Why Modi Won’t Face Another Karan Thapar Moment & The Bajrang Dal in Newsrooms: Rajdeep Explains
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
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There’s a sense nowadays that people have “election fatigue”, amidst the relentless cycle of elections and their coverage by the media. But Rajdeep Sardesai, despite being in the business of TV news for 30 years, still gets an “adrenaline rush” from elections.
“It’s a moment when you can actually talk to people who otherwise seem to be completely out of your news gaze,” he says. “...There is no bigger event in this country than an election.”
Rajdeep, consulting editor at India Today, was in the Newslaundry studio to talk to Manisha Pande about his new bk 2024: The Election That Surprised India.
On Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s perceived disdain for the media, Rajdeep says, “2002 was a turning point, and he [Modi] believes to this day that the media was hostile to him…that sense of media being unfair continued right throughout the decade when he was in power in Gujarat.”
After walking out of the Karan Thapar interview in 2007, Modi had decided not to be put in the same position ever again.
“While, you could argue that there is an element of contempt or disdain for the media, it is also a strategic move by Modi - that I will not allow any interviewer to embarrass me publicly ever again,” says Rajdeep who was Thapar’s editor at the time.
He adds that the “classical political interview” is “becoming increasingly an endangered species”, while also explaining why India Today agreed to publish interviews that had been edited by the Prime Minister’s Office. “Your fear is [if] you say no, your competitor will say ‘okay, I will do it’.”
Rajdeep explains how “freedom” for journalists is now replaced by “fear” with media owners “feeling pressurised or fear even when they have done no wrong”.
On journalists today, he says: “There are careerists, who have chosen it as a career option, and there are others who genuinely feel they are proud flag bearers of Hindutva. I sometimes fear that some of these journalists, under their jackets and trousers, would be wearing Bajrang Dal shorts. They could well be one day in a TV studio and next day at a Bajrang Dal rally.”
He also talks about Indian media’s new “obsession with numbers” and why we may never see him dancing on our screens again.
Watch the full interview.
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watever it takes..to sell a book!..lol
Checkout Rajdeep interview with Sonia Gandhi😂😂
What dish you prepared for Indirea gandhi 😂😂
What saree you wore ...😅
@guru_hindu Yeah 😹😹😹
Rajdeep and news laundry talking about unbiased journalism is the biggest joke of the century 😂😂
If you think newslaundry is questioning only the BJP, then do yourself a favour and watch their pre-2014 videos where they have been equally vocal and critical to the then UPA government... If you want them to question the opposition which the mainstream media does then u will feel let down
@@realarfin.raihan134 there oldest video is 12 year ago
@realarfin.raihan134 If you have really watched pre 2014 videos,you wouldn't be even telling me this buddy...So Please watch the old videos and show me a video where they criticised UPA just like they are doing now 😊
@@akeshravi9640 bro media , people,press , independent civil society,are there to question the government in power not the opposition , people need accountability from ruling govt not the opposition
Only unbiased news channel is Republic Tv and the only unbiased news anchor is Arnab Goswami
Nobody take Rajdeep Desai very seriously.
@@suheethsapaliga8873 Sardesai*
Nobody takes newslaundry srsly too
Thanks!
2:42 - "Anchors have done it way worse" and the best NL comes up with is Aaj Tak. Meanwhile Barkha giving details of hostages hiding in Taj on live TV is cute.
Let's not fool ourselves thinking these guys are better than Godi media. Same fking coin...
@@indapamod what is wrong with giving names of hostages in Taj.
@@mdadil1456 It incentivises the terrorists to find high value hostages to put pressure for negotiations.
@@mdadil1456 she gave the location where hostage hidden
When I admit it.not runaway and hide behind some excuse.shamless cowards
Most people doesn't take him seriously.
Because he is biased like any other journalist. He is not different
Yes 😂😂@@Nche14
Yet you are here watching trailer of his interview and commenting on it...........@sayanhazra7521
@@Nche14 right ! he's biased but towards left. Media is either right wing or left wing. No unbiased news channels.
