do we absolutely have to know everything NOW?...in whatever unintelligible incoherent idiotic way it is being presented. do we have to thrust cameras n microphones into bleeding faces or tired exhausted souls? can't we stand back for just one time and acknowledge just once that the other is human with feelings and has a right to privacy? what is it about having a camera, being "press" that gives me the supercilious belief that i can commit this violation for the greater common good? and do we have to scream...and scream louder than the others like in a fish market auction...look i've got a better bigger catch...exclusive!
is this what we are to leave as textbooks for the next generation? to excel burkha dutt's faux pas'? as someone who's been teaching wannabe mediapersons, i share the blame...and take it as a new challenge...there's so many lessons to be learnt from the last 3days in bombay...can i be part of the healing? and how?
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the media insensitivity to victims and their families has left me depressed, especially Barkha Dutt.
That expresses my feelings as well!
Hi Mira n Deepak,
I think like our outrage at the politicians, we need to be as loud n clear about our comdemnation of this kind of reporting. That we DO NOT want to see it like this. We are afterall the viewers, right?
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