When I had posted irresponsible journalism on Goanet:
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2014-March/238752.html There were some responses, but Goanet found them maybe detrimental to journalism??? That is why they were posted on their website??? Here below I reproduce some that were cc'd to me too... Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão. ================================== From: drferdina...@hotmail.com To: zenaco...@gmail.com; goajou...@googlegroups.com; goa...@goanet.org CC: m...@herald-goa.com; m...@outlookindia.com; cola...@gmail.com Subject: RE: [GOAJOURNO] Fwd: [Goanet] Is this responsible journalism? Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 23:29:03 +0530 Dear Zena Costa, Beyond legal offence U/s 228A IPC, Don't you believe it is profanation and defamation of the deceased family? regards, Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão. > CC: goajou...@googlegroups.com; goa...@goanet.org; m...@herald-goa.com; m...@outlookindia.com > From: cola...@gmail.com > Subject: Re: [GOAJOURNO] Fwd: [Goanet] Is this responsible journalism? Name spelling typo > Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 08:03:01 -0400 > To: zenaco...@gmail.com In the immediately preceding post from me on this topic, I got Zena's name wrong. I typed Rena instead of Zena. While I can blame my IPad for autocorrecting in error, I blame myself. Apologies. jc > On Mar 21, 2014, at 7:01 AM, Jose Colaco <cola...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mar 21, 2014, at 3:50 AM, Zena Costa <zenaco...@gmail.com> wrote: > "This is not just irresponsible, its a legal offence. Even if Herald got it wrong ( and deceased was indeed raped) Naming a rape victim is prohibited." > > Dear Rena, > > You are obviously semi-right but NOT for the reasons stated by you. > > 1: the Heraldo did NOT state that 'she' was raped. The Heraldo's article points to the opposite direction ie Natural Causes. So...the Heraldo was not naming a rape victim. Was it? > > 2: Where is the Heraldo's LEGAL offence? > > 3: It is, however, unethical in many jurisdictions to indicate the DIAGNOSIS and physical findings of any individual (dead or alive) without the person's prior consent UNLESS there are specific reasons (exclusion clauses) for that disclosure. These countries have Data Protection Acts which apply to individuals including doctors etc. That is what Outlook did. Forget about the veracity of that article. I suppose it is about Goa. So....chalta hai. > > 4: But then, we are talking about Ethics and Indian Journos .....Are we not? > > jc > ps: This may Not reach the GoaJourno forum, but could you fed it to them AND also please indicate what you guys have written about the recent Goa Potency Test? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Zena Costa <zenaco...@gmail.com> Date: 21 March 2014 13:20 Subject: Re: [GOAJOURNO] Fwd: [Goanet] Is this responsible journalism? To: goajou...@googlegroups.com Cc: "Cc: goa...@goanet.org" <goa...@goanet.org>, mail <m...@herald-goa.com>, "m...@outlookindia.com" <m...@outlookindia.com>, Jose Colaco <cola...@gmail.com> Hey All, This is not just irresponsible, its a legal offence. Even if Herald got it wrong ( and deceased was indeed raped) Naming a rape victim is prohibited. Disclosure is punishable under the Section 228A IPC - not only name , but publishing information that identifies her family, address or personal / professional information In addition, > Norms of Journalistic Conduct issued by the Press Council of India. (2010) > “while reporting crime involving rape, abduction or kidnap of women/females or sexual assault on children, or raising doubts and questions touching the chastity, personal character and privacy of women, the names, photographs of the victims or other particulars leading to their identity shall not be published.” Journalists/Publications not abiding by the above are punishable both by PCI and IPC. The SC also discourages use of the victims name and suggests that the term "rape victim" "rape survivor" or "deceased" be used (as applicable) in their judgements or by journalists in any form of communication or discussion. - Zena
