PRESS RELEASE
Media behemoth Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd, owner of The Times of India has issued a legal notice to ‘The Weekend Leader’ (www.theweekendleader.com), a 15-month-old online magazine, with its headquarters in Chennai, demanding Rs. One Crore as compensation over the publication of the article, “Raising emotions, falling objectivity, the truth behind Mullaiperiyar coverage in Chennai newsrooms,” in our website. (http://www.theweekendleader.com/Causes/853/The-M-factor.html)
The said article was an opinion piece by a Chennai based reporter on the lack of objectivity among Malayalee journalists working in the English media in Chennai, while reporting on the Mullaiperiyar dam issue.
Anshul Saharan, Manager Legal, has issued the notice on behalf of Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd, owner of The Times of India, and Sunil Nair, Resident Editor, The Times of India, Chennai. (The full text of the notice is available in our website: (http://www.theweekendleader.com/Causes/861/%E2%80%98M-factor%E2%80%99-shocks-TOI.html)
The Weekend Leader will defend its stand.
P C Vinoj Kumar
Editor
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