Summary Express News tampered with rating by colluding with Media Logic employees, says Salman Danish
LAHORE: (Dunya News, Web Desk) – Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the TV ratings agency Media Logic Salman Danish has on Tuesday alleged Express group of bribing Media Logic employees to show higher ratings. He said that the media group tampered with the ratings by colluding with Media Logic employees, reported Dunya News.
Holding a press conference against Express media group in Lahore, Salman Danish said that an internal inquiry of the agency has revealed that 3 of Media Logic employees were on Express News’ payroll and the channel had been bribing them to show higher ratings for the channel. Danish said that this fraud had so far cost the other media houses to lose around Rs. 500 million.
CEO Media Logic showed the confessional statement of a lady named Shaista Mushtaq during the press conference in which she confessed that a person gave her and her sister around 20-30 thousand a month for this purpose. He also showed the bank statement of Shaista’s sister Nadia Mushtaq. “Nadia Mushtaq was an employee of Media Logic. Her sister, Shaista Mushtaq, is not our employee”, said Salman while showing the statement of the money transferred to Nadia and Shaista. He said that Express has now accused us of taking the confessional statement of Shaista Mushtaq by force.
Salman Danish announced that Media Logic will move court against Express and claim damages.
