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'Bogus' quotes and a 'misrepresented' meeting: Journalists disown govt report on 'setting the narrative'


‘Bogus’ quotes and a misrepresented meeting: Journalists disown govt report on ‘setting the narrative’
Newslaundry spoke to journalists named in a group of ministers’ report on ‘government communication’. Here’s what they have to say.
Shambhavi Thakur
In June 2020, the Narendra Modi government reached out to “prominent persons from the media field” to help identify strategies to effectively communicate “10 big narratives of the government”. The initiative, led by a group of union ministers who were “guided” by the prime minister, summarised recommendations in a report that was submitted to the cabinet secretariat later that year.
The report, parts of which have been accessed by ....

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'Neutralise those writing against us': Inside the govt's plan to manage media perception


‘Neutralise those writing against us’: Inside the govt’s plan to manage media perception
March 5, 2021
IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad feels that “despite being in government”, there is a “gap” in online news platforms like the Wire, Scroll, and some other regional media. The government’s “core media intervention”, Prasad thinks, isn’t getting enlarged. To tackle this “gap”, a group of ministers held meeting with stakeholders like journalists, and industry professionals, noting the need for a strategy to “neutralise” the people who are writing against the government. After these consultations, the group of ministers prepared a report titled ‘Report of the Group of Ministers on Government Communication’, which was accessed by MediaNama, and first reported by the Caravan. ....

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