China: papers publish English sentences on government’s order
“We have asked all newspapers to publish one sentence, or a paragraph, everyday, for the Chinese to learn English before the start of the Games,” said Sun Weide, deputy director of the Beijing Organising Committee for the Games of XXIX Olympiad.
Although the current situation is unpromising – a tourist can hardly find an English speaker and there are very little translations – this initiative could have a slight impact.
Other newspapers around the world could follow that route, whether in English or in other languages, and serve a conventionally academic educational purpose.
In France, Le Monde publishes a regular section in English with content from The New York Times.
Source : Times of India through European Journalism Center
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Newspapers today have become more politican oriented and in India there are many politicians who run newspapers. This is against the democratic fundamentals of politicians must not own media.
Biased reports are appearing and with money pumped in to acauire web offsets and other machinery they have the infrastructure first and then they employ professionals on contract.
India is turning more more toward politician controlled country with business, media, industry are being occupied by these corrput men from politics!!
Hi,
I believe India is far from being the only country subject to the ownership issues / conflicts of interest you are talking about. If you would like to submit more arguments about the specific situation in India though, please feel free to send us an email.