How media can take people for a ride. After creating controversy over Modi Rambo Act, the TOI issues clarification. The clarification in The Hoot says: CLARIFICATION The Times of India on June 23 published a report from Uttarakhand headlined “Modi in Rambo act, saves 15,000.” The report sparked off a flurry of political claims and counterclaims. Our correspondent has already given a detailed explanation on how he gathered the facts for the report. During the course of this process, he spoke to Anil Baluni, the Uttarakhand BJP spokesperson, and many others. Among the details that emerged from these conversations was that the Gujarat government’s efforts had helped around 15,000 people in various ways. This included giving them food, shelter, medicines and transport to reach their homes. Mr Baluni did not say that 15,000 people had been “rescued”. He neither tried to exaggerate facts nor mislead us. We regret any inadvertent inconvenience caused to any individual by the article. We are mortified by the controversy surrounding the report.
Posted on: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 05:06:47 +0000
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