Santosh Mehrotra To Arnab: “What Was The Government Doing?” | FCRA Media Row

Economist Santosh Mehrotra challenges the government’s record on enforcing FCRA rules and questions Republic’s reliance on government advertisements. Arnab Goswami responds that government advertising accounts for less than 5% of Republic’s revenue and says the channel relies primarily on private-sector advertising.

Nupur Sharma raises questions about alleged foreign funding of media organisations through IPSMF and other entities. The discussion also includes claims and counterclaims on foreign funding, editorial intent, FCRA enforcement and disclosure by news platforms. Under the FCRA framework, specified news and current-affairs media entities are among categories barred from accepting foreign contributions.