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Senate tax chief says billionaire Crow ‘stonewalling’ over perks for Clarence Thomas

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Wyden had asked for details on the gifts Crow lavished on Thomas for over two decades, as reported by ProPublica, that included trips aboard the billionaire’s superyacht to Indonesia, New Zealand and Greece and free use of his private jet.
Although Thomas neglected to report the gifts on his annual disclosure forms, Wyden argued they were substantial enough that Crow would have been obligated to report them on his annual gift tax returns to the IRS.
On Tuesday, Wyden repeated a vow he had previously made to use “any of the tools at [the committee’s] disposal” to compel answers from Crow and said he would confer with his Democratic colleagues on Finance.
In the letter to Wyden that was obtained by POLITICO, Crow’s attorney, Michael D. Bopp, argued that the Finance Committee lacks authority to compel the gift records from Crow and is “attempting to tarnish the reputation of a sitting Supreme Court Justice and his friend of many years, Mr. Crow.”
The committee’s next steps could include subpoenaing Crow for the requested records or using a section of the tax code that vests the chairs of Congress’ tax committees with the authority to obtain a private citizen’s tax returns directly from Treasury — a power that House Democrats used last year to publish the taxes of former President Donald Trump.
Attorneys for Trump had tried to derail that effort by insisting Democrats lacked a “legitimate legislative purpose” for seeking his returns, but federal courts rejected the argument in that case. Democrats had maintained throughout the litigation that obtaining Trump’s taxes was necessary to examine a program at the IRS that required the auditing of all sitting presidents.
Bopp used a similar argument in defense of withholding Crow’s information, saying the committee has jurisdiction of federal gift tax laws but is not empowered to initiate tax audits to expose the activities of private citizens.
Wyden countered that “the assertion that the Finance Committee lacks a legislative basis for an investigation of the abuse of gift taxes by the wealthy is simply preposterous.”

“I have used my Chairmanship of the committee to shine a bright light on tax schemes undertaken by the ultra-wealthy, including untaxed transfers of wealth,” he said.
Meanwhile, Sen. Mike Crapo, the top Republican on the Finance Committee, made it clear Tuesday that he would oppose any efforts to force Crow to provide the information, saying they would “undermine the independence of the Supreme Court and its individual Justices.”
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and 13 other Republican senators also wrote to Wyden on Monday to express concerns about Wyden’s request to Crow. The GOP lawmakers asserted the demands amounted to intimidation of a private citizen that had the ultimate goal of discrediting Thomas.
“We reject this manufactured ‘ethics crisis’ at the Supreme Court as a ploy to further Democrats’ efforts to undermine public confidence and change the makeup of the Court,” the Republicans wrote.
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( With inputs from : www.politico.com )

May 9, 2023
White rhinos for sale, one careful owner: tycoon looks for a billionaire to buy his conservation ranch

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Wanted: an animal-loving billionaire who might consider buying 1,993 threatened white rhinos instead of a new superyacht or a Picasso, or a Picasso onboard a superyacht.
John Hume, a South African multimillionaire who started a rhino breeding project with about 200 animals 30 years ago, is selling all the rhinos and the 8,500-hectare (21,000 acres) conservation ranch where they live in what must rank as one of the most unusual ever online auctions.
Bids for the farm, 100 miles south-east of Johannesburg, start at $10m (£8m) and close at 5pm on Monday 1 May – international save the rhino day. Also included alongside the rhinos – which make up about 10% of the world’s total rhino population – are 213 buffaloes, five hippos, seven zebras and 11 giraffes.
Hume, 81, who made his fortune building timeshare resorts, said he was selling up after spending $150m on the project and he could no longer continue to support the rhinos.
John Hume, hotel magnate and owner of the Platinum Rhino Project. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images
“I’ve used all my life savings spending on that population of rhinos for 30 years. And I finally ran out of money,” he said. “I’m hoping that there is a billionaire that would rather save the population of rhinos from extinction than own a superyacht.”
His daughter-in-law Tammy Hume said Hume called an emergency family meeting last year when he realised he would soon no longer be able to meet the £8,000-a-day cost of securing and feeding the rhinos. The farm employs about 100 people, including vets, rangers and security guards to protect the animals from poachers. There is also a helicopter for air patrols.
Hume said selling the Platinum Rhino Project was the only option, after failing to overturn a global ban on selling rhino horn to fund the farm. The horn, which is used as an ingredient in traditional Chinese medicine, is said to be more valuable, by weight, in the hidden economy than elephant ivory, cocaine or gold.
Veterinarian Michelle Otto stands with a sedated and blindfolded rhino after trimming its horn at the ranch of the breeder John Hume. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images
The farm has a licence to trim rhino horns, which it claims helps protect them as it makes the animals less of a target for poachers. The Humes said the trimmed rhino horn is DNA-profiled, microchipped and kept in a secure location – and not sold.

