Under fire for using the word “presstitutes” for the media, Union minister VK Singh on Saturday said he apologises to journalists barring a small section of media persons who were carrying out a “motivated campaign” against him.
Arguing that he never used the word for the entire press, Singh said he believes that 90 per cent of the media is doing its job with responsibility.
“I apologise if the 90 per cent felt bad. I used the word for the 10 per cent and they deserve that word,” Singh said in New Delhi, claiming that there have been worst terms used by others for this 10 per cent media including “bazaaru” and “paid”.
Singh, who was in Djibouti to oversee evacuation of Indians from Yemen, had on Tuesday compared the rescue operation from the war-torn country with his visit to the Pakistani mission recently, saying the evacuation was “less exciting”. He later made snide remarks against a TV channel for playing up his comparison remarks. “Friends what do you expect from presstitutes,” the Minister of State for External Affairs said in a tweet late on Tuesday, adding that last time, the TV anchor thought there was ‘O’ in place of ‘E’. His remarks elicited sharp reactions from political parties as well as a media body.
Arguing that he never used the word for the entire press, Singh said he believes that 90 per cent of the media is doing its job with responsibility.
“I apologise if the 90 per cent felt bad. I used the word for the 10 per cent and they deserve that word,” Singh said in New Delhi, claiming that there have been worst terms used by others for this 10 per cent media including “bazaaru” and “paid”.
Singh, who was in Djibouti to oversee evacuation of Indians from Yemen, had on Tuesday compared the rescue operation from the war-torn country with his visit to the Pakistani mission recently, saying the evacuation was “less exciting”. He later made snide remarks against a TV channel for playing up his comparison remarks. “Friends what do you expect from presstitutes,” the Minister of State for External Affairs said in a tweet late on Tuesday, adding that last time, the TV anchor thought there was ‘O’ in place of ‘E’. His remarks elicited sharp reactions from political parties as well as a media body.