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Publicity as news: ABP blurs the line between performance and promotion for Modi and Yogi

The Supreme Court’s Babri Masjid judgement, India’s “improved” global standing, a rise in attacks by terrorists “irked” by the policy on terrorism, and Narendra Modi’s spiritual side. These are among the achievements and decisions of the prime minister that ABP News is trumpeting through its weekly show Modi Tracker.

This isn’t the only programme blurring the line between a news show and an advertisement. ABP News has a Yogi Tracker too which attempts to showcase Adityanath’s “tireless” work as the chief minister to convert Uttar Pradesh into a one trillion dollar economy.

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