Hume said he fell in love with rhinos after retiring to a small ranch in the countryside with a small crash of rhinos. “I’m sympathetic and emotional. Rhinos are underdogs. They stand the least chance of surviving poaching,” he told the Daily Maverick. “It’s impossible to say what these 2,000 rhinos have cost me. Billions. I was rich then. And now I’m not.”
Hume said his “ideal buyer is a person or foundation with a passion for conserving rhinos and the means to keep the breeding project going”.
He added: “With 200 rhinos born a year, the project has the power to make a significant difference and bolster declining rhino populations on the African continent.”
Tammy Hume said the family had spoken to several “high net worth individuals” who had expressed interest in buying the farm as a philanthropic gift to conservation efforts. They have also been in discussions with ecological foundations and zoos across the world.
She had hoped to fund future conservation work by releasing 100 of the rhinos into the wild but could not find a charity or philanthropist to fund the effort. “Trimming [horns], we understand that there is enormous concern about but it was just one idea of how to generate an income,” she said. “Another was to create a nature market from rewilding rhinos … but no one was willing to pay for it.”
A three-week-old rhino waits to be fed. Photograph: Luca Sola/AFP/Getty Images
As of Friday no bids had been placed but Hume said several people had registered for the auction and paid a 90,000 rand (£4,000) registration fee.
“We hope the auction has set off alarm bells around the world, that we can’t continue to look after the rhinos financially, and these animals need a new saviour.”
Almost all (98.8%) of the southern white rhinos occur in only four countries: South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, and Kenya. They were, according to the WWF, thought to be extinct in the late 19th century, but in 1895 a small population of fewer than 100 individuals was discovered in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. After more than a century of protection and management, they are now classified as “near threatened” and about 18,000 animals exist in protected areas and private game reserves. They are the only one of the five rhino species that are not endangered.
A spokesperson for the WWF said: “[We] are working with rhino conservation experts to better understand the current and future potential conservation contribution of the white rhino at Platinum Rhino and the role of captive breeding operations in white rhino conservation. Although the numbers of rhinos that have been bred at Platinum Rhino represent a notable percentage of white rhinos left in the world, it is unfortunately increasingly the case in rhino conservation that our challenge is not a shortage of rhinos but a shortage of conservation areas with safe suitable rhino habitat.”
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( With inputs from : www.theguardian.com )

April 28, 2023
As a billionaire king is crowned, he urges us to do some charity work. Welcome to Britain | Frances Ryan

