Turning baby girls into boys? The scoop that wasn't
Priscilla Jebaraj
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/article2259991.eceA sensational story in Hindustan Times about surgeons in Indore performing hundreds of sex change operations on children turns out to be false and misleading. An investigation.
Last month, a Hindustan Times front page report claiming that Indore doctors were converting hundreds of baby girls into baby boys sent shock waves through the system, with everyone from the Prime Minister's Office to the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) to the Indian Medical Association (IMA) swinging into action.
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In interviews to The Hindu, several doctors accused the journalists and editors involved in reporting, writing, and packaging the story of inaccuracy, sensationalism, and an unseemly rush to grab the headlines without checking facts.
