Problematic article

IN Media Watch Briefs | 04/08/2015

The July 20 article by editor R Jagannathan that riled “upper management” at Firstpost which had it removed from the site, is available here. Gst, Land Bill On Hold: Modi May Have To Rethink Jaitley As Finance Minister. Problematic, doubtless, for an industrial house like Reliance when one of the publications in Network 18 is calling for the FM’s head. But if it hadn't been yanked off it would have attracted much less attention.

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