On Monday, in her sharpest criticism yet of Prothom Alo, and as the latest to weigh in on this issue, the prime minister called the paper “the enemy of Awami League, the enemy of democracy, and the enemy of the people of the country.”
Condemn me to your heart’s content if you find what I have said above unacceptable, but please don’t fail to ask the questions I have raised, the most vital of which is: are we, as journalists, able to think freely, or are we being clouded by prejudice, politics and financial interest?