As if anchors who toed the party line were not enough, we now have party spokespersons acting as anchors on India Today. The channel invites ‘guest anchors’ from political parties on certain weekends because, you know, journalists bhi insaan hote hain and they want their weekends off on some days at least. To this end, India Today has had Congress’ Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Bharatiya Janata Party’s Babul Supriyo and, of course, Sambit Patra, who has, umm, made his mark as a party spokesperson. Read more…