Mumbai attack:an ordeal

It is some thing like an AGNI PARIKSHA (test by fire)of our patience,our strategic proficiency,our ethics and over all our national integration. And very proudly we can say that we've come up with flying colours.The patience shown by our soldiers & the integration shown by whole of the Nation is very soothing.specially amongst these cut throat days.But one thing to which I wouid like to draw all of ur attention is role of our media.26 nov. night all channels started showing live coverage of police action,it's alright .but after an hour or two there started an open race of showing & expressing too much about police action.Ultimatly I had 2 send an E-mail 2 an important channel to control their anchors.But it remained just for 2 to 5 hrs.& again thereafter they started mimickry of police actionplan.this is not for the first time that electronic media has made mess of an issue but whenever there comes any moment of grave concern comes elect. media usually make it a comedy.Now question arises, what r the causes of this foolhardy act ? & the answer is very simple T.R.P..should elect. media be given all liberty to make a mockery of our national issues ? NO not at all .we can not enjoy this luxery,then what ?Well,we shall have to realise the importance of CRIME specially in context of news business, which is very much based on crime reporting , a fair & rational reporting of crime gives a diffrent glare to the reporting.Here we shall have to take into account the ethics of reporting also.when we r giving report of an sensatiopnal incident we must have it in our cognigence that by glamourising the Crime & Criminals we r betraying not only our customers but we r also not justifying our national debts.The real misfortune of our national press is that as a rule we do employ youngsters on Crime Desk & result is this that, they usually go away from ethical values of a reporter & often acts in a rediculous manner.I don't want to demoralise these youngsters But my submission is to alert them from acting beyond permitted limits of a sobre reporting.Now let's change the topic since 2morrow a debate will start over this cowardice act & we may witness a few exclamatry summersoults by our leaders? on this we may come close 2morrow.(To be contnd.)