The media have widely reported the conviction of Babu Bokhariya, a Gujarat minister for illegal mining but played down similar sentence for two others, a former Congress MP, Bharat Odedara, as well as an alleged gangster. Bokhariya is in the headline and the intro but the others are relegated to the end. Is a Congress politician's conviction less newsy?
Vinod Dua who had a successful long-running partnership on NDTV with Prannoy Roy is now very angry with the latter. In recent days his comments talk of Roy destroying his political career on TV, and betraying his trust. The missives also talk of seeking revenge. Is it wise to issue threats in a public space?
The Karnataka State Government has dropped all charges against journalist Naveen Soorinje in connection with the Morning Mist home stay attack Recently The Visual Media Journalists Association of Dakshina Kannada district had submitted a memorandum to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah urging him to drop all charges against journalist Naveen Soorinje and TV cameraman Sharan in this case.
Earlier this month the Hoot published a brief picked up from Newslaundry which said that on Rajiv Gandhi’s death anniversary this year various newspapers got huge advertising and the Indian Express got more than anybody else at Rs 25 crore. The Express Group says the correct figure for all editions of the Indian Express for the RG anniversary advertising received from DAVP was Rs 6.5 lakh. We regret reprinting the 38,000 per cent exaggeration.
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