Why is Shoma worried about anyone calling Tejpal a rapist? And why they did not consider this when they did the same in the past? When they accused people and acted judges on various other cases as if they were special judicial authority in the country. Here is the version from First Post - 3.10 pm: Don’t call Tejpal a rapist, says Shoma Chaudhury Meanwhile speaking to NDTV, Tehelka managing editor Shoma Chaudhury hit out at the fact that Tejpal was being accused of ‘rape’, saying that basic reporting guidelines dictated that the word ‘alleged’ should be used in describing the incident. In particular she referred to BJP leader Arun Jaitley, saying that as an eminent lawyer and former law minister, he should have known better than to take such a strong position in calling the incident rape. She added that now that the case was no longer an institutional affair and was in the public domain, Tejpal had a right to provide his version of the story. Chaudhury added that it was sad that she was being seen as acting against the victim, when she was actually very proud that she had spoken out. “That said however, in a public discourse my loyalty is to the truth, and my allegiance is to both sides”, she said. She added however that if the girl’s statement was proven to be correct, she would call the incident rape or an attempt to rape. Read more at: firstpost/india/tehelka-live-tejpals-family-trying-to-intimidate-me-says-journalist-1241951.html?utm_source=ref_article
Posted on: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 05:56:38 +0000
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