It looks transpired that propagating police stories in most sensitive cases ,without checking their veracity is no journalism at all; call it by other name whatever. Further, it is certainly a good sign that there's been lot of introspection among the media people themselves. Please keep it up;and tell the masterminds of fake encounters that you can neither buy & distribute lies/half truths nor are people willing to take them any more.
On 10/3/08, Rights Support Centre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Shivam Vij शिवम् विज् <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Media losing its credibility: Delhi Union of Journalists > > October 3rd, 2008 - 9:38 pm ICT by IANS - > New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) > http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world-news/media-losing-its-credibility-delhi-union-of-journalists_100103214.html > > Taking a hard look at media reports on the Jamia Nagar episode over > the past few weeks, after two suspected terrorists and a Delhi Police > Inspector were killed in a police shootout Sep 19, the Delhi Union of > Journalists (DUJ) prepared an interim report which was released in the > capital Friday.Pointing out discrepancies in various media over > reporting of facts, S.K.Pande, president of DUJ said that in what can > be seen as a growing trend - albeit a dangerous one, verification of > facts is quite often overlooked by reporters these days. > > "To state an example, the Times of India said that there were 25 > firing rounds by the police and eight by the 'terrorists'. The Indian > Express, the Hindu, Dainik Hindustan, Punjab Kesari and Rashtriya > Sahara say that the police fired 22 rounds. They were all silent about > the rounds fired by the suspects," Pande said. > > "Whether it's the time of the shootout, the duration, the number of > policemen present at that time or the number of bullets that hit > Police Inspector M.C. Sharma - different media have different > versions. At least in the initial reportage, the source of the > information was the same, the police. Then why the difference? " he > asked. > > Agreeing with Pande, veteran journalist Kuldip Nayar said that because > of instances such as these the 'media is losing its credibility'. > > The interim report, which will be followed by a more detailed one > later, was a result of intense discussion among 15 members of the DUJ > and its Ethics Council, scanning of the various media - both print and > electronic, and visits to the Jamia Nagar area by three members who > spoke to the residents of the area. > > "The purpose of this report is not to pass a judgement on the > shootout, whether it was a fake one or not. The aim was to analyse the > role of the media in handling such serious issues. In the age of fast > news and 24/7 news channels, unfortunately we sometimes resort to > hyping of news," Pande said. > > The report said: 'The Hindustan Times, for instance, Sep 20 ran a > story 'India's Bin Laden was a good boy in school' on alleged > terrorist Abdus Subhan Qureshi. The story did not warrant that > headline'. > > 'By and large, the press has forsaken the use of such prefixes like > alleged and suspected in front of names of those who have been > arrested and killed. Television reports have been even more blatant > with such words simply missing from the language used by reporters and > anchors'. > > The report also had words of praise for certain media like the Veer > Arjun which on Sep 20 gave a detailed description of the operation > that is at variance with the versions in the other papers. > > DUJ now plans to send the report to the National Commission of > Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), among others. > > "There were four-five children, all between the age of 10-17 who were > picked up for questioning by the Police. One of the boys killed in the > shoot out was 17 and branded as a terrorist in most papers even before > any proof could be established against them. Are the NCPCR looking > into the matter? We are going to send this report to the NCPCR and see > what their reaction is," Pande said. > __._,_.___ > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
