All’s ‘fair’

Blurring the line between self-promotion and news.

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Aastha Manocha has a post-graduate diploma in journalism. She worked for The Indian Express portal for close to two years as a sub-editor. She is young and idealistic in her journalistic pursuit. We don't know what she's doing here either.

| Jun 2, 2012 in NL Frame | 0 Comments

The gushing review at the start could make you think this is from one of those late night weight-loss shows. But this is a story in The Times of India for a jobs fair held by TimesJobs.com. Since TOI doesn’t seem to be into full disclosure, we’ll tell you that TimesJobs.com is one of the featured brands of Times Business Solution – the “Life Interactive” arm of the Times Group. http://www.tbsl.in/. So, no wonder the reported success.

Going by this, Obama should seek their services for the poor Americans whose job growths are going lower every day.

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