Skewed giving

IN Media Watch Briefs | 22/09/2011

The Press Club, Mumbai has raised Rs 12 lakh and handed it over to the family of the slain journalist J Dey. According to its email to members, the Club's contribution was Rs 50,000 and Star India, its corporate member chipped in with Rs 10 lakh. It said, "A full list of the contributors to the J.Dey fund will be available on the Press Club website" but days later, it is still not up. Journalists themselves held their hand back, it would appear.

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