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Don’t have plans for the coronation bank holiday? Fear not. The king invites you to join the Big Help Out, a national day of volunteering designed to mark the new reign. Or as the Telegraph breathlessly describes it, a “tribute to Charles’s many decades of public service”.
The Big Help Out will, according to the official website, “give everyone an opportunity to join in”. What acts of charity would Buckingham Palace like us to join in with, exactly? Squeezing out toothpaste for an elderly neighbour, perhaps. Or staffing a local art centre (do remember not to take the art home with you).
With the cost of living crisis leading to growing hardship across the country, especially in the poorest communities, there is said to be a national shortage of volunteers to meet the demand for them. Organisers were hoping the Big Help Out would inspire a new wave of volunteering, but some in the charity fear the event will be “damp squib”, due to lack of participants.
Is one really shocked? A man whose car collection alone is estimated to be worth more than £6m asking the rest of us to celebrate his kingship by helping out at the local food bank feels, shall we say, a little “let them eat quiche”.
Volunteering can be hugely rewarding, and many organisations are in desperate need of more help, but there may be better ways to promote the cause than an event that is literally about deference to hereditary privilege. People who are already working every hour just to put food on the table hardly need a billionaire to ask them to use their day off to do more.
As commentary on this country’s relationship with class goes, it could only be more crass if one of the volunteering jobs on offer was for families to scrub King Charles’s golden carriage with their electricity bills.
Charity, monarchy fans insist, is a longstanding personal interest of the royal family. In the runup to the coronation, the Princess of Wales made a “previously unannounced” visit to Windsor’s baby bank for deprived newborns (photographers were there entirely coincidentally, you understand). More than 850 community and charity representatives have been invited to the coronation to show the king’s deep respect for their work and 400 young volunteers will also watch from St Margaret’s church, Westminster Abbey.
Charles, complete with Aston Martin DB6 Volante, visits the car maker’s new factory in St Athan, Wales, on 21 February 2020. Photograph: Chris Jackson/Getty Images
No news as yet as to whether any representatives from HMRC have been invited. Royals always seem to prefer ad hoc charity work to taxation, much like the boss of Amazon or the Victorians. The £1bn Duchy of Cornwall estate – previously inherited by Charles and recently passed on to Prince William – is not liable for either corporation tax or capital gains tax.

But don’t worry, according to the duchy’s website, under Charles’s leadership, the estate’s annual multimillion-pound revenue was used to fund his “public, private and charitable activities”. Charles notably didn’t pay a single penny of inheritance tax on the fortune the late Queen left him last year (the jewellery alone was estimated to be worth at least £533m), though he has “volunteered” to pay income tax, as he also did on the duchy estate. “Volunteering” to pay tax always feels a little like a wanted criminal “volunteering” to hand himself over to the authorities. It doesn’t seem to be something you typically get a choice in.
For the little people, tax isn’t a hobby – it funds the key services we all rely on. Indeed, the “crisis in volunteering” that the Big Help Out hopes to fill has largely been created by years of government cuts, all while the richest have hoarded and increased their wealth. Over the last decade, local councils have faced £15bn in real-terms cuts with neighbourhood services such as parks, libraries and children’s centres “hollowed out” since 2010.
There is apparently no money for Sure Start centres but you’ll be relieved to hear ministers have found £8m to offer every public body a free portrait of King Charles. Oliver Dowden, the new deputy prime minister and patriot in chief, says the portraits would bring the nation together. So would working hospitals.
The coronation itself is estimated to be costing the public purse anywhere from £50m to £100m. Charles’s personal fortune is thought to be almost £2bn, but as anyone who has ever gotten a £60 ticket to St Pancras on expenses knows, a 1.3-mile coronation precession can very much be put down as a “work trip”.
In the coming days, there will be endless commentators ready to declare that the coronation makes them “proud to be British”, while anyone who criticises any aspect of it will be accused of “hating their country”. I have never quite understood the mindset that feels more pride in producing Prince Andrew than the welfare state. At the very least, we should surely be allowed to ask some questions. Can a modern nation call itself democratic if it retains an unelected head of state? Is a growing reliance on charity a point of celebration or shame? Does sanitising the existence of royalty normalise wider inequality? As a diamond-encrusted crown is placed on the king’s head, your packed local homeless shelter is desperate for help. Don’t you feel proud to be British?

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( With inputs from : www.theguardian.com )

