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I received many calls from different sources during that period. Out of a desire to elicit more information from these sources, we are generally polite. Sanghvi writes on his website: 'While gathering news, journalists talk to a wide variety of sources from all walks of life, especially when a fast-moving story is unfolding. 'I wd say that the sharing of info to get more info in a fast moving story is not wrong,' she has said in another tweet. She gave info on Karunanidhi, and sought my analysis on what Cong may do next.

'Radia was a valid news source for DMK camp. Barkha and Sanghvi have defended their conversations saying that, as journalists, it's only natural for them to talk to everyone. Many more tapes have emerged of conversations between the lobbyist and people in Corporate India, the media (including this group's newspapers), the bureaucracy, as well as others. Intercepts of Radia' phone conversations with Barkha and Sanghvi are in particular focus. What wasn't widely known was the role played by corporate groups and Niira Radia in working the back channels to ensure that Raja remained where he was in UPA 1: telecom. The Congress, it was then said, had no option but to accept its coalition partner's choice. That he managed to do so was widely - and for most part, correctly - ascribed to the unflinching support of DMK boss M Karunanidhi and his daughter Kanimozhi. So much so that when the second UPA government was being formed after the May 2009 Lok Sabha election, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi were said to have been opposed to the DMK-nominated minister retaining telecom. If you have missed the details online, here is a recap: Raja's dealings as telecom minister had begun to emerge in the months leading up to the controversial award of 2G spectrum in January 2008. 'Twitter has played an important role in launching what has become an international conversation on the issue, with the Indian diaspora weighing in,' the newspaper writes. But in recent days, Indian journalists have also been accused of wrongdoing, including having inappropriate conversations with a corporate lobbyist and acting more like power brokers in recordings released as part of an investigation into an alleged high-stakes swindle - considered the biggest scandal to hit the new India,' says the Washington Post article.

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'India's fiercely competitive and hungry free press has become the rising nation's watchdog, unearthing a long list of banking scandals, real estate scams and, most recently, extensive government corruption during the international Commonwealth Games. Others news sites that have covered it include Washington Post, ChicagoIndependentPress, International Business Times, Gulf News, Arab News and Pakistan’s Dawn.

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The story has grabbed the attention of the international media - Wall Street Journal has run a news article and at least five blog posts on the subject ( Does the Buck Stop with Barkha Dutt?, Oh Vir, What Can the Matter Be?, My Journalistic Code of Ethics, Q&A: The State of Indian Journalism and Phone Taps Draw Media Into 2G Spotlight). Wikipedia now has a Radia tapes controversy page.

('We the People' is the name of Barkha's show on NDTV.) YouTube returns 31 search results for 'barkha radia tapes', the most popular of which has been heard by visitors more than 67,000 times. Then, there are online posts like 'we need to teach the media who the real boss is. One frequently retweeted tweet on Wednesday was 'Nira Radia grilled for 8 hours when ll Barkha dutt n Vir Sanghvi ll join her in jail?' The top Google search that starts with the word 'barkha' is 'barkha dutt nira radia', not 'barkha dutt' or just 'barkha'. On Twitter, '#barkhagate' and 'Bharka' have been two of the top five trending topics, with about 10 posts every minute on the subject. ' Barkha Dutt: powerbrokering stops here' has more than 300 fans. Here are some examples of what netizens have been doing: ' Can you please take BARKHA off air' on Facebook has more than 5,000 fans ' I hate Barkha Dutt' has more than 1,500 and ' Barkhagate' more than 1,200 fans. The comments posted by netizens on numerous websites give a deep insight into their psychology and show how cyberheroes can be made to bite the dust overnight. However, this hasn't cut much ice with the online world. Reacting to the tapes, both Sanghvi and Barkha have described their interactions with Radia as legitimate news-gathering activity.