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An 'intemperate' suggestion for media musing

An 'intemperate' suggestion for media musing

Author: Sidharth Mishra
Publication: The Pioneer
Date: November 18, 2002

I marvel at the ability of this city to make news and then go cold. While the Capital last week was newswise pretty inactive, the one before that saw all the newspapers, along with the television channels, busy grappling with the Ansal's Plaza shootout.

In the process the mediapersons created a Franke-nstein called Dr Hari Krishna who left leading reporters of the newspapers with huge circulation red-faced. All those who put their money on Dr Dubious had to subsequently eat crow.

We in The Pioneer, while reporting on the matter, maintained the basic principle of going to the depth of the matter and restrain ourselves from indulging in sensationalism.

Even as the photographs of the scene of encounter were being dissected on the front pages of different newspapers, our reporters carried out the very basic exercise of visiting the spot and examine the veracity of the claims made by Dr Hari Krishna.

Our investigations on Day One showed that Dr Dubious could not have watched the encounter. The possibility of his presence on the site of crime too was remote. Our stand was confirmed by Dr Hari Krishna's mobile phone records. The other newspapers' reporters, in their enthusiasm of Gover-nment bashing, gave credibility to the statements of a person who is a professional fraud.

Before rushing to give credence to a fraud like Dr Hari Krishna, a Pioneer reporter would always make an enquiry about his antecedent. How do you depend on a 'cancer specialist' who doesn't have the basic degree to practice under any medical system. What's more surprising is that the bait was picked by a veteran editor who petitioned the National Human Rights Commission.

While it has been largely concluded that Dr Hari Krishna is a fraud, a larger question remains. Does the bashing of the establishment without basis bring any credibility to the media houses? Time for us to ponder though the suggestion may look to be 'intemperate'.
 


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