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by Koremat6666 2342 days ago
That is unfair. Republic and India tv appears to be pro government where as NDTV and other appears to be anti-BJP channels.
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This is not nearly accurate. NDTV "and others"(not sure of any other mainstream channels) have also hsitorically been hard on the UPA governments even if you consider them pro-Congress. The current breed of mainstream channels (Zee, Republic, India) who hold most of the eyeballs in India are not just pro-government they blatantly lie to protect the government's incompetence. Added to the fact teh BJP is a top advertiser on TV media creates a dangerous incestuous relationship the scale of which we've not ever seen before.
Check out the analysis of 200 prime-time debates done by peeing human. Republic, India TV, Zee News, ABP News, Aaj Tak, Times Now, Sudarshan News and countless regional channels are pro-govt. NDTV is the last channel standing.
Not true, wire, scroll and various others are anti gov in india
And none of those are media channels, and are extremely small when it comes to circulation.

Essentially if you even know of them, you are not part of the mainstream audience.

NDTV and times now are very mainstream
Times Now is the biggest govt mouthpiece