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| Dr Jitendra flays news items | | | early times report
Jammu, July 25: In total violation of the journalistic ethic of reporting the news as a sacred fact, the Early Times of July 23 in its front page story titled "Interlocutors' Report: In Delhi BJP hails "Kashmiriyat", has reported just the opposite of what transpired at the India International Center Seminar in New Delhi on 21 July. The fact is that the BJP panelists at the seminar actually challenged the concept of "Kashmiriyat" as sought to be projected in Interlocutors' Report and argued that Kashmiriyat can not be envisaged without the return of Kashmiri Pandits to the Valley which ought to be a prerequisite for restoration of Kashmiriyat. It is surprising from where the Early Times received its perverted version or, has this been deliberately done by the author of the story to keep the State's ruling masters in good humour?
The report is so much off the mark that it hardly deserves any denial but the problem with the "anonymous" author of this report is that he is no "Dost" to anybody and if he is not snubbed right at the beginning, he has the habit of going on and on as if he was some sort of a "Rustom". May be, he is peeved by the fact that he was not an invitee to the Seminar. In the highest tradition of journalism, will the "Early Times" publish this denial on its front page with the same prominence as it has published the fictitious news report ! This will be a litmus test of the newspaper's journalistic ethics.
ET Correspondent replies
The BJP chief spokesperson says the EARLY Times' story "In Delhi BJP hails Kashmiriyat" (July 23) has "reported just the opposite of what transpired at the India International Center Seminar in New Delhi on 21 July". This correspondent stands by the story, as it was based on a report that was filed from New Delhi on July 21 , the day the BJP leaders and former interlocutor Dilip Padgaonkar spoke in a seminar on the interlocutors' report. The report was carried by a Jammu-based English language daily in which he writes every Sunday. The EARLY TIMES story reported what transpired in the seminar, along with some comments, and that is the right of the correspondent. The BJP spokesperson's grouse that this correspondent misquoted him is highly misplaced. This correspondent had taken note of his "Kashmiriyat" formulation as it was highly flawed and misleading and suggested that it would be better if "he first studies the meaning of "composite culture" and then speak on "Kashmiriyat". This correspondent had nowhere opposed the use of term "Kashmiriyat" as he is not supposed to. He had only referred to what happened in Kashmir during the past more than eight centuries to make his point. Let this correspondent quote relevant portion from the report the Jammu-based daily carried in its July 22nd edition to rebut the BJP spokesperson's charge. The reported quoted him as saying "Kashmiriyat stands for composite culture and it can't be restored without the return of Kashmiri Pandits to Valley". This correspondent would want the BJP spokesperson to again go through the EARLY TIMES story. It appears he did not understand what the correspondent reported, along with some comments. It also appears that he has not read the story as carried by the Jammu-based daily in its edition of July 22nd. As for the BJP chief spokesperson's suggestion that the correspondent wants to keep the state's ruling masters in good humour", less said the better. Suffice it to say that the fundamental duty of any correspondent is to present things as they are as well as in right perspective and not to please or displease anyone. Similarly, his suggestion that this "correspondent" is not "Dost" of anybody is, in fact, a compliment. Likewise, his suggestion that this correspondent was "peeved by the fact that he was not an invitee to the seminar" is as ludicrous as it is laughable. Why should the organizers of the seminar incite a correspondent from Jammu to cover the event? There is no dearth of media persons in Delhi, which is the capital of India and hub of all activities. -- Editor |
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