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Public money skewing the news ecosystem? Delhi’s English dailies bag lion’s share of govt print ads

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In India’s media economy, few forces distort the news landscape as powerfully as government advertising. And the Narendra Modi government’s own data shows just how sharply public money is concentrated in a handful of Delhi newspapers.

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