The Readers’ Editor’s column, “Verification is a pre-publication process” (September 4), made me check the ‘Terms of Reference’ governing the RE’s appointment. I find that the aims of the weekly RE’s column to be something entirely different. The trend, in this column, to discuss issues concerning the general practices of contemporary journalism instead of specific issues concerning The Hindu has been going on for long. The Hindu is certainly welcome to carry content of the type the RE creates, yet isn’t this better done by someone else? The RE is supposed to be in a purposeful position, addressing readers’ issues “concerning” the daily.
Devraj Sambasivan,
Alappuzha, Kerala