PMO to Post: One-sided story, didn't speak to us
September 06, 2012 12:07
The PMO replies to the Washington Post on its article on Dr Manmohan Singh. The PMO says the Post "never got in touch with us for our side of the story. And it was unethical and unprofessional on your part. You said sorry twice, but you told the media, you did not apologise. You have also rehashed and used a couple of quotes from our former media advisor."
This is the clarification issued by the Washington Post earlier today...
"An earlier version of this article failed to credit the Caravan, an Indian magazine, for two statements that it originally published in 2011. The assertion by Sanjaya Baru, a former media adviser, that Singh had become an object of ridicule and endured the worst period in his life first appeared in the Caravan, as did an assertion by Ramachandra Guha, a political historian, that Singh was handicapped by his "timidity, complacency and intellectual dishonesty.' While both men told The Post that the assertions could accurately be attributed to them, the article should have credited the Caravan when it used or paraphrased the remarks."
This is the clarification issued by the Washington Post earlier today...
"An earlier version of this article failed to credit the Caravan, an Indian magazine, for two statements that it originally published in 2011. The assertion by Sanjaya Baru, a former media adviser, that Singh had become an object of ridicule and endured the worst period in his life first appeared in the Caravan, as did an assertion by Ramachandra Guha, a political historian, that Singh was handicapped by his "timidity, complacency and intellectual dishonesty.' While both men told The Post that the assertions could accurately be attributed to them, the article should have credited the Caravan when it used or paraphrased the remarks."
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