Open Letter to the Editor-in-Chief, Hindustan Times
Dear Sir, Hindustan Times wrote an editorial under the headline “Journalism is different from PR” on June 23, 2017, taking a high moral ground about objectivity and journalistic freedom about an event that took place in the Indian Capital. But I feel the editorial was a classic case of distortion of facts. This editorial took a dig at Lok Sabha Speaker, Ms. Sumitra Mahajan’s speech at the Narad Jayanti awards organised by RSS-affiliate Indraprastha Vishwa Samvad Kendra, New Delhi to felicitate journalists. The editorial scathingly said “varnishing facts helps no one”, in a reference to the Speaker's request to journalists to rely on in-depth reporting. Ms Mahajan's speech is on the You Tube, editors of Hindustan Times must have a look at it, they should not be misled about comments made by the Speaker, and they should not twist copy to suit their needs. The issue of reporting in India's maddening newsrooms, whether it is good, bad and ugly, and whether its truthful or not, ...