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Ram, Chairman, The Hindu Group of Publications, on Monday said a distinction has to be made between the state of news media and the state of journalism while critically assessing the performance of news media. Menace of paid newsAs for the illegal practice of ‘paid news’ which surfaced in the 2009 Parliamentary polls, Mr.
Ram said it was an endemic corruption which was present even after the elections. Though the Press Council of India did come up with a report on the issue, it did not name the culprits. The economics of publishing newspapers in India has hardened while news televisions didn’t pay for itself, he pointed out. N.
Ram, Chairman, The Hindu Group of Publications; Esther Enkin, president, ONO; Tarmu Tammerk, Ombudsman, Estonian Public Broadcasting; A.S.
Panneerselvan, Readers’ Editor, The Hindu and Mukund Padmanabhan, Editor, The Hindu, at the inauguration of the ONO conference ..