In politics today
Arnab Goswami
Republic Media Network's editor-in-chief since 2017, after building Times Now into Indian television's loudest news brand. Studio combat over surgical strikes and 'tukde tukde' framing of dissent for a decade — recently complicated by unusually sharp criticism of his own government over IndiGo and Delhi's air.
Furthest from the middle on Nation, toward Majoritarian.
Where they stand
Arnab Goswami on each of the seven scales, from one pole to the other.
Welfare
−1.0Expansive state provisionMinimal/targeted provisionMarkets
+2.0State-led developmentMarket-led developmentRecognition
−4.0Formal equalityGroup remediesNation
+6.0PluralistMajoritarianAuthority
+4.0Civil libertiesStrong stateCulture
+4.0Personal autonomyTraditional normsFederalism
−6.0CentreStates
The record, axis by axis
Every placement is scored on what was said and done — manifestos, legislation, the governing record — and calibrated against the same trade-offs the quiz asks about.
No welfare-policy record; Republic's coverage generally amplifies the government's free-ration and 'labharthi' delivery framing without a distinct position of its own
No consistent editorial doctrine on ownership or tariffs; occasional segments target 'crony' conglomerates without a sustained anti-concentration campaign
Editorial framing of minority-institution protections and personal-law boards as 'appeasement' pulls this further toward formal equality than a caste-only reading would suggest — no vote or bill exists, but the register is consistent
Built Republic's identity on 'nation first' branding and 'tukde tukde gang' framing of protest and dissent, with a decade of prime-time coverage backing the CAA, Article 370's abrogation and the Ram Mandir movement — a consistent, high-volume editorial record, but studio commentary rather than the legislative or organisational authorship (moving the 370 resolution, drafting the CAA, building an actual statewide Hindutva campaign) that anchors the roster's 7-9.5 tier; scored in line with K. Annamalai's on-the-ground organising rather than above it
Editorially champions encounters, harsh UAPA use and the death penalty for terror and rape cases, dismissed civil-liberties objections to surgical strikes and Balakot as anti-national handwringing, and was himself arrested and granted bail in an abetment-to-suicide case in 2020 — a strong-state editorial line, real and consistent, but resting on studio rhetoric rather than the security-portfolio or policing record that drives the roster's higher authority scores
Runs recurring moral-panic coverage — the 2020 Sushant Singh Rajput/NCB drugs cycle, 'anti-national' framing of Bollywood liberals — without a dedicated personal-autonomy or traditional-norms campaign
Editorially aligned with the Centre against opposition state governments in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal for a decade, though sharpened criticism of his own government over the 2025 IndiGo disruptions and Delhi's air quality shows the alignment is not absolute
And where do you stand?
Answer the same trade-offs yourself and get your seven readings, on the scales you just read.
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