"Because Local media would not cover since pretty much media in state supports ruling party)' --What's the arrangement there? Do the parties own/control the loc

"Because Local media would not cover since pretty much media in state supports ruling party)' --What's the arrangement there? Do the parties own/control the local press or is the press frightened of the parties? Jason Jones from the Daily Show years ago did a piece about not "fake news" in India but "paid news" for politicians, pretty interesting: * Video: http://www.cc.com/video-clips/mrx7ec/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-india-jones-and-the-election-of-doom---media-bias http://www.cc.com/video-clips/mrx7ec/the-daily-show-with-jon... * Reality check: https://www.quora.com/How-accurate-was-The-Daily-Shows-expose-of-Indian-newspapers https://www.quora.com/How-accurate-was-The-Daily-Shows-expos...