Selective exposing

IN Media Watch Briefs | 24/10/2012

There is no love lost between the Indian Express and General V K Singh, the former army chief, that much a reading of earlier coverage in this newspaper of Singh's actions will tell you. Now there is an internal audit report of the defence ministry which among others holds two army chiefs responsible for a loss of over Rs 100 crore. The current chief Bikram Singh and former chief Singh. The Times of India mentions both in a story on the top of its Nation page. The Express picks up material from the report implicating V K Singh and front pages it. Bikram Singh it mentions way down in a second story on the report on page two.

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