Press and Media are called the fourth pillar of democracy. They are the person who faces all kind of issues from reaching the war-ravaged countries to the place where there is a cyclone warning beforehand to help the people in reaching a safe place. Most of the time they keep a tab on Government decisions to safeguard the nation in their own ways.
Since past few days, there has been an incidence of some press reporters being beaten by police personnel in Delhi. I would like to write about the behavior of media unit which does not understand the importance of covering issues in a proper manner.
Whenever Police do some work against the hooligans from the JNU Campus NDTV is the first one to defend them. They should understand that it could lead to violent protests and instead of giving true reporting they start the investigation which is equivalent to harassment of police which is already under lots of pressure from the Home Ministry.
They work day and night to maintain law and order situation while the Media is cooling off the heels in Air Conditioned offices and vanity vans just waiting for the scoop to get delivered and then over-enthusiastic media personnel rush towards the direction to get the most out of it in the name of live coverage.
Now, talking about the incident which happened at Bihar Arrah, it is one of the feudal economy towns. The city has one of the most criminal past with people playing with guns and firearms is the most common thing in every household.
Whether it was the rise of Sunlight Sena or the destruction of Bhumihar warlords in the form of Ranveer Sena which has already met its fate and few of the people who are surviving has got into the hiding mode.
The only brave people after Police is the Media group or the Press personnel who try to dig out the right story and thus bring the small or big publication the reports to Hindustan or the Dainik Jagran which is the two top newspaper in this area.
Yesterday, the two brave journalists by the name of Mr. Vijay Singh and Mr. Navin Nischal, who have been working for many years in the field of Journalism could not save themselves as they got mercilessly killed by the sarpanch of the village. It is to be kept in the notice that Sarpanch had earlier issues with the media personnel. The Scorpio involved was burned and thus it was nothing more than the destruction of evidence as the vehicle should be impounded and handed over to the Police.
Both journalists had a heated argument with the sarpanch and after few minutes coming back from the market they were hit by the Scorpio and died on the spot. Both had the family to look after and seeing the economic conditions in Bihar it is difficult to survive without any benefits.
Also, one could see that if such incidents of killing and torture to the media personnel goes on then India will become a country where the already depressed group of scribes will find nothing good to pull out in terms of news and they will lose confidence.
It will lead them to speak out unnecessary issues and there will be a condition of anarchy and restlessness in the society. The public should understand that Media is a noble profession and people who are working they belong to a good family background. It's true that they put themselves at risk to provide the true story to the world but that does not mean for us to paint a bad picture for them.
There have been so many incidents when they find themselves in a dangerous situation such as bullets whizzing almost near from their head or maybe they try to expose certain criminals and thus are surrounded by various evil-minded people. Their own courage takes them out of such situations.
It is necessary to stop terrorizing our Press and Media and try to give them their due importance and help them to get rid of tension so that they should come with the true story and no propaganda attached with their journalism.
Since past few days, there has been an incidence of some press reporters being beaten by police personnel in Delhi. I would like to write about the behavior of media unit which does not understand the importance of covering issues in a proper manner.
Whenever Police do some work against the hooligans from the JNU Campus NDTV is the first one to defend them. They should understand that it could lead to violent protests and instead of giving true reporting they start the investigation which is equivalent to harassment of police which is already under lots of pressure from the Home Ministry.
They work day and night to maintain law and order situation while the Media is cooling off the heels in Air Conditioned offices and vanity vans just waiting for the scoop to get delivered and then over-enthusiastic media personnel rush towards the direction to get the most out of it in the name of live coverage.
Now, talking about the incident which happened at Bihar Arrah, it is one of the feudal economy towns. The city has one of the most criminal past with people playing with guns and firearms is the most common thing in every household.
Whether it was the rise of Sunlight Sena or the destruction of Bhumihar warlords in the form of Ranveer Sena which has already met its fate and few of the people who are surviving has got into the hiding mode.
The only brave people after Police is the Media group or the Press personnel who try to dig out the right story and thus bring the small or big publication the reports to Hindustan or the Dainik Jagran which is the two top newspaper in this area.
Yesterday, the two brave journalists by the name of Mr. Vijay Singh and Mr. Navin Nischal, who have been working for many years in the field of Journalism could not save themselves as they got mercilessly killed by the sarpanch of the village. It is to be kept in the notice that Sarpanch had earlier issues with the media personnel. The Scorpio involved was burned and thus it was nothing more than the destruction of evidence as the vehicle should be impounded and handed over to the Police.
Both journalists had a heated argument with the sarpanch and after few minutes coming back from the market they were hit by the Scorpio and died on the spot. Both had the family to look after and seeing the economic conditions in Bihar it is difficult to survive without any benefits.
Also, one could see that if such incidents of killing and torture to the media personnel goes on then India will become a country where the already depressed group of scribes will find nothing good to pull out in terms of news and they will lose confidence.
It will lead them to speak out unnecessary issues and there will be a condition of anarchy and restlessness in the society. The public should understand that Media is a noble profession and people who are working they belong to a good family background. It's true that they put themselves at risk to provide the true story to the world but that does not mean for us to paint a bad picture for them.
There have been so many incidents when they find themselves in a dangerous situation such as bullets whizzing almost near from their head or maybe they try to expose certain criminals and thus are surrounded by various evil-minded people. Their own courage takes them out of such situations.
It is necessary to stop terrorizing our Press and Media and try to give them their due importance and help them to get rid of tension so that they should come with the true story and no propaganda attached with their journalism.
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