Retracting a bloomer
Earlier this month the Hoot published a brief picked up from Newslaundry which said that on Rajiv Gandhi’s death anniversary this year various newspapers got huge advertising and the Indian Express got more than anybody else at Rs 25 crore. The Express Group says the correct figure for all editions of the Indian Express for the RG anniversary advertising received from DAVP was Rs 6.5 lakh. We regret reprinting the 38,000 per cent exaggeration.