NDTV gets cold feet on Jay Shah

IN Media Watch Briefs | 18/10/2017

Srinivasan Jain of NDTV posted on his Facebook page that a report by him and a colleague on loans given to Jay Shah's companies was taken down from NDTV's website because the channel's lawyer said it needed to be removed for 'legal vetting'. He adds that it has still not been restored though the report is based entirely on facts in the public domain and "makes no unsubstantiated or unwarranted assertions". He says he is treating this as a distressing aberration and will continue reporting for NDTV.

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