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School check
Posted/Updated Friday, Apr 13 14:51:24, 2012

The HRD ministry has formed an inter-ministerial 'task force' to check the growth of unregulated media studies institutes that provide substandard education despite high fees. Prominent senior journalists like Shekhar Gupta (Editor-in- Chief, The Indian Express), Siddharth Varadharajan (Editor, The Hindu), Sanjay Baru, Alok Mehta (Editor, National Dunia) and Sonia Singh (Managing Editor, NDTV) have been made part of this task force.

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Reacting selectively

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?

 

Livid Dua
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?
Charges dropped

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.

Retracting a bloomer
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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