Joyride for the press

IN Media Watch Briefs | 06/12/2013

As freebies go this is not quite the allout freebie hacks prefer. But even so members of the Mumbai Press Club and their families are getting a day trip to the Adlabs Imagica theme park next Sunday, where the passes will be free, but food vouchers and the seats in the AC buses will have to be paid for. Total cost, Rs 700 per person. The circular announcing this hypes up what the park has to offer. And will the park get a good press in return?

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