Having our say

The Times of India on January 19 used its edit page to argue across four columns that "there is blood on the floor of one of the last bastions of print media in the world."  It referred to the Hindustan Times  closing seven editions without naming the paper, to suggest that the print industry is in deep trouble and that the government and the Supreme Court which ordered the industry to implement the Wage Board, are to blame. It argues for non journalist staff to be removed from the ambit of the wage board, for DAVP advertising rates to be raised, and for zero rating of newspapers under GST. It is signed, TOI Editorial. At the behest of TOI Management, doubtless.