Xannea,
Perhaps your letter did not see the light of day because it did not measure 9
or 10 on their scale ):
How could it?
Richard Cabral
---- Xanno Goenkar <xa...@journalist.com> wrote:
> Dear Goanet,
>
> Submitting a letter I sent to The Navhind Times, which hasn't seen the
> light of day.
>
> Please circulate it among Goans; it has something important to say.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Xanno
>
> --------
>
> Dear Mr Arun Sinha,
>
> Congratulations on your newspaper's new 'radiant' look. It really
> brightened my day on an otherwise dull and rainy morning. The little
> editor's note on the front page was most instructive. I was especially
> impressed by your words:
> "On the Navhind newsfloor, we spend day and night bringing all the
> world’s information and unravelling truths behind the local news, but
> always taking care that on a verification scale of 1 to 10 if a piece of
> information does not reach 9 or 10 we would rather omit it than mislead
> the readers in a competition with those whose main merchandise is
> screaming headlines.."
>
> I have always said that is precisely what a newspaper needs to be;
> reliable and trustworthy.
>
> I have only one query. The front page headline of your daily dated Friday
> 19 June 2009 stated: "Patnekar may join Congress today". The news report
> went on to say that Bicholim BJP MLA Rajesh Patnekar "is expected to
> resign from the BJP and the state assembly on Friday morning".
>
> Exactly what score on your 'verification scale' did this news item reach?
>
> Do tell.
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Xanno
>
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