{"id":342445,"date":"2023-03-10T09:29:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T14:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=342445"},"modified":"2023-03-10T09:42:01","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T15:12:01","slug":"sole-motive-of-nyt-to-spread-propaganda-about-india-anurag-thakur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/sole-motive-of-nyt-to-spread-propaganda-about-india-anurag-thakur\/","title":{"rendered":"Sole motive of NYT to spread propaganda about India: Anurag Thakur"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"784\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Sole-motive-of-NYT-to-spread-propaganda-about-India-Anurag-Thakur-1024x784.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-342446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Sole-motive-of-NYT-to-spread-propaganda-about-India-Anurag-Thakur-1024x784.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Sole-motive-of-NYT-to-spread-propaganda-about-India-Anurag-Thakur-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Sole-motive-of-NYT-to-spread-propaganda-about-India-Anurag-Thakur-768x588.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Sole-motive-of-NYT-to-spread-propaganda-about-India-Anurag-Thakur-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Sole-motive-of-NYT-to-spread-propaganda-about-India-Anurag-Thakur-696x533.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Sole-motive-of-NYT-to-spread-propaganda-about-India-Anurag-Thakur-1068x818.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Sole-motive-of-NYT-to-spread-propaganda-about-India-Anurag-Thakur-548x420.jpg 548w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Sole-motive-of-NYT-to-spread-propaganda-about-India-Anurag-Thakur.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">New Delhi, Feb 15 (ANI): Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Singh Thakur holding a press conference on Cabinet Decisions, in New Delhi on Wednesday. (ANI Photo\/PIB)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur alleged on Friday that The New York Times was disseminating falsehoods about India, characterizing an opinion article published by the newspaper on press freedom in Kashmir as deceptive and imaginary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNew York Times had long back dropped all pretensions of neutrality while publishing anything about India. NYT\u2018s so-called opinion piece on freedom of press in Kashmir is mischievous and fictitious, published with a sole motive to spread a propaganda about India and its democratic institutions and values,\u201d Thakur posted on Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is in continuation with what NYT and a few other link-minded foreign media have been spreading lies about India and our democratically elected Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. Such lies can\u2019t last long,\u201d the minister added<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thakur\u2019s&nbsp; was reacting to&nbsp; the publication of an op-ed in The New York Times, written by Anuradha Bhasin, executive editor of The Kashmir Times, which spoke about restrictions on the free flow of information in Kashmir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bhasin argues that Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s repressive media policies are destroying Kashmiri journalism, creating an information vacuum in a region of about 13 million people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur alleged on Friday that The New York Times was disseminating falsehoods about India, characterizing an opinion article published by the newspaper on press freedom in Kashmir as deceptive and imaginary. \u201cNew York Times had long back dropped all pretensions of neutrality while publishing anything about India. 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