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| In today's India media has to behave `abnormally' | | | Agencies
kolkata, Jan 29: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and the Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi today said the media should not play the role of a judge. They were speaking at a panel discussion at the Kolkata Literary Meet.
Yes media should neither play the prosecutor nor the judge. But in extra-ordinary situation like the one the country finds itself in today, the role of media has to widen.
Journalist Rajdeep Sardesai who also participated in the discussion, countered Trivedi and Abdullah, saying the media was accountable to its viewers and readers. He pointed out the instances of the Jessica Lal and Nitish Katara cases where justice was delivered after an extensive media campaign seeking justice.
In our own state, the security agencies have time and again played the judge. What happened in Amandeep murder case? Why is a senior police officer, who played a vital role in counter-insurgency operations when militancy was at its peak, behind the bars today?
Omar has no problems if media play the role of a prosecutor. He has a problem when the media play the judge. The media too have a problem when the law enforcing agencies play the judge. And when it happens, the media cannot remain silent.
For the information of the Chief Minister, media provide the only place where a commoner gives vent to his feelings. Omar must not forget that he belongs to a dispensation that issued a written order in July 2000 directing jail superintendents not to honour court orders seeking release of political prisoners. The impugned order, Omar must know, was withdrawn when media launched massive campaign against it. |
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