It’s the car

IN Media Watch Briefs | 22/09/2008

A Hoot reader writes that if he is at the receiving end of a hit and run he hopes he gets hit by a BMW. He says the TOI Bangalore on Sept 21 reported a hit and run thus:" An unidentified man was killed on Friday night in a hit-and-run case. He was knocked down near the airport at Kannamangala Cross, while crossing a road." Contrast this with the space Delhi’s Utsav and the BMW received, as well the latest accident in Delhi (Sept 22) involving a Skoda Fabia. One child killed, 4 col coverage with 5 pix.

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Amazon resisting voluntary censorship

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