For the most part of history, the media and journalists have been considered pillars that make up the fourth estate

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However, today of late, the Indian media in particular has attained a rather unwanted moniker of being ‘paid media’.

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The latest case of Indian mediapersons coming under scrutiny is the Barkha Dutt tweet controversy.

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While many may argue about whether such decision-making does actually happen at academic levels.

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The larger issue is about the complete lack of facts or evidence that is real enough to back the claims of Dutt.

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Here are a few examples of journalistic direction gone badly wrong.

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Both Barkha Dutt and Vir Sanghvi ended up acting as auxiliaries for lobbyist Nira Radia vis-a-vis her connections with Ratan Tata.

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Indian Cricket controversy-Times Now ran a very vitriolic segment titled ‘Shamed in Sydney’ complete with a hashtag and opinions to match.

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In 2015, actress Deepika Padukone slammed the Times of India on Twitter for promoting a derogatory piece featuring photos of her cleavage.

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