LOBBYING OR REPORTING?

 ................“When you are talking to your source, he/she is giving you a point of view from inside, that may or may not end up being correct. In this particular case, there are only three names that are doing the rounds. However, we chose to highlight Chaudhuri because we learnt that he has strong chances of making it as the head of the country’s central bank”. Bhattacharya doesn’t deny the fact that lobbying can happen and names can be thrown up by sources keeping in mind their personal interests. He says, “There are times when some sources plant names just to scuttle someone else’s chances. And if the reporter goes blindly to his source without any understanding of the issue he is reporting on, chances are he could be taken for a ride”........

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