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Alenjith K Johny

No data, questions ignored, sports used for ‘propaganda’: The trials of the modern Indian journalist

In India, the “good old days” of journalism weren’t that great. News was dangerous during the Emergency and governments did their best to stifle the free press, such as former Bihar chief minister Jagannath Mishra’s 1982 Bihar Press Bill.

But even so, good work was done and journalists stood strong. “We were able to beat back bills at that time,” said Seema Mustafa, editor of the Citizen.

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