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“It is business oriented and supports local
political parties for its survival. This is the
latest trend started by Eenadu in Andhra Pradesh.
All newspapers either in favour of government
or in favour of opposition parties.”
“Journalism
is just reporting news the way it is perceived
by the owner. News that does not suit their particular
business interests does not get reported. It is
commercialized and money driven. It is a career
and not a social cause.”
“Preoccupied
with the lives and times and sayings and doings
of the ‘bold' and the ‘beautiful’,
the rich and the famous, the pampered and the
powerful. Focused on ‘India Shining,’
sweeping ‘Bharat’ under the chattai.”
“It
is getting more commercial and is not professional
enough. Development issues are side-tracked.”
“Journalism
today is a combination of PR and copy and paste
of one’s own earlier articles and other’s
stories.”
“In
the English print , I feel it is slowly moving
towards Page 3 and a few dailies are already catering
only to page 3. But in regional press at least
we can see a bit of a shift in priorities in spite
of all the globalisation and modernisation.”
“Journalism today is caught between the market
where globalisation’s influence has been
all pervasive and ethics are considered old-fashioned.
Any new comers coming into the field with ideas
of ethics, objectivity in reporting or editing
has to simply forget them for a while. It is celebrity-driven
and profit-oriented profession.’
“Journalism
today is not a mission but a job that avoids topics
that would lead to disputes or controversy. More
accent is on photos at the cost of text material.
It’s competition between TV coverage and
print media….”
“Today’s
journalism has made trivia a fine art. However,
what is surprising is that there is still a miniscule
segment devoted to social justice, which indicates
that we have not lost all our sense of social
responsibility. Without knowing how the other
half lives or dies there can’t be any effort
to create an egalitarian society. Media has a
crucial role to play here, a role that has been
eroded by spin doctors, corporates, business interests
and the prevailing communal politics. I feel the
future is not bleak but we have a hard fight to
get back those spaces we had and that we need.”
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