April 28, 2023
Bannon-allied Chinese billionaire arrested on fraud charges

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In 2020, Bannon was arrested on federal fraud charges while aboard Guo’s yacht. Bannon pleaded not guilty and was subsequently pardoned on those charges by former President Donald Trump.
As part of the investigation of Guo by federal prosecutors, authorities seized $634 million in alleged fraud proceeds from 21 different bank accounts between September 2022 and March 2023. On Wednesday morning, they seized other assets allegedly purchased with fraud proceeds, including a Lamborghini.
According to the indictment, Guo also treated himself and his relatives to a $26.5 million 50,000-square-foot mansion outfitted with $978,000 worth of Chinese and Persian rugs, a $3.5 million Ferrari, a $140,000 piano, two $36,000 mattresses, and a $37 million luxury yacht, all purchased with stolen funds.
Federal prosecutors said the alleged scheme centered on GTV Media Group, Inc., Guo’s social media platform, and a handful of other entities, including G Club Operations, a “purported membership organization” owned by Guo and Himalaya Exchange, “a purported cryptocurrency ‘ecosystem,’” owned by Je. Between April and June 2020, Guo and Je took in more than $400 million through an illegal private stock offering related to GTV called GTV Private Placement, according to the indictment.
Guo told potential investors, in materials written by Je, that GTV would be the “first ever platform which will combine the power of citizen journalism and social news with state-of-the-art technology, big data, artificial intelligence, block-chain technology and real-time interactive communication,” according to the indictment.
More than 5,500 investors purchased about $452 million worth of GTV common stock, the indictment says, but rather than the money being used to develop the GTV business, it was instead deposited into bank accounts held in the name of GTV’s parent company, which was owned by a relative of Guo.
Guo and Je also allegedly fraudulently obtained more than $150 million in funds through a “collective of informal groups” called the Himalaya Farm Alliance, and prosecutors said the two transferred $20 million in proceeds to a relative who used $950,000 to pay for a flight crew on a private jet and $5 million to an entity owned by Guo’s spouse.
The pair also solicited funds for their online membership club, taking in about $250 million in fraudulent gains, according to prosecutors, by promoting “an exclusive, high-end membership program offering a full spectrum of services” and “a gateway to carefully curated, world-class products, services and experiences.” In reality, prosecutors said, the club had just a handful employees and offered “few to no discernable membership benefits.”

And they fraudulently took in $262 million through their cryptocurrency “ecosystem” the Himalaya Exchange, according to prosecutors, promoting the product with a music video featuring an original song called “HCoin To the Moon” showing Guo in “various luxury locations.”
The charges against Guo were made public in New York as a trial is set to get underway in federal court in Washington later this month for hip-hop star Pras Michel, who is accused of taking part in a multi-million-dollar, unregistered lobbying campaign for China aimed in part at securing Guo’s deportation from the U.S.
Michel, a member of the legendary Fugees trio, is charged with failing to notify U.S. authorities that he was acting on behalf of former Chinese Vice Minister for Public Security Sun Lijun and Jho Low, a Malaysian businessperson facing a U.S. investigation and eventually criminal charges in connection with the collapse of the 1MDB sovereign wealth fund.
Prosecutors allege that Michel sought to persuade the Obama administration and, later, the Trump administration to drop or settle the probe into Low and to expel Guo from the U.S., potentially in exchange for China releasing U.S. citizens or residents it was detaining. The charges against Low remain pending and Guo was never deported.
Michel, who has pleaded not guilty, also faces campaign finance and witness tampering charges in the same case charging him with acting as an unregistered foreign lobbyist.
Josh Gerstein contributed to this report.
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( With inputs from : www.politico.com )

March 15, 2023

Adani falls off world’s top 20 billionaire list as net worth dips further

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Gautam Adani whose net worth is continuously falling after the release of the Hindenburg report now lost the spot in the world’s top 20 billionaire list.

Today, he lost over Rs 1680 crore as stocks of his group’s companies continue to lose market capitalization.

Most of the group’s stocks are locked in their respective lower circuits. These stocks include Adani Transmission, Adani Green Energy, Adani Wilmar, Adani Power, Adani Total Gas, and NDTV.

Currently, with a net worth of USD 57.5 billion, Adani is at the 22nd spot on the list of billionaires in the world.

Hindenburg effect

It all started after Hindenburg research firm released a report raising concerns about shares of Adani Group companies having a possibility of declining from their current levels, owing to high valuations.

Soon after the release of the report, the stocks of companies belonging to the group started falling.

Though, the group responded to allegations and narrative peddled by the firm in a 400-page response, some of the group’s companies are still witnessing sharp sell-off.

