NEW DELHI: The press council of India has held that Arun Shorie, former editor Indian Express in his article ‘Dy P.M. Saheb Baat Karange’ should have in deference to the high standards of profession and public taste avoided the use of abusive words in his article.
The complaint was brought to the council by C S Kalra, the editor of ‘University Today’ alleging attempt at sensationalism.
Shorie in defence claimed that since language is an index of mind, his object was to acquaint the readers with the unbecoming conduct of a person holding a high public office and his attempts to silence the paper, according to a press council release.
The council felt that in the facts and circumstances of the case, even without reproducing these words, the respondent could have written the article in such a way so as to have same impact on the minds of the readers which faithful reproduction of the words could produce.
Article extracted from this publication >> November 23, 1990
