[throwaway_1928]

> There are a few like NDTV and Dainik bhaskar, who routinely face sanctions by governmental bodies for not sticking to the governmental narrative.

The founder of NDTV is a communist, his sister in law and her husband are members of the 'politburo' of one of the communist parties in India [1]. NDTV is effectively a mouthpiece of the left-wing Congress and Communist parties of India.

[1] https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/who-is-brinda-karat-al...

[thealig]

Think you're missing the point, its about a healthy environment where having multiple viewpoints (including criticism of the government regardless of ruling political coalition) are expressed through journalism and other media which is simply not present in india.

state and central governments have massive influence over what discourse is encouraged and it usually sways towards what their political agenda and inclinations are while opposing beliefs and ideas are sanctioned or put down though state apparatus (police forces , executive orders etc). free flow of information is suppressed when it doesnt favour certain viewpoints.

in a similar manner, blind deference towards the government is encouraged and criticism is punished, you can trace the track record of Indian government (sedition and anti national laws for examples) with this regard going back decades.

[throwaway_1928]

I agree with what you say about the importance of a free and independent media.

I am merely stating why some media outlets mentioned here might be motivated to question one type of government a lot more than another.

[ImPostingOnHN]

you say that in a manner suggesting that you think holding those political views is both inherently bad, and deserving of arbitrary punishment