THE UPA VICTORY
'The Doctor is in'
Indian Express
'Trust wins, distrust too'
The Economic Times
'Bribery drama eclipses UPA win'
Business Standard
   
 
Is it the job of a TV channel to provide proof to any Constitutional authority, in this case the Speaker, before telecasting the news to its viewers?  S R RAMANUJAN has trouble buying CNN IBN’s explanation for not telecasting the cash for vote sting. Pix: NDTV 
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People who read newspapers in the naïve faith that the journalists are batting for them, will get a rude shock after reading such accounts. AUGUSTO PINTO reviews In Black and White: Insiders' Stories about the Press in Goa.
Why do India and the United States, countries with a long tradition of democracy and free speech, not have access to AJE when even Israel can see it? SHAKUNTALA RAO explains
Arushi’s father is out on bail, pleading for the media to leave their family alone. Will a day come when trial by media becomes a cognizable offence? A Hoot editorial
One source for a foreign television journalist was beaten so badly that he required hospitalization; after his release, he was placed under house arrest. HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH says IOC is ignoring Beijing’s broken pledges.
It is a mystery why neither the national nor regional media followed up on detailed exposes of the chief justice and some of his fellow judges, published by a Gujarati weekly in the state. SEVANTI NINAN reports. Pix: Justice Meena
MEDIAWATCH BRIEFS
Two theories
Why did CNN IBN not telecast the footage of the cash for vote sting, which  it is supposed to have possession of? Two theories are doing the rounds. One, that there was no conclusive evidence in it and the material was not good enough to use, and two, that Anil Ambani whose Reliance Capital has a financial stake in Network 18   leaned on owner Raghav Bahl not to use the footage meant to discredit Amar Singh.
No edit?
Newspapers across the spectrum carried editorials on the outcome of the Lok Sabha trust vote. The only major paper which did not was The Hindu. Maybe it saw no reason to hasten to pronounce on a subject which has been controversial within the paper.
Lok Sabha relief
Anybody who wanted to watch the debate on the motion of confidence in the UPA government would have been grateful for the Lok Sabha Channel. It was the only place where you could catch the latest speaker, as other channels reran the early speeches through the day or focused on covering Mayawati. And its unmediated presentation was relief after the endless speculation that continued on most channels on Monday.
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