It’s time for others to own up


  • Nation
  • Thursday, 25 Feb 2016

The severe reaction of critics to The Daily Star editor Mahfuz Anam’s self-criticism raises some important questions.

MAHFUZ Anam had the forthrightness to own his editorial misjudgment and appears to be paying an undue price for it. The editor of The Daily Star has set a rare example of what we expect of a person holding such a position.

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Opinion , C. R. Abrar , Mahfuz Anam

   

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