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IN Media Watch Briefs | 08/10/2012

The Hindu on October 8 showed up the business press with a lead story that took a detailed look at the balance sheets of Robert Vadra's companies and provided an even-toned account of what they showed. Three days after Arvind Kejriwal and Prashant Bhushan levelled charges against Vadra of unexplained dealings with Delhi Land and Finance (DLF), no business newspaper has come up with a thorough investigation yet. Not even the Economic Times which broke the story of Vadra's entry into the real estate business last year.

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