Indian media

Though the media is one of the brawny pillars of democracy, most of the media in the country and especially in TamilNadu does not expend it in a civilized manner. The media I am referring to, shows pictures of blood stained dead people and they even publish that on their Internet website, without bothering the privacy of the dead people and their constitutional rights. E.g., a leading Tamil weekly showed pictures of inmates killed by Cops in an encounter. They do not bother about the validity of news published. E.g., One leading Tamil daily showed in their website on Sep 11 2001, that the City of Los Angeles is bombed and thousands of people dead.

Certain Television channels concentrate more on the acts done by a set of political parties whom they consider besides ignoring the atrocities done by their own people. Specific newspapers budging to the political pressure do not want to prop up with the social & economic problems, though they were duty-bound. Capricious news flashes are shown in the news channels trying to destabilize the society and by enumerating rumors. E.g., few TV channels showed information about predicting earthquakes when chennai felt a tremor. Certain newspapers deliver news with a malicious intention to prove their point. E.g. a Tamil newspaper said in one of their last week’s edition that the PM believed the issues pointed out by the TN MPs about the state government were true, when the PMO has said nothing about its veracity. Nevertheless to mention that there are only handful of responsible media outlets in the country which knows what it is talking, but are attacked by politicians. These responsible media provides a proper check and balance for the democracy.

I reiterate that my observations are on a specific set of media that does not have any moral code of conduct and acts without rhyme or reason. But someone should have control over such depraved deeds, be it the government or the media itself. When the media fights for its right with the government why not it force the specific set of media to act responsibly? I have never seen any criticism about a media in another media. Does it mean that the entire Indian media system is flawless? My general opinion is that the media has lot more to do, to be a responsible pillar of the democracy.