Mr. Nagvenkar,
How can a Government initiate a judicial probe, in an event involving two
private individuals/entities -- in this case, a private newspaper and a citizen
of Goa?....
Will you not be playing into the hands of the Government and the very
politicians, you are supposed to keep a tab on???.....
If GUJ and your fellow newsmen, cannot keep tabs on one your own fraternity,
how will you be patrolling the misdeeds of these politicians?...A judicial
probe could set precedents that might be detrimental to Press freedom, as it
happened during the days of Emergency, in the 1970s.
Naguesh Bhatcar
> From: mayabhus...@gmail.com
> Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 15:30:07 +0530
> To: mayabhus...@gmail.com
> Subject: [Goanet] Demand for Judicial Probe in Goa's Paid News nexus
>
> Letter to Goa Union of Journalists sent today at 2:27 pm
> The letter to Mr. Parrikar was accompanied by email transcripts between
> former Herald editor and the newspaper's general manager Michael Pereira,
> which clearly indicates that paid news was commonly practiced by the
> Herald. This was perhaps the first time that a paid news-related paper
> trail has surfaced.
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> Mayabhushan Nagvenkar