The whole world takes Arnab Goswami very very seriously
What is so great about Karan Thapar?will he discuss about 1962 fiasco
Bring it up. So what. Just as Godra was mismanaged that one was too. You can’t tick one wrong with another.
We need an independent mainstream news media
No way it's gonna happen
Such nonsense should never get mainstreamed.
like aaj tak and india tv
@@adiddevil Republic
@FreddieMurphy746 republic is another top notch independent channel
without modi discuess rajdeep cannot survive
I can see sastha BURKHA DUTT from MEESHO😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂
she didnt ask one question about TMC sagarika ghose or not covering sandeshkhali . shameless manisha
@@indosanct-rn9sr they only target modi
A tete e tete between two gandhi vadhra bakth. 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
Never say never because he is already working for a particular party whole heartily
Kamaliya 2 rupees?
@@fawaaza.7743 2 rupees is better than boot licking any day
@@fawaaza.7743iska promotion ho gya. Ab 3 milta hai
Rajdeep thinks that he is above President and Prime Minister etc . He thinks that he is always right and he knows all and better than others
Just some Modi haters 😂😂. Rename the Channel name to Hindu and Modi haters😂😂😂. That would be very unbiased.
News foundry 😂 agent of cia, Isi, china
Like Rajdeep wears RSS khaki shorts with his coat
He can never face true journalists like Mr Karen thapar , mr Rajdeep etc
Can any of those supposed journalists these days face wars etc
having watched atleast 5 recent interviews of rajdeep. This by far is the finest. Manisha is killing it year on year!
Thanks
Will Rahul Gandhi or Sitaram Yechuri ever face Arnab Goswami 🤣🤣🤣🤣
The worst interview ever
Before Rajdeep can answer the question the woman fires another.
When will Indian journalists learn to listen and not interrupt 😢
Probably only in promo, watch whole interview which is behind paywall
Bro is going everywhere 😂
Bajrang dal? When 1992 mumbai happened hindu organization protected hindus. When congress's secular government used to appease Dawood. Hindus faced worse in 1947 because we didn't have any hindu organization and most of hindus backed congress. It's important to have an organization like bajrang dal.
Lundry 😂😂unbiased 😂😂
Why don’t anyone ask him about soniaaaa Gandhi Ka interview and why didn’t you question it at that time….were you studying at that time or drunk
Does Sonia Gandhi hold any constitutional position? By doing this whataboutery does this justify Modi doing scripted interviews and giving 0 press conferences so far?
@@Nave2nkumarshah don't bother asking such questions to a man of his intellect. he and people like him know what this govt. stands for and they want exactly that. muslims to be genocided in this country and manusmriti in place of constitution. if the BJP spits in their face, they will thank them and start telling us how that is good for the nation.
@@Nave2nkumarshahlast time Rahul Gandhi gave unscripted interview was to Arnab Goswami from where he got Pappu image 😂😂.
@@Nave2nkumarshahSonia Gandhi was head of NAC (National Advisory Council), which had people like Yogendra yadav, which was unconstitutional body created by Sonia gandhi in 2004. NAC was the authority even above the PM. And she wa super PM from 2004-14. Don't act like she didnt had any power. Got it? Baalak buddhi Jalebi fan 😂😂
What a waste of time by bringing this guy and downgrading your own brand/reputation by clearly giving out your Agenda.. Won't be watching this channel again.
Manisha, why are you entertaining this godi anchor ??? 🤔😐😠
Because Manisha herself is lap dog media of left wing propaganda😂
Ale lelelelelele
Most journalists r paid & act like paid one. They r baised, blackmail the govt , got accompanied with PM to foreign trips .
Modi did right thing . Never give importance to paid journalists.
