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Mysuru daily eveninger apologizes for objectionable editorial

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star mMysuru: English daily ‘Star of Mysore’ has published an apology after coming under fire for its highly objectionable editorial titled ‘Bad apple in the basket’, which makes obvious reference to the Tablighi Jamaat event.

The newspaper has been served notice by members of the collective Naavu Bharatiyaru.

Parts of the editorial, dated April 6, read as follows: “Referred to as a rotten apple, a bad apple is a negative person who infects those around him with his bad influence. The term bad apple or rotten apple comes from a proverb: One bad apple spoils the whole basket, an ancient saying that has stood the test of time. The nation is currently hosting an annoying 18% of its population self-identifying as rotten apples. The presence of bad apples cannot be wished away. They are there in whatever way one wants to identify them, doesn’t matter if it is religious, political or social, taking care not to generalise. An ideal solution to the problem created by bad apples is to get rid of them, as the former leader of Singapore did a few decades ago or as the leadership in Israel is currently doing.”

The newspaper carried an apology, which read: “To our readers, an apology. Following the publication of the editorial titled ‘Bad apples in the basket’ … we learn that it has hurt the feelings of some of our readers. It was mainly focused on the spread of the deadly COVID-19. If it has hurt the sentiments and feelings of our readers by our lapse in judgements, SOM sincerely regrets and apologises for the same.”

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