Bizzare excuse

IN Media Watch Briefs | 29/07/2014

P Sainath who broke Ashok Chavan's 'paid news' story   had reported "they were not marked as advertisements" in the newspapers. Now Chavan's lawyer, Kapil Sibal has told  the Delhi High Court "Chavan was not aware of these advertisements and the publishers have said they were published without his (Chavan's) knowledge". Isn't it time the Press Council of India acted against the newspapers?