Not so creeping interference

Things are beginning to look somewhat grim for Firstpost on the editorial independence front. First an article written by the editor R Jagannathan talking about Arun Jaitley's performance was unceremoniously pulled from the site a few days after it appeared in July. Here is the tweet about the article. Towards the end of last week Lakshmi Chaudhry, the executive editor of the site, submitted her resignation citing editorial interference from upper management. A staff meeting has also taken place where the editorial staff discussed these developments and expressed apprehensions about the future of the site if it is not allowed to criticise certain leaders in the government.

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