Blood in the newsroom

With the arrest of a journalist in the J Dey murder case, the media is under the scanner. The recent launch of a novel, The Newsroom Mafia, probing the nexus between the media, underworld, the police and politicians, is particularly timelyAs J Dey's murder probe goes on, the arrest of Mumbai journalist Jigna Vora has raised uncomfortable questions about journalistic credibility. Writer and former journalist Oswald Pereira, who has seen it all as he says, in his fictional book, 'The Newsroom Mafia' exposes the ugly underbelly of the profession. Excerpts from the book

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