Don't name the paper

IN Media Watch Briefs | 20/12/2015

A journalist from a Rajasthan newspaper is arrested and denied bail for reporting that a Pakistan flag was seen flying in the Dausa area. This is after residents file a complaint saying it is actually the flag of a community and the report was an insult to their beliefs. The journalist is named by The Hindu which reported this on December 20. The newspaper which carried the report is variously described as a regional newspaper and a vernacular newspaper but not named.

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