Repeat offence

IN Media Watch Briefs | 09/07/2013

The Hindustan Times, Delhi carried a story on July 2 headlined 'Ishrat Jahan has links with Kashmir separatists', never mind that the contents were at variance with the headline or that the charge was unsubstantiated. On a complaint from Ishrat's mother Shamima Kausar, the paper withdrew the headline and printed a correction. But on July 8 back came another IB sourced story with another misleading headline linking Ishrat to the leaked tapes, though the story does not. How does the paper allow this?

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