Due to the Hindenburg effect, the net worth of Gautam Adani which was USD 134.2 billion on December 13, 2022, fell to USD 57.5 billion now.

Gap between Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani widens

Due continuous fall in the stocks of the group firms, the gap between the net worths of Gautam Adani and Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) chairman Mukesh Ambani is widening for the past two days.

Ambani who once again become the richest person in India on February 1 is currently at the eleventh position in the world’s billionaire list. His net worth is USD 82.4 billion.

No Indian in world’s top 10 billionaire list

After the exit of both Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani, no Indian is left in the world’s top 10 billionaire list. Currently, there are eight American and one French, and one Mexican on the list.

Name	Net worth	Country
Bernard Arnault	$217.5 billion	France
Elon Musk	$183.2 billion	United States
Jeff Bezos	$136.0 billion	United States
Larry Ellison	$113.6 billion	United States
Warren Buffett	$108.3 billion	United States
Bill Gates	$106.1 billion	United States
Larry Page	$92.8 billion	United States
Carlos Slim Helu	$90.8 billion	Mexico
Sergey Brin	$88.8 billion	United States
Steve Ballmer	$84.8 billion	United States

The list is topped by Bernard Arnault who is the chairman and CEO of the world’s luxury goods company LVMH. He is a French citizen.

Currently, with a net worth of USD 217.5 billion, he is the only person in the USD 200-billion club.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 3, 2023

Adani loses spot on world’s top 10 billionaire list as net worth dips

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Amid war of words between Adani Group and Hindenburg Research, India’s richest person Gautam Adani lost a spot on the world’s top ten billionaire list as his net worth dipped further on Tuesday.
The stocks of his group companies continued to fall even after detailed responses to the Hindenburg report.
In the report, the research firm raised concerns about shares of Adani group companies having a possibility of declining from their current levels, owing to high valuations.
As per Bloomberg Billionaire Index, the current net worth of Adani is $84.4 billion and he is at the 11th spot on the list of world’s billionaires.
Adani Group responds to Hindenburg report
On Sunday, Adani Group responded to allegations and narrative peddled by Hindenburg Research in a 400-page response.
It also raises questions about the ulterior motives and modus operandi of Hindenburg which has conveniently ignored the Indian judiciary and regulatory framework.
The group also alleged that the report by the research firm was not an attack on any specific company but a “calculated attack” on India, its growth story, and ambitions.
Replying to the claim that it is a ‘calculated attack’ on India, Hindenburg Research tweeted, ‘Fraud Cannot Be Obfuscated By Nationalism Or A Bloated Response That Ignores Every Key Allegation We Raised’.

Our Reply To Adani:
Fraud Cannot Be Obfuscated By Nationalism Or A Bloated Response That Ignores Every Key Allegation We Raisedhttps://t.co/ohNAX90BDf
— Hindenburg Research (@HindenburgRes) January 30, 2023
Adani loses spot on world’s top ten billionaire list as net worth dipped
As per the index, Gautam Adani’s net worth dipped by over USD 39 billion in less than 15 days. His net worth was USD 124 billion on January 17 and currently, it is USD 84.4 billion. Due the dip, he lost spot on world’s top ten billionaire list.
Though he continued to be the richest person in India, the gap between him and RIL chairman Mukesh Ambani narrowed.
The current net worth of Ambani is USD 82.2 billion.
Abu Dhabi-based IHC to invest in Adani Enterprises’ FPO
Amid ongoing controversy over the firm report, International Holding Company, an Abu Dhabi-based diversified conglomerate, on Monday announced that it will invest about USD 400 million (AED 1.4 billion) into the Adani Enterprises’ follow-on public offer (FPO) through its subsidiary Green Transmission Investment Holding RSC Limited.
The Adani Group company’s FPO opened for subscription on January 27 and will continue till January 31.
Adani Enterprises had filed a red herring prospectus with the markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for the Rs 20,000 crore follow-on public offer (FPO).

