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Who controls the main-
stream media in India?
The Hindu (India's National Newspaper) - funded by Joshua Society, Berne,
Switzerland. It is known in Chennai (Madras) variously as “The Sapper” (because
it supported the British during the struggle for Indian independence)
NDTV - funded by Gospels of charity in Spain. Indian CEO Prannoy Roy is
co-brother of Prakash Karat, Gen Secy of Communist party of India.
CNN-News 18 (prev. CNN-IBN) - 100% funded by Southern Baptist Church
in the US. The Church annually allocates 800 million dollars for promotion of
this channel. Its Indian head is Rajdeep Sardesai and his wife Sagarika Ghosh.
The Times Group - 80% funded by World Christian Council.
Star TV - supported by St. Peter's Pontifical Church, Melbourne, Australia.
Hindustan times - working in collaboration with Times Group.