“The Norwegian Journalist Who Heckled Modi Must Not Forget The Anatomy Of ‘Freest Press’”, Swarajya, May 21, 2026
“”Why don’t you take some questions from the freest press in the world?”
The shout came from Helle Lyng, a columnist with the Oslo daily Dagsavisen, as Prime Minister Modi turned to leave a joint press briefing with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre last week.
By evening the clip was running through Indian and Norwegian feeds, repackaged as a press-freedom moment and a stinging rebuke from a properly free press to an evasive Indian leader. The phrase Lyng chose for her heckle defeats itself on closer inspection…….”
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