Terrible incident. I have been a journalist myself and had strong opinions on issues. I know many of my media friends too hold very strong opinions for or against an issue. But this is not the way to express. Today it is a shoe and tomorrow....who knows what! At this rate a very close will have to be kept on journalists attending Press Conferences which they will resist.
Any way, glad to hear many journalist organisations too condemning it and stressing on a code of conduct for journalists.
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bnk
On 07/04/2009, Prime Point Srinivasan <prpoint@gmail.com > wrote:
dear friends
Few minutes back today (7th april 2009), when Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram was addressing a Press Conference at Congress HQ at Delhi, a question was asked by one Jarnail Singh representing Dainik Jagran on the issue of 'clean chit' given to Jagadish Tytlar by CBI. The journalist was not convinced of the response given by the Home Minister and he started arguing in the Press Conference. Chidambaram was telling the journo not to argue, but only ask questions. Irked by the response of the Home Minister, the journalist threw the shoes on him. Fortunately, it did not fall on him, but fell slightly away. The journalist was taken away by the Security authorities for investigation.
Members may recall that similar incident happened during the visit of President Bush to Iraq. It is very sad that a new trend is showing up amongst the media. The jounalist covering the event may differ from the view of the authorities. His job is only to report the statement and to ask questions.
A communist oriented media person may cover the BJP or vice versa. The professional dharma is only to report as it is, even if they differ. The media can review the policies of ruling or opposition parties in their editorial columns or articles.
When I saw this incident live in the TV, i got really shocked. An Indian journalist throwing shoes on Indian Home Minister. In the Bush incident, Iraqi media person threw shoes on Bush.
In one of the ealier issues of our ezine PR-e-Sense, we published a cartoon drawn by Triambak Sharma. In that cartoon, the organisers were asking all media persons to remove the shoes and keep outside the press room. Though, it was meant for fun after Bush incident, i am afraid, the fun should not become reality.
I invite members to share the views.
Srinivasan
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