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Face the Nation: Who scans media?
Published on Fri, Nov 17, 2006 at 08:44, Updated on Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 18:26 in India section
Tags: Face The Nation, Media Regulation , New Delhi
New Delhi: The nation celebrated National Press Day on November 16. It was the day on which the Press Council of India started functioning as a moral watchdog.
Today, the media is everywhere. Take for example, the kidnapping of three-year-old Anant. The media is reporting everything from the investigation leads to the personal woes of his family.
When Jessica Lall is denied justice, press leads a campaign, so much so that when a lawyer like Ram Jethmalani decides to defend the main accused, the media holds him guilty of not having a conscience.
In the era of 24-hour news channels and hi-tech sting cameras, media is and has become a major part of our lives. If we want the judges to be judged through a judicial council, should we also not judge those who are supposed to be the providers of information? An attempt has already been made to regulate the media through the Broadcast Bill.
But should the media be regulated?
This was the question addressed by an elite panel on CNN-IBN's Prime Time show Face The Nation. Bhupendra Chaubey, Chief Political Correspondent of CNN-IBN, moderated the discussion, which had the participation of Shashi Kumar, Chairman, Asian College of Journalism, Chennai; Madhu Trehan, Senior Journalist; and Aniruddha Bahal, Editor-in-Chief of Cobrapostpost.com.
The media is hailed as a responsible medium that not only maintains high standards but is also undeterred by extraneous factors. Is it the time to worry about what's happening within the journalist fraternity?
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