tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4215466269642774873.post4094519088370162849..comments2024-03-26T15:24:17.421+05:30Comments on Pen Pricks: SOMEONE'S SOLD OUT...Pen Prickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00593112597907639670noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4215466269642774873.post-47223145835146372602007-05-26T14:10:00.000+05:302007-05-26T14:10:00.000+05:30Dear Rico, ADVERTORIALS are the order f the day....Dear Rico,<BR/> <BR/>ADVERTORIALS are the order f the day. It is not just the oHERALDo to blame [though the Luizinho's 'take down' report on the Catholic Schools' Day on front page takes the cake!], the Navhind Times carried a photograph of the so-called 'Aldona Constituency Voters Meeting' [held with <BR/>paid audience at a non-residential, desolate spot at Ganvar, near the Pomburpa Cottage Hospital!] and also a report on the same meeting. It could not have been for free!!!<BR/> <BR/>It is not just about the worth of the advertotial per se but, RATHER, of the future benefits if the candidate gets elected. Public money is like holy water or prasad...the High Priest dispenses it generously to his fan club. Goverment advertisements, even of tender notices, is megabucks. What one would not do for an assured suply of such heavenly manna <BR/>for a five year period?<BR/> <BR/>What journalists in Goa also need to focus on is the pre-eminence of <BR/>the Advertising/Circulation Manager over the Editor even in the so-called 'Editorial Content" of the newspaper. Or should we just shed the fig leaf and accept that most Goa's newspapers are actually PROPAGANDA organs available to the bidder that has acceptable sharacteristics. I <BR/>would not call it 'prostitution'. May be a 'comfort person' is more <BR/>acceptable euphemism for those dealing in advertorials.<BR/>Viva Goa.<BR/>Miguel<BR/><BR/>Written as a posting on Goajourno by Minguel Braganza (courtesy goajourno)Pen Prickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00593112597907639670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4215466269642774873.post-85352270364706387272007-05-26T14:07:00.000+05:302007-05-26T14:07:00.000+05:30The Herald sale of advertising space to politician...The Herald sale of advertising space to politicians is certainly a new low. To sell space to politicians for advertorials is one thing --- in this case they are being camoflaged as news reports, complete with slug lines like "poll issue" or some such thing. Next the orange border to demarcate them , were used on following days for regular news reports by reporters --- to further camoflage matters? <BR/><BR/>Clearly this expenditure on advertising should be added to the candidate's expenditure by the EC. Saddly the latter is more interested in taking headline-grabbing action of questionable legality (eg cars canvassing). The CEO was not too interested in chasing down the illegal operation of cable news networks in Goa --- some of whom are clearly selling airtime, and have had long term attachments with political patrons(reflecting in their coverage). Should'nt this be calculated as expenditure? <BR/><BR/>There is simply nobody monitoring the media -- the instances of wholesale and retail sale increase all the time. Wonder if the sale of airtime space/ print space violates any section of the Representation of People's Act or Code of Conduct? <BR/><BR/>Written by Pamela D'Mello as a posting on goujourno. -- courtesy goajournoPen Prickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00593112597907639670noreply@blogger.com