason for this book. But even after 3 yrs nothing happened, in spite of numerous cases against pranay roy or NDTV they still doing their hit jobs.
This book gives answers to all those. Its so scary how deep these networks are and how disgusting they are and at same time how powerful. It needs lot more courage and conviction to write such book. It is commendable Sree Iyer took that bold step. Hope people buy and read this as a support to honest people out there. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets.
Very informative. Great summary of how the media king NDTV made their bucks. This is a corrupt Mafia behind talking anchors. Everything said in this book is backed by proof.
Imagine how many things did these gangs did that was covered up. Great Iyerji. Put out in simple language. Heart touching to read about Sincere officers being tortured and at the same time heart breaking to see the support ndtv received even after fraud complaints were filed.
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