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Wikipedia article on Radia Tapes Controversy -
Alleged media blackout and reactions in social media :

The news gained prominence following sustained pressure on social
networking sites Twitter[48][49] and Facebook[50] against an attempted
blackout orchestrated by many prominent Indian TV channels and
newspapers.[51][52] #barkhagate has been trending as number one topic
on Twitter in India for more than a week, since the breakout of the
news.[53] According to the Washington Post, "Twitter has played an
important role in launching what has become an international
conversation on the issue, with the Indian diaspora weighing in".[54]

Initially, only a handful of the mainstream newspapers in India, like
The Hindu,[55] The Deccan Herald,[56] Indian Express[2] had openly
written about the tapes. Some newspapers like HT Media, Mint (the
business newspaper also owned by HT media)[57] and NDTV said "the
authenticity of these transcripts cannot be ascertained".[53][58] CNN-
IBN's Sagarika Ghose discussed with a panel of experts, if the
corporate lobbying is undermining democracy, on the Face the Nation
programme on the channel, but chose to play safe by avoiding the crux
of the matter and choosing not to take names.[59] The Radia tapes is
seen to have also made a dent in the image of the media in the country.
[1][51][52][60][61][62][63]

"The complete blackout of the Niira Radia tapes by the entire
broadcast media and most of the major English newspapers paints a
truer picture of corruption in the country," wrote G Sampath, the
deputy editor of the Daily News and Analysis (DNA) newspaper.[52] [64]
After it became an international news, more and more media houses
covered the story. Karan Thapar's show on CNN-IBN, "The Last
Word" (November 27, 2010) was the first show in mainstream Indian
television to address the Radia tapes and the involvement of Barkha
Dutt and Vir Sanghvi in malpractices, thus ending the TV news channel
blackout of the story.[65] The Deccan Chronicle commented, "The ‘Radia
tapes’ may have torn the veil off the nexus between information hungry
journalists, lobbyists and industrialists, and opened everyone’s eyes
to what has long been suspected — the ability of a small but powerful
group to use their connections to influence policy."[66] The Times of
India commented on November 25, 2010 "The people are showing who the
boss is. The weapon in their hands is the internet, ... has seen
frantic activism against "power brokering" by journalists in collusion
with corporate groups and top government politicians..."[67]

Audio tapes

Following links points to web pages having Audio files and
corresponding transcripts. The taped audio files are grouped according
to topic being discussed in the telephonic calls.

* Audio converstaion related to power, gas, aviation sector beween
Niira Radia and several prominent people - journalists, politicians,
beaurocrats, corporates
* May 2009 Audio files related to Telecom Ministry portfolio
allocation - talk between A. Raja and Niira Radia
* Audio conversations between M.Karunanidhi's daughter M.
Kanimozhi and Niira Radia about keeping Dayanidhi Maran out from
negotiations with the Congress and to get the telecom portfolio for A.
Rajaa
* Other Audio conversation between Niira Radia and various other
prominent people including Ratan Tana, Barkha Dutt, Shankar Aiyar
(from India Today), Ranjan Bhattacharya (foster son of former Indian
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee)

[edit] New tapes revealed

* Outlook magazine article on 800 newly released tapped
conversations which are on top of the 140 conversations placed in the
public domain by Outlook magazine earlier
* Outlook magazine - link to the audio files of 800 new tapped
conversations