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Preface |
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Introduction and Summary |
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The Background |
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How editorial space was compromised by political "paid news" |
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The 'Medianet' and 'Private Treaties' phenomena |
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Suggestions by Securities and Exchange Board of India to Press Council of India |
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The Mint code of journalistic conduct |
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The late Shri Prabhash Joshi's last speech on "paid news" |
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Smt Mrinal Pande's views on "paid news" |
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Examples of "paid news" from the Hindi press |
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Rules and Regulations of the Election Commission of India |
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Dainik Jagran: Allegations and Counter-Allegations |
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Shri P. Sainath's findings on "paid news" |
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Shri Ashok Chavan's defence |
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More Allegations and Counter-Allegations |
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Evidence provided by the Andhra Pradesh Union of Working Journalists |
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The Editors Guild of India on "paid news" |
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"Paid news" at seminars and conferences |
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Views on "paid news" by political leaders, Press Council of India members and others |
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"Paid news" in Parliament |
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Curbing "paid news" using extant legal provisions: Dr Madabhushi Sridhar's suggestions |
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Other Suggestions |
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Conclusions |
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Acknowledgements |
