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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
‘Neutralise those writing against us’: Inside the govt’s plan to manage media perception
March 5, 2021
IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad feels that “despite being in government”, there is a “gap” in online news platforms like the Wire, Scroll, and some other regional media. The government’s “core media intervention”, Prasad thinks, isn’t getting enlarged. To tackle this “gap”, a group of ministers held meeting with stakeholders like journalists, and industry professionals, noting the need for a strategy to “neutralise” the people who are writing against the government. After these consultations, the group of ministers prepared a report titled ‘Report of the Group of Ministers on Government Communication’, which was accessed by MediaNama, and first reported by the Caravan.