Swapan Dasgupta on the silence of much of the media on the Zee News-Jindal Steel extortion case, in which the editorial staff of the Subhash Chandra-owned channel allegedly demanded Rs 100 crore in lieu of advertisements from the steel major to not publish stories in the coal scam, in The Pioneer, Delhi: “The media didn’t…
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TV news channel editors too blast PCI chief
On the heels of the Editors’ Guild of India*, the Broadcast Editors’ Association—the apex body of editors of national and regional television news channels—has slammed Press Council chairman Markandey Katju‘s remarks on the media in recent interviews and interactions. Below is the full text of the BEA statement issued by president Shazi Zaman and general…
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