Aggression in print

IN Media Watch Briefs | 09/07/2012

An Ambala newspaper attacks the District Commissioner for the death of 2 children in a nala, a result of water logging after a downpour. It uses language a newspaper does not usually use against an influential officer: "Kuch to sharm karo DC sahib." The deaths have taken place in an MLA's constituency, he owns the paper that is doing the attacking. And naturally, the paper does not hold the MLA of the area accountable for the civic negligence which killed the children. The paper is Aaj Samaj, owned by Haryana Congress strongman, Venod Sharma, father of Manu Sharma, convicted int he Jessica Lal murder case. Being a media owner makes him as influential the DC.

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