Radia tapes controversy

The Radia tapes controversy relates to the telephonic conversations between Nira Radia, a professional lobbyist[1] and an acquaintance of the (then) Indian telecom minister A. Raja, with senior journalists, politicians, and corporate houses,[2] taped by the Indian Income Tax Department in 2008-09. The tapes led to accusations of misconduct by many of these people. Nira Radia runs a public relations firm named Vaishnavi Communications,[3] whose clients include Ratan Tata's Tata Group[4] and Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries.[5] Leading journalists in India were heard on the tapes acceding to requests from lobbyists to fix stories and run scripted interviews with politicians.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nira_Radia_tapes_controversy

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/letters/article920182.ece

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/116306/radia-tapes-scandal-media.html

http://calamur.org/gargi/2010/11/29/radia-tapes-silence-of-the-lambs/

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Video/121822/42/Videos/experts-debate-...

http://tweetmeme.com/story/3195751742/usual-suspects-radia-tapes-don-t-s...

http://indiasreport.com/magazine/data/radia-tapes-how-top-journalists-ha...

http://www.headlinesfeed.com/news/was-it-okay-to-leak-the-radia-tapes

http://arunshouri.blogspot.com/2010/11/nira-radia-tapes-arun-shourie.html