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Upholding Good Journalistic Standard
Main Points to Highlight : Many times certain scams were uncovered by media through sting channel operations. Although the legality ofthese operations might be altogether a different debate but still they did some socially good by it. But only of these facts, we can't conclude that the media of our nation has touched the height of high journalism. Media of nation can only be said to be of high standard when it is aware of its societal responsibilities and it is actively involved in it. But in this regard I would rather say with great sorrow that media ofour nation has failed in its duty towards the country. It is correct that the media has been successful in giving itselfa professional touch according to the changing conditions of globalization, but on the other hands it could not maintain a fairfiinctioning of its duties towards the nation at large. Although in today's time media needs to be professional, becausefund raising is very necessaryfor it toAnction properly but with the professional touch it has to focus on social issues even if they are not so profitable.
Many times the media has played an extremely positive role by creating a public opinion towards a thing. Recently in the campaign of social activist Anna Hazaray, media played a big part in making the campaign a success. There are many other examples when the media played a great role in providing justice to the people as like in the case of Jessica Lal murder, if the media had not given the case so much of hype there were hardly any chances that the culprits would have got the sentence of life. Moreover many times certain scams were uncovered by medic through sting channel operations, although the legality of these operations might be altogether different debate but still they did some social good by it.
But only on these facts we can't conclude that the media of our nation has touched the height of high journalism. Media of nation can only be said to be of high standard when it is aware of its societal responsibilities and it is actively involved in it. But media of our nation has failed in its duty towards the country. It is correct that the media has been successful in giving itself a professional touch according to the changing conditions of globalization. But on the other hands it could not maintain a fair functioning of its duties towards nation at large.
The truth is that even when the hype of media results in positive yields, those incidents are not a product of the consciousness of media for the society at large but instead a part of their strategy to create reputation and money. As like the case of the death of Jessica Lal was given so much hype by the government, but in rural areas everyday thousands of people are killed, many other types of families are killed but our media hardly take those incidents with that seriousness, with which it took the case of Jessica and alike. In several states many people are dying because of hunger and malnutrition, but such things never get enough attention from the fourth pillar of our democracy. On the one hand at regional level many agitations are taking place which are even continued from years; they never got justice from the side of media, Sharmila is agitating for years to improve the plight of the people of North-East, but the media never give it enough attention.
Although in today's time media needs to be professional, as fund raising is very necessary for it to function properly; the professional touch it has to focus on social issues even they are not so profitable. In rural India many NGOs are working for the welfare of people poor, removal of literacy and many other social causes, if they help through media in their campaign it can bring drastic change in the plight of the people. When the big projects are created and people are replaced without adequate compensation, media should be actively involved in showing the plight of those people to the public, but it hardly happens. Ultimately the true goal of the journalism is to make good to people. Media should always keep this point in mind.
There is also a responsibility on the government that it should not unnecessarily interfere in the working of the media. The independence of media is a very necessary aspect of its fair functioning. Moreover it is guaranteed under article 19 of the Constitution of India, which ensures freedom to speech and expression. In the past many time the political leader had pressurized the media to achieve their own political ends and hindered the emergence of high level journalism. Political leader are required to understand the importance of reporting by media. They must give the journalists and editors sufficient safeguards against the criminal and unsocial elements.
To achieve the high level of journalism the media is required to be oriented towards the problems of the people. It is required to impartial and independent in the reporting of political incidents. It is required to be more concentrated on social issues as like suicide by farmers, rural development, social movement, displacement, land acquisition etc. After shameful incidents of bribing in Parliament people are losing faith in the democratic structure of nation. Media can play a great role in bringing back this trust.
shared by Suresh Kumar
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