news channels :desperate journalism....a malady!!!
From the genesis till this very instant, this form
of media has always been clamant. Not for they are the fastest or they divulge
nothing but the obvious; but because they titiilate the sensory faculty. True
journalism has almost lost its identification. It's all about boosting your
TRP's and making monetary gains out of them. "John ki jaaneman", "Mahi
re", “India ki Sharmnak har”
etc are some of the most sought after headlines that these channels are using
to make money by victimising the obsession of common masses to know about these
cynosures. When
Amitabh Bachan got well after his illness, it was reported as his re-birth.
It
seems these channels are going through excruciation of news shortage. Ethical
journalism has succumbed to Yellow Journalism. Paparazzi has suddenly become so
important that they are even deciding the life and death of people, enacting
"godlike"- Lady Diana rocketed her sedan just to avoid these so
called journalists peeping into the glasses of her car and evnetually met her
fate. Another example of how yellow journalism affects the fate of a person is
Arushi’s murder case where her father was wrongly accused by the media which
ruined his professional career.
I understand the need of sensationalizing the news from business perspective, as it attracts more eyeballs, but at the same time anti-social
elements, too, can be beneficiary for the activities of these channels. The
channels conflagrate the sentiments of people by broadcasting every trivial
altercation innumerable times. Even a brawl of two kids from two different
establishments will be broadcasted until unless that wrangling decimate the
accord and resurface itself in the form of communal riots; journalism at its
best.
With full credit to some of the ethical journalists, the entire community
acknowledges mindboggling coverage of Middle-east crisis, Iraq war,
Afghanistan, Kargil, etc. During natural calamities these channels have always
put in a commendable effort. But such a journalism is limited to few
journalists and they can merely be counted on our finger tips.
Journalism is regarded as one
of the pillars of democracy. Both media and the audience have a joint
responsibility of keeping journalism up to the mark. I 'm not belittling the achievements of these news channels but I am just
trying to give them the word of caution.