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Post Number: 655 Registered: 01-2013 Posted From: 15.211.201.94
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Aamir is still the ambassador for Incredible India, and hereâs how media got it wrong. On Wednesday morning, ETV Uttar Pradesh tweeted that actor Aamir Khan had been removed as the ambassador of the Incredible India campaign. Soon Business Standard followed it up with a story titled, âAamir Khan removed as brand ambassador of Incredible India.â Other publications like The Times of India followed suit, News X channel tweeted, âRTI query reveals, @aamir_khan removed as brand ambassador of #IncredibleIndia. Aamir no more India's brand envoy.â So why did media report that Aamir Khan had been removed as Incredible Indiaâs ambassador? RTI activist called Ullhas PR of New Delhi had field an application with the Ministry of Tourism asking answers to two questions: Is Aamir Khan the ambassador for Incredible India? After the âintoleranceâ remark, is he still the ambassador? Beating about the bush, the government reply to the first question was: "the Ministry of Tourism has produced TV commercials as part of social awareness campaigns through appointed agencies to sensitise masses and the stakeholders regarding honesty, good behavior towards tourists, cleanliness etc, which featured Mr Aamir Khan". http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/how-media-misread-rti-r esponse-and-got-aamir-incredible-india-story-wrong-37379 To the second question, the ministry simply named the appellate authority of the division, whom the petitioner can approach if dissatisfied with the reply. So how did the media jump the gun that Aamir Khan had been removed as the ambassador? Well, because the first reply was not a direct one. So since the reply by the ministry was not a simple âYesâ, someone in a newsroom decided that the government had removed Aamir Khan and did not want to say it directly and so the government âmust be hiding somethingâ. - See more at: http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/how-media-misread-rti-r esponse-and-got-aamir-incredible-india-story-wrong-37379#sth ash.0F06JHze.dpuf |