Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Vol-3/Issue-7/2007
Medai alert-01
Charges of partisan or unfair reporting in media
Charges of partisan or unfair reporting which are made often are not the same as pointing out gaps in published report or omissions. Reporters leave readers guessing about the needed facts. The reader needs information, not bafflement. However it might be contended, if message with an implication is deliberately ambiguous, it is best for correspondents not to speculate. Preferences or prejudices should not intrude into actual reporting when fairness is the paper’s credo.
In the column of Hindu ‘ONLINE AND OFF LINE’ K.Narayanan elucidating three media repots to substantiate.
Hindu 19th March 2007 ‘ONLINE AND OFF LINE’ page eleven
Charges of partisan or unfair reporting which are made often are not the same as pointing out gaps in published report or omissions. Reporters leave readers guessing about the needed facts. The reader needs information, not bafflement. However it might be contended, if message with an implication is deliberately ambiguous, it is best for correspondents not to speculate. Preferences or prejudices should not intrude into actual reporting when fairness is the paper’s credo.
In the column of Hindu ‘ONLINE AND OFF LINE’ K.Narayanan elucidating three media repots to substantiate.
Hindu 19th March 2007 ‘ONLINE AND OFF LINE’ page eleven
