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BBC is heavily biased against India esp. against current government. It never publishes any good thing about india and belittles any progress made by India. It should appreciate that even passing the farm bill by the govt which is in majority, it is ready to negotiate. This is true democracy where just for the sake of 1-2 states, govt has put the reforms on hold.

People should also understand that there is also foreign funding involved behind these protests for Khalistan movement which has nothing to do with the protests. Western media esp. Washington Post, BBC and NYTimes usually publishes articles against the current govt.

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But you do fail to mention that the true democracy passed the bill without proper discussion and also with a voice vote even when the opposition asked for a division vote. Then there is the thing that even when the said governement is willing to discuss, they are not really ready to compromise.

This is just the tip of the iceberg and I don't want to go on to a full length rant here on HN on a political post. But I believe that the media should always be against the government first. And not like Indian media which are dubbed as Godi media because it is so biased for the government, even reporting fake news at times.

Remember The first morale of Buddhism is to keep your critics near you who will always help you improve. It’s good if critical media surrounds the government.

This is common around the globe any media which questions the government is considered biased, in India more so.

No need to look for media see UN and research report on India’s development on Human Development Index (HDI) which covers mal-nutrition, infant mortality, education and healthcare it has slipped continuously in last 5 years even before pandemic. Economic development i.e. livelihood is also in downward spiral before pandemic and made much worse. Indian neighbouring countries like Bangladesh did much better. Marginalisation of most minority community is accelerated. So the current ruling party in India use religious sentiments, divisions and false pride as tools to gain majority support.

Blaming Gandhi, Nehru, Pakistan and foreigners for misery of India and its downward spiral and shooting the messenger with accusations of falsehood has become a practice and a weapon of choice in current Indian ruling establishment.

>> BBC is heavily biased against India esp. against current government.

I don't buy this. I think BBC is far more factual and has a lot more integrity than most other media sources - unless being factual is what makes it against the current Indian regime.

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