Kishore Asthana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
A forward.....
--- On Wed, 12/3/08, K.K. .ae> wrote:
Subject: FW: [iima89] SHODDY BARKHA DUTT....
Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2008, 7:09 PM
My sentiments exactly!
:
> >
> > Shoddy journalism
> >
> > 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.1
> > 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.
.
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M.S.Iyer
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