We all keep hearing about godi media but here is an example of Congi media 😂 and not just that, we keep hearing about andhabhakats but you will find plenty of dynasty chamchas, sickulara and woke libtarda here. 🤣🤣
Go watch godi stuff
@@fawaaza.7743 I like congi media more, lots of entertainment from pappu and presented by rubbish kummar.
@@kush747b we love to watch our congi media atleast spreading no hate of hindu muslim. Your space isn't here go & watch your godi media
There’s a reason people call you guys Gobarbhakts! You guys have simply lost all sense of reason in your devotion to the Supreme Leader. Ah, who am I preaching to! Your lot is beyond hope 😂
@@yasa_alirizvi and there is a reason people call you guys sickulars, libtrads, dynasty and nepotism boot lickers 🤣🤣🤣. By supreme leader do you mean italian waitress sonia or her son 54 years old youth leader with an IQ of 100🤣🤣 I totally admire your supreme leaders they have such loyal pets dogs like you and you're right it's beyond people like me because we don't aspire to boot lick 🤣🤣
Karan is a worn out coin,out of tune with ground realities of rural Bharath. I wish him an early retirement.
Newslaundry Bpsc aspirants are protesting against paper leak in Patna .. some students are on hunger strike but nobody is there to listen to them . The tyrannical govt of NDA is not paying any attention to them . On student has committed sui**de and 4 are in hospital. Please cover this news and help us to raise our voice and make this deaf and tyrannical govt listen to our demands 🙏🏻
Looks like a wonderful interview NL! Good work Manisha!
Rajdeep lives off Modi or BJP....gets paid by Congress for it!!!
Any journalist should be made accountable for his work.
If news channels become so unreliable and untrustworthy, copy of any interview should be handed out before airing.
Rajdeep himself was wearing Congress chaddi during his NDTV days.
Rajdeep as well as news Laundry lack credibility .
This joker is trying hard to sell his book.. no one is interested to buy..
So he is now on all across the hardcore leftist channels trying his luck..😂
What happened to rajdeep and rahul?
Waqf par unbiased vdo baniya plz😂😂😂
Aur hindus ka mandir ki property pa?
@rehanalikhan1749 o bhi banaya
@@rehanalikhan1749hindu temples doesn't have power to claim random lands. Waqf has. That's why they are the 3rd largest land owners where as mus|ims owns the least lands in India even lesser than SCs.
But madamji how can we even face your teeth (scary) when you cannot even afford a Dental Insurance 😂😂😂
These days Rajdeep is busy arranging as many interviews, podcast etc both to promote his latest book and also an opportunity to reposition himself as more of a journalist and not a hired Congress or media man for Anti Modi narrative. He candidly interjects to suggest that he may have made some errors of judgement but they were only in a rash of being a young journalist. He opines that most media today is compromised (while earlier only some of them were) This is also seen in case of many ANTI MODI group reaching out to do all possible to wash old image, publish a monologue in form of a Book and promote it as much as possible using their old friends and their platforms. Classic case of Mani Shankar Aaiyer, Burkha Dutt , Nirja Chaudhari and others. All these years they were only making all suggestions for congress revival and how to evlove a masterplan to defeat Modi. Realizing that it was futile and "going back to drawing board and Chintan shibir" did not help. They never realized that Congress did not have a drawing board at all was only for promoting Sonia, Rahul and Priyanka. Of late, Wire and Karan Thapar are also tired of searching for ex officials shedding tears and critical of Modi Even great Raghunath Rajan has begun to spill beans now as he too has realized that there is no chance of any invite from Congress to get some plum position.
Who wants to hear this bhakth of his neta no 1 for over ten years now? Has he done any investigative journalism ? Let him apologize first for doing dalali journalism in India Today ?
Rajdeep made Narendra modi run away to save his khaki underwear in 2012 during Guharat Assembly elections, Modi just escaped with narrow margin in forming Guj govt... otherwise modi would have been counting the Jail Bars. Now...
