RE:No need for regulations for sting operations
by Anurag Shrivastava on Dec 16, 2007 11:19 PM
true. very true. our "democrats" can behave a lot worse than what Musharraf does no his worst day in controlling press and persecuting people. Indira Gandhi used to control , Rajiv tried to do it , Narsimha Rao did not care, Vajpayee was viciously bad and Manohan does not care about controlling press either ( most of English media being pro-congress helps as well - congress being the equivalent of a liberal democratic party which intellectuals are most comfortable in )
RE:No need for regulations for sting operations
by MGR Fan on Dec 17, 2007 12:25 AM
Can anyone beat Soviet Union's Stalin and China's Mao in giving freedom to Press?
When all the electronic and print media are antinationals and has been sold out to various political parties and ISI, it is better to ABOLISH THEM ALL TOTAL.
These scoundrels have done more harm to our society than the corrupt politicians.
RE:Media should be abolished.
by nandu rajurikar on Dec 16, 2007 10:54 PM
Jesus, pardon him. He does not know what he is saying. He is under the influence of cottage made liquor.
RE:RE:Media should be abolished.
by MGR Fan on Dec 17, 2007 12:27 AM
Why do you assume that anyone who posts here disagreeing with you is an alcoholic? Not everyone is like your dad...
RE:Media should be abolished.
by Anurag Shrivastava on Dec 16, 2007 07:32 PM
AGREE - so that with their strict government control - no unsecular person is allowed to come on TV and talk against the constitution. Government control is absolutely neccessary.
Hail Sonia ! Hail Dasmunshi !
We want to give our freedom to you as we are your slaves.
so that with their strict government control - no unsecular person is allowed to come on TV and talk against the constitution. Government control is absolutely neccessary.
Hail Sonia ! Hail Dasmunshi !
We want to give our freedom to you as we are your slaves.
RE:Media should be controlled by Das Munshi and others in the secular government
by nandu rajurikar on Dec 16, 2007 10:51 PM
Height of nonsense! The most affected party by stings is BJP. The party that is asking for regulations on stings is BJP. Sonia & Das Munshi have not asked for any regulation or ban any time. Third rate idiots see Sonia responsible for everything. Get your brain checked.
RE:Media should be controlled by Das Munshi and others in the secular government
by Anurag Shrivastava on Dec 16, 2007 11:11 PM
buddy .. we are on the same side. you miss the sarcasm on BJP as they are the ones who seem most pissed with media.
RE:Media should be controlled by Das Munshi and others in the secular government
by MANISH MITTAL on Dec 17, 2007 10:56 AM
i think tum dono hi antanio manio ki najayz aulaad ho jo har baat main BJP ko dekhte hai . thod biesd hue bina bhi to kuch socho
Self regulation is a myth.Freedom and privacy of an individual should comv before freedom of press. Invading one's privacy can not be claimed as a right of journalists.There can be separate regulatory boards to avoid direct government control.Regulatory law is a must
RE:law against sting operations
by Vyas on Dec 16, 2007 07:43 PM
are u from rediff, how do u manage to keep ur id hidden ???.....this is not provided to any user
RE:law against sting operations
by Anurag Shrivastava on Dec 16, 2007 07:47 PM
some of these guys just register themselves for the purpose of positing and give all sorts of strange names - especially those who indulge in bashing other people's religion or spread hate because they would not like to be known to their friends that they have a saffron or a green chaddhi
RE:law against sting operations
by Anurag Shrivastava on Dec 16, 2007 07:17 PM
Only thieves are bothered about so called privacy issues. No one conducts sting operations against good people as they have no news value.
RE:law against sting operations
by babu rengaraj on Dec 17, 2007 08:25 AM
you are wrong anurag shrivatsav,just imagine a girl in your family was rapped and media people showing the girl's image and asking questions about that rape and all now you will realise
RE:law against sting operations
by MGR Fan on Dec 17, 2007 12:22 AM
The fact that you dont respect a person's right to privacy shows that you are the kind of person whom George Orwell warned about..
Typical Stalinist Mentality - People are the problem type
RE:law against sting operations
by Gautam Sinha on Dec 16, 2007 10:20 PM
Hi Anurag you are mistaken. See India TV the most horrible channel and every now and then you will find them exposing some citizen by quoting them selectively and say that it is a general issue. Sting operations started by CNN IBN used to be great at start but after that they fizzled out. Later India TV did this on public places and twisted statements. I go sick of that channel and hope there is some sort of regulation. Now I havent watched that channel for ages now
RE:law against sting operations
by Anurag Shrivastava on Dec 16, 2007 11:14 PM
India TV is not taken seriously - caters to lowest common denominator and has no impact. It will e given a warning one of these days. CNN-IBN is surprisingly not doing sting operations.
Dear all, There is no criteria for selection of a candidate in a media house like in the case of a government job. It is a free for all business that the media house choose those good for liasoning to promote their business. The very term Journalist has diluted to to terms like Stringers, retainers, writers to deprive the poor jounalist from monitory benefits and job security. When a journlist is paid on the basis of a story, he will be forced to go for fake sting and stories to get his stomach filled. The governent is so hesitant to enforce even laid down laws for the benefit of the journalist. Let the government first ask the media hosues how many of their journalist are getting the wage boards the truth will come out.
No law is useful unless it is enforced efectively. Corruption is so rampant in our country that no one is afraid of accepting bribes openly. Perpetrators of riots, murders etc roam around freely as they know that our laws will never be able to catch up with them.
If a sting operation is required to bring to light such corrupt and unlawful activities, then so be it. The police or courts would have not acted anyway. Atleast the media, even though for TRP ratings, is doing some good to the society. Just because one or two stings operations were manipulated, it does not make any sense to control them using some law.
What Tehelka "Sting operation" has done, clearly attracts Section 153A of the IPC and if Congress has not sponsored this "Sting operation" then it should not hesitate to prosecute Tehelka u/s 153A IPC. As Tehelka as well as the T.V. Channels who aired those tapes are headquartered at Delhi, it is the Delhi Police and consequently the Government of India to take the legal action against them u/s 153A IPC. Nobody could have had any grouse if "Tehelka" and the T.V. Channels had passed on those tapes to the Supreme Court, for suitable action, or even telecasted the so-called confessions of VHP activists or the BJP MLA for the information of the people. And, if indeed, those confessions are genuine and have any evidentiary value in them, then the law must take its course against those whose guilt is established. The real MISCHIEF that attracts Section 153A IPC is the JUXTAPOSITION AND INTERSPERSION of rising flames and bellowing smoke with the earlier recorded bytes of the Gujarat riots, accompanied with crashing cymbals, beats of drums, screaming voices, and the highly provocative comments of the 'anchors' of the channels that aired those tapes. There is a clear intention to inflame communal passions through what all was telecast in the name of "Gujarat ka Sach", and it would be dangerous for the future of the country if such a nefarious act goes unpunished .
