Don't cover me

IN Media Watch Briefs | 13/12/2011

Journalist Jigna Vora, arrested in connection with the murder of senior scribe Jyotirmoy Dey, filed an application in the Mumbai special court Tuesday seeking restriction on media coverage. Vora's lawyer has submitted a prayer stating that media should be restrained from writing about this case or publishing what has been recorded by the respective court of police officials and also sought in-camera proceedings in the case. Vora's lawyer Jayesh Vithlani is reported to have said a lot of "incorrect reporting" is being done in this case and hence it is necessary to exercise some restraint. Now that the shoe is on the other foot, we hear of the need for restraint! (IANS)

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