Lol😂😂
In 2012, Modi won 116/180 seats in Gujarat. Is this the "narrow margin" as per Third time fail balak buddhi Jalebi fans 😂😂
Is it only for subscribed user ??
PM देश चलाने के लिए चुनते है लोग इंटरविव दे दे कर मिडीया चैनल चलाने के लिए नही अंकल
I am waiting
The leader canot face critics and never allows questioning in parliament.always out of the country.no jpc
Love Rajdeep & News Laundry……the best of Indian Journalism ❤❤❤
Where is the full interview
U need subscription
Manisha looked gorgeous in kashmiri pheran
All that dressing makes no sense, News Laundry mgmt consistently declined her Dental insurance, it’s such an eye-sore to see her teeth go through all this 😔😔😔
@@saida87229 is that true ? Did they really decline
Cheap version of Burkha dutt😊😊
@@shankars4281 sasta naseedi Barka with gutka afflicted dental problems 😂🤣🤣🤣
Bro consult an opthalmologist
Our media is very disdainfully very biased.
Both the people who are sitting there have no weightage and nobody really take them seriously 😂😂😂and these people here are talking about biased journalism
Oh! comeon. Only 4 minutes of it!! 😭😭
That man's assessment is correct Rajdeep. Journalist, Rajdeep? Prestitutes. How delusional are you?
Karan Thaper / Rajdeep insult during interview
However if they are countered they become angry
It is a lutian gang
His book probably would be best sold for its paper that can be used to pack Pakodas. This guy thought he managed all the fake politicians and especially the fake Gandhis 😂🤣🤣🤣 A non performer is sacked in any industry 🤣😂
Two stand up comedians both of whom have no audience as on date 🤣😂
Rajdeep! Dont flatter yourself. You are a nobody. He is the PM of India.. of 1.5 billion people. Self deprecation might get you the attention you seek but it does not make it a fact.
Irritating! You need to be more like Barkha Dutt, her interviews are not biased.
I am sorry I stopped paying subscriptions as I was never able to access any news or podcasts .. also I want to know what is actually going on in India? I believe there is strong corruption during elections and hence it’s just a matter of time when India would not remain a democracy at least on the ground. Even if it will be on paper .. but people and the world will know inherently. What’s your take on it?
Also because I lost the job last year so decided to do some cost saving
Outstanding interview 👌💯
Subscription leni padegi ab😂
Great job Manisha! Nice interview
News laundry ❤
WHY ARE YOU AFRAID OF HARSH WORDS BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT YOU CATER LIES AND BIAS. ONLY THING THAT MATTERS TO YOU IS HIGHLIGHTING KHANGRESS
Malviya was directly involved with his sacking
Dear do you see only Modi ji in your dreams. You are obsessed with him.
Aajkal to podcast interview de rahe hain Modi ji
He is getting inspiration from modi ... Getting shameless day by day 💥
Not only for modi. Even for us😂
News laundry ka bhi business Modi k bharose hee chal raha
This is the same Rajdeep Sardesai who lied of saying police shoot down a punjabi farmer 🤣😂😆.... The liars coming up with a book... You can imagine what is his lying propaganda 🤣😂😆
👍👍👍
kitne interview dogo yaar😂😂
He is not a gutter person
See what is happening in canada
Newslaundry is speaking on the behalf of its funding master. These people speak about democratic backsliding while making doing Newslaundry 😅
Very nice episode in the era modi media godi media
I have all MON MI BAAT. no interest for reading , hindi keya violence languge hai.
Lol
Sabse nirlajj RS😂
Shameless man ..made huge money
It is not ONLY Modi.
If it's for members only, keep it with you only
Rudali gang party...
Its nit onky Modi whi thinks that
But you are😢
Ma’am हिन्दी में बोला करे
TMC is worst example of political party but look at their optimism about it. Single point agenda of nationalist bashing is followed by both here..
You guys are journalists??? 😂😂😂