IS THE PRESS IN GOA GAGGED AND CAGED?
The short answer is YES. The long answer is YES, under both political parties. The press receives Govt. subsidies in the form of advertisements which is a revenue source, hence unlikely to criticize the govt. Also access to govt. is restricted or denied to adversarial press persons. The big press outfits in Goa are the mouthpieces of the big business owners, hence the slant on important issues. Also the press in Goa has not cultivated itself as integral to a functioning democracy, instead it is viewed as a peripheral item. Besides the press is Goa, like the press in the USA, comes across as partisan, hence self-marginalization. There are other reasons, lack of time does not permit me to expand. George
