-NewsLaundry.com
Come election time, “paid news” is one of the most oft-heard phrases. News items on politicians can’t be explained away so easily anymore.
Responding to reports of paid news during the Himachal Pradesh elections, the Press Council of India (PCI) for the first time set up a four-member Election Coverage Monitoring (ECM) Committee to look into incidents of paid news in the run-up to the Gujarat elections last December.
Here’s the gist of the 9-page report.
The Election Commission (EC) after the second phase of polling on December 17, 2012, had zeroed in on 126 confirmed cases of paid news, with 61 political candidates admitting to having paid for news in the media. (Italics items our comments)
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