The prostitution of Indian journalism by pimps, promoters and proprietors selling editorial space without letting the reader know what is independently verified news and what is a paid-for advertisement in the garb of news, has attained pandemic proportions. “Paid News”, as the trend has been sadly named, happens not just during election time, but in…
Daily Archives: 16 March 2010
Because, when dog bites dog, it’s news
Shekhar Gupta‘s Indian Express sticks it into Harish Khare, the former chief of bureau of The Hindu in Delhi, now the prime minister’s media advisor. Image: courtesy The Indian Express Also read: Because, when dog bites man it’s not news