GAME PLAN featured interview on India’s WION broadcaster: “Russia gains territory in Ukraine as Zelensky loses troops & armoured vehicles in Kursk”
In past essays, I have described the Indian broadcaster WION (acronym for The World is One) as the country’s leading English-language global television network. Two days ago I was interviewed by one of their presenters based in New York for a live program. My latest 7-minute interview, taped yesterday and released this morning can be found following the link given below. It was conducted by anchor Shivan Chanana in their main Indian studios.
Russia gains territory in Ukraine as Zelensky loses troops & armoured vehicles in Kursk | GAME PLAN
WION’s published figures for its subscriber base today show 9 million. That is enormous drawing power.
Given their prominent place within Indian broadcasting, it is understandable that WION tends to reflect the predominant mood of people and government at any given time. When I first was invited to participate as an expert commentator chiefly on Russian affairs, WION and its audience were pro-American leaning. Some of the first comments on me posted by their viewers amounted to: “how did you let this guy on the air? Good for you!” What was meant, of course, is that the Russian perspective had not been aired till then, only the Washington narrative that you hear on most global media networks.
However, government and public opinion in India have moved steadily against the United States due to easily identifiable missteps of American foreign policy. The latest color revolution in neighboring Bengladesh that is widely assumed to have engineered by the United States has turned that country against India, something which is deeply resented in Delhi. Accordingly, the audience that my interviews now attract on this station, which is heavily Indian, though with an admixture of viewers from many other countries, is considerably more open to information about Russia and the logic of its conducting the war against Ukraine and NATO. You see this in the Comments section.
Happy viewing!
©Gilbert Doctorow, 2024