Bitter Bedi

IN Media Watch Briefs | 29/12/2011

Who’s to blame for the low turnout for supporting Team Anna? Kiran Bedi points the finger at the media. She’s one of the core committee members for the Team, and said, “I don’t see any changes in the headlines which appear in the newspapers. They are maintaining their silence on the issues like inclusion of the CBI under the purview of Lokpal. I don’t see newspapers using their editorial page to take up the grave issue with much seriousness.” So the media gets reprimanded for too much coverage and for too little coverage—looks like they’re stuck between a rock and a hard place.

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