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

January 31, 2023
Adani loses spot on world’s top five billionaire list as net worth dips

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India’s richest person Gautam Adani lost a spot on the list of the world’s top five billionaires after his net worth dipped by USD 20.1 billion today.
On Friday, Adani group stocks continue to fall after Hindenburg Research said it fully stands by its report and believes any “legal action taken against us would be meritless”.
“Regarding the company’s threats of legal action, to be clear, we would welcome it. We fully stand by our report and believe any legal action taken against us would be meritless,” said Hindenburg Research in a statement that was posted on its official Twitter handle.
What did Hindenburg Research claim about the group?
Hindenburg Research report accused firms owned by Gautam Adani of market manipulation and accounting fraud.
Following the accusation, Adani Group said it is mulling legal options in the US and India against the investment research firm.
Jatin Jalundhwala, Group Head – Legal, Adani Group, in a statement, said, “The maliciously mischievous, unresearched report published by Hindenburg Research on 24 January 2023 has adversely affected the Adani Group, our shareholders and investors.”
“We (the Group) are evaluating the relevant provisions under US and Indian laws for remedial and punitive action against Hindenburg Research,” Jalundhwala said.
Net worth of Adani dipped by over 16 percent
Gautam Adani on Friday become poorer by USD 20.1 billion after his net worth dipped by 16.88 percent. Apart from losing a spot in the top five billionaire list, he is no longer in the USD 100-billion club.

After a dip in his net worth, he slipped from fourth to seventh spot on the list in a day. However, he continues to be the richest person in India.
In the last two years, Adani’s net worth climbed from USD 8.9 billion in 2020 to USD 99.1 billion now.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

January 27, 2023
Big business is taking over the media By Justice Markandey Katju

Rahul Gandhi has congratulated Elon Musk on his taking over Twitter, and has asked that the Opposition’s voice in India be not stifled.
What Rahul, wittingly or unwittingly, overlooks is that the big business which is taking over the media all over the world, looks only at its own interests, not the interests of others.
The take over of Twitter by Elon Musk in America is akin to the take over of CBN IBN by Mukesh Ambani, or of NDTV by Gautam Adani in India.
When I was Chairman of the Press Council of India, I came to know that the owner of one of the big Hindi newspapers, having perhaps the largest circulation in India, also owns about 50 other businesses e.g. mining, coal, iron&steel, real estate, etc. The newspaper was only a small business compared to his other businesses.
Why then was he interested in publishing the newspaper ? It was obviously to help his other businesses, e.g. by publishing something favourable to a Minister, who in return would help him in his other businesses.
Historically, the media arose in the 18th century in Europe as an organ of the people against feudal oppression. At that time all the organs of power were in the hands of feudal authorities, kings, aristocrats, etc. Hence the people had to create new organs which would serve their interests. The media ( which was then print media mainly in the form of leaflets, pamphlets, etc, not regular daily newspapers ) was one of the main organs created by the people for waging their struggle against feudalism, and it was used by great writers like Voltaire, Rousseau, Thomas Paine, Junius, etc. The media then represented the voice of the future, as contrasted to the feudal state organs, which only wanted to preserve the status quo.
Later, the role of the media changed. It was taken over by businessmen, and stopped representing the people. However, it still fulfilled a useful purpose by conveying news truthfully to the people. In India, great journalists like Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi, Nikhil Chakrabarty, etc fulfilled this role, like William Lloyd Garrison, Edward Murrow, and Walter Cronkite in America.
Now the wheel has turned totally around. Now the worldwide trend is to totally emasculate the media, deprive it of whatever freedom it had, and make it an organ dedicated solely to serving the commercial interests of the proprietor.
This trend is most visible in Indian television today, which has turned largely into what is called euphemistically as ‘godi media’. Now all pretences of conveying the truth have been dropped, and instead one hears only a single refrain.

Rahul Gandhi’s message is only wishful thinking, and Elon Musk is unlikely to pay any heed to it. He has invested 43 billion dollars in buying Twitter, and will only be interested in having good returns from this huge investment.
Author Justice Markandey Katju is former Chairman , Press Council of India and former Judge , Supreme Court of India. Author can be reached at justicekatju@gmail.com
Disclaimer: The views expressed in the article above are those of the authors’ and do not necessarily represent or reflect the views of this publishing house.

October 31, 2022