âBogusâ quotes and a misrepresented meeting: Journalists disown govt report on âsetting the narrativeâ
Newslaundry spoke to journalists named in a group of ministersâ report on âgovernment communicationâ. Hereâs what they have to say.
Shambhavi Thakur
In June 2020, the Narendra Modi government reached out to âprominent persons from the media fieldâ to help identify strategies to effectively communicate â10 big narratives of the governmentâ. The initiative, led by a group of union ministers who were âguidedâ by the prime minister, summarised recommendations in a report that was submitted to the cabinet secretariat later that year.
The report, parts of which have been accessed by