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From: Francis Daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Fw: Shoddy Journalism
To: "Allwyn Disouza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Saturday, 6 December, 2008, 7:13 PM
--- On Sat, 12/6/08, Nitin A. Tombat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: Nitin A. Tombat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Shoddy Journalism- by Barka Dhatt aka Burakh Dhatt
To: "Sandeep Ubale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Sandeep Deshpande" <[EMAIL
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Date: Saturday, December 6, 2008, 5:19 AM
Subject: Shoddy Journalism. -by" Barka Dhatt aka Burakh Dhatt "
Shoddy journalism - by Barka Dhatt aka Burakh Dhatt
Thu, 27 Nov 2008 at 22:39 • Chyetanya Kunte
Filed under India , Moods and Blues
Appalling journalism. Absolute blasphemy!
As I watch the news from home, I am dumbfounded to see Barkha Dutt of NDTV
break every rule of ethical journalism in reporting the Mumbai meyhem. Take a
couple of instances for example:
In one instance she asks a husband about his wife being stuck, or held as a
hostage. The poor guy adds in the end about where she was last hiding. Aired!
My dear friends with AK-47s, our national news is helping you. Go get those
still in. And be sure to thank NDTV for not censoring this bit of information.
In another instance, a General sort of suggests that there were no hostages in
Oberoi Trident. (Clever.) Then, our herione of revelations calls the head of
Oberoi, and the idiot confirms a possibility of 100 or more people still in the
building.. Hello! Guys with guns, you've got more goats to slay. But before you
do, you've got to love NDTV and more precisely Ms. Dutt.
She's your official intelligence from Ground zero.
You do not need to be a journalist to understand the basic premise of ethics,
which starts with
protecting victims first; and that is done by avoiding key information from
being aired publicly—such as but not limited to revealing the number of
possible people still in, the hideouts of hostages and people stuck in
buildings.
Imagine you're one of those sorry souls holed-up in one of those bathrooms, or
kitchens. A journalist pulls your kin outside and asks about your last contact
on national television, and other prying details. In a bout of emotion, if they
happen to reveal more details, you are sure going to hell. Remember these are
hotels, where in all likelihood, every room has a television. All a
terrorist needs to do is listen to Ms. Barkha Dutt's latest achievement of
extracting information from your relative, based on your last phone-call or
SMS. And you're shafted—courtesy NDTV.
If the terrorists don't manage to shove you in to your private hell, the
journalists on national
television will certainly help you get there. One of the criticisms about
Barkha Dutt on Wikipedia reads thus:
During the Kargil conflict, Indian Army sources repeatedly complained to her
channel that she was
giving away locations in her broadcasts, thus causing Indian casualties.
Looks like the idiot journalist has not learnt anything since then. I join a
number of bloggers pleading her to shut the f*** up.
Update: In fact, I am willing to believe that Hemant Karkare died because these
channels showed him prepare (wear helmet, wear bullet-proof vest.) in
excruciating detail live on television. And they in turn targeted him where he
was unprotected. The brave officer succumbed to bullets in the neck.
Dilip.
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