[Assam] Sentinel Letter - 2

[Chan Mahanta]

Ram:

>But newspapers must be bold enough to publish facts,---


*** The operative word here is FACTS Ram.

*** But I will go a step further. They can and ought to publish 
alternative viewpoints with credible arguments to back them up. But 
not garbage like the Talukdar fellow wrote in his piece. That merely 
erodes a paper's credibility and
castes aspersions on its editorial abilities and discretion.

c-da










At 3:50 PM -0500 9/3/06, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
>C'da, this letter should really make you sing :-)
>
>I hope you now agree that the paper not only has the guts but also seems fair.
>
>--Ram
>
>
>
>To The Sentinel
>The public opinion is that ever since the top floor of your building 
>was demolished by the authorities concerned, you have become shaky 
>to print news items against the government, in particular against 
>Guwahati Development Department Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
>If it is really so, the face of your newspaper will be lost, and 
>people will be in dark as to what their representatives are doing in 
>Dispur. If the public opinion is right, you better have the guts and 
>speak openly for the best interest of the people.
>Do not cover your face in the interest of the offenders in the 
>government. No one wants to write false reports or news. But 
>newspapers must be bold enough to publish facts, regardless of who 
>the person is. This is democracy.
>Arup Srivastava,
>
>
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