New Delhi: A day after the Prime Minister's Office attacked The Washington Post for its article on Manmohan Singh's poor leadership, the reporter is still sticking to his story. Reacting to the PMO letter, Simon Denyer wrote in a blog that he had no reason to apologise and the previous apologies were due to delays in procedure, not the article.
But Denyer did acknowledge that the comments attributed to Sanjaya Baru and Ramachandra Guha were picked up from a 2011 article. The Post published a correction with regard to quotes attributed to the Prime Minister's former Media Adviser Sanjaya Baru and political historian Ramachandra Guha.
"An earlier version of this article failed to credit the 'Caravan', an Indian magazine, for two statements that it originally published in 2011. The assertion by Sanjaya Baru, a former media adviser, that Singh had become an object of ridicule and endured the worst period in his life first appeared in the 'Caravan', as did an assertion by Ramachandra Guha, a political historian, that Singh was handicapped by his 'timidity, complacency and intellectual dishonesty."...
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09:46 AM, Sep 07, 2012
New Delhi: Reacting to the article published in 'The Washington Post' on the alleged poor leadership of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister's Office has released a letter written to the author of the article - Simon Denyer - pointing out the "unethical and unprofessional conduct" at his part. Here is the full text of the letter: Dear Simon, We do not complain about criticism of the government which...
12:35 PM, Sep 06, 2012
New Delhi: The Prime Minister's Office has replied to The Washington Post journalist Simon Denyer claiming that the newspaper never contacted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his version on the article slamming him. "Despite all lines of conversations open, you never got in touch with us for our side of the story though you regularly talk to me about information from the PMO. This story thus becomes totally one sided,"...
12:32 PM, Sep 06, 2012
New Delhi: The Washington Post has refused to apologise for the article criticising Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, calling him a failure. While PMO sources indicated to CNN-IBN that the publication tendered an apology and will also publish the Prime Minister's response, The Washington Post said there was no question of an apology. Washington Post Journalist Simon Denyer said, "We have nothing to apologise. We stand by the article. Yes we...
02:15 PM, Sep 05, 2012
New Delhi: Almost a month after the 'Time' magazine dubbed the Prime Minister as an "underachiever", an article in 'The Washington Post' tagged Manmohan Singh as a "tragic figure'. "India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh helped set his country on the path to modernity, prosperity and power, but critics say the shy, soft-spoken 79-year-old is in danger of going down in history as a failure," the article said. The article called...
12:08 PM, Sep 05, 2012
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