Not so funnny gaffe

IN Media Watch Briefs | 12/07/2012

The news on the sacking of Director-General of Civil Aviation chief Bharat Bhushan in the 9pm news bulletin on CNN-IBN on July 11 had the picture of former Mail Today editor Bharat Bhushan. Probably jerked from their somnolence by an alert viewer, the mistake was rectified soon after. But one wonders whether there is something seriously wrong with the way TV channels organise their photo libraries, considering that a rival channel is in a legal tangle following a similar mix-up over the mug shot of a judge.

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