'Has the media broadened its reach only to narrow its focus’?

It is true that the media broadened its reach and now its focus is very narrow. This is today’s media. Before fifteen years there was only very few channels in India, that we could count in fingers. After globalization there is a boon in the media industry. Today we can see a selection of media. Like the slogan of BBC (Putting news first) Indian media are in tough competition for putting their news first. For that they are ready to go the extreme level. Sting journalism is the baby of today’s media. But here a question would arise. The question of credibility. All the media corporates should give the reply to this. Public is not fools. If they are fools, all the medias are machines that working for fools. So we can estimate the deeds of current media.

People are very familiar with ‘breaking news’ of the current media. Also in print media we can see the big charts, figures without any source. How can we believe that these figures and calculations are true without any source? Day by day media is changing its path. They are focusing to very narrow and silly subjects. When we watch the ‘main head lines, breaking news and front page news’ we can understand that the real focus of media. Today there is no value for the ethics in journalism. We can see the fabricated stories, sting operations etc..

‘Is good journalism is a bad business’ recently there was a hot debate about this topic. It was about the current media. Yes good journalism is a bad news. Nowadays we call all the medias are ‘industries, corporates etc.. What happened to our media? Why are they giving more concentration to page3 news? Why are our media personalities running after celebrities? Is today’s journalism has any moral values? The media has to promote their contribution to the country for a complete development. Media is for the people. The future of our country is in the hands of the Indian media. Media is the watchdog of our country. So media should never deviate from its obligation and ethics. Media has a prominent role in nation building process. Today we can see the exact proportion of advertisements and news in print media and in electronic media. It is too much. Media should concentrate on their duties and the purpose. They should have a good intention, ideology and moral values.

What is a good journalism? How to media should focus on issues? It is the high time to think about this subject. In India media enjoying a good freedom. People giving too much attention and respect to media. It is good that the action of media should be quick. But today we can see for catching the attention of the public our medias are fabricating stories and news. Media should not be biased. They should focus on the problems of the public than sensationalizing the subjects. People want good news. They are fed- up with Page3 news. There are only a few channels and newspapers that still giving good attention to the real news. They are not corporates and also they are keeping moral values and ethics. Media should be transparent. Today some of our newspapers and channels are monopoly of some big fishes.

Nowadays majority of medias are crossing the limits and interfering people’s private life. Media should raise its voice against corruption, terrorism and unscrupulous politics. Media can change the present pathetic situation of our society. Media should act according to the pubic interest. In early days media influenced us in a positive way. Today we can see the impinging of media into personal life. People are expecting something different from media. They want to imbibe good things from the media. Media should keep their moral code. Otherwise the readers and the casters will lose their faith in the media.

This situation will change only through the aspiring journalists. These budding journalists try to cultivate the moral value of good journalism. What the public really need from the media? Media is as powerful as democracy. Without a powerful media, a nation cannot become developed. Media is for the people.

India lacking in airline

People are not satisfied with the service of the airlines in India. But when the private companies entered the domestic airline market. The situation changed. But still we need more domestic airline services. According to Sir Richard Branson (U.K based Virgin Airlines) India has lack of infrastructures. He is still planning to open the Virgin airlines in India. But the application is pending with the Government of Indian. The main issue of Indian is the airline market is not opened to true competition. At present the Indian Government does not allow international airlines to acquire a direct or indirect stake in domestic airlines. There are total eleven domestic airlines in India. Air India, Indian Airlines, Jet Airways, Air Sahara, Kingfisher Airlines, Air Deccan, GoAir, Spice Jet, IndiGo, Jagson Airline, Paramount Airways. Through out the world people are waiting for India's next stride on Airlines. India needs more infrastructures for airlines. It is still unclear that why India is not ready for an open competition? Indian government's aviation policy is abysmal. The recent incidents reveals that India facing big problems in aviation sector. Indian aviation ministry should rethink about why Sir Richard Branson plans to invest in Indian. Indian government has not yet ready to make a decision on Richard Branson's interest. If the India government should give more concentration on aviation, airline sector become the top booming sector in the country. The passengers are also commenting about the lack of infrastructures for airlines in India. Government of India's ministry of aviation cannot give an exact reply to the foreign investors. The state owned flight service India Airlines has many drawbacks. The eleven flight services in our country are not sufficient for passengers. India should concentrate on the infrastructures. India has lands still unexplored. We should open the aviation market for competition. It is the high time to think about new strategy for inviting international airlines.

AICC attempts to gag media

Journalists are not terrorists. The
deeds of India's fourth estate are
indisputable. Nobody can imagine
a world without the media. Even
today, the media face threats and
challenges.
In India, we have freedom of the
press. But some incidents have
directly affected this freedom.
All India Congress Committee
(AICC) meeting was held at
Talkatora indoor stadium at New
Delhi on the 17th of this month.
Media persons could not enter the
venue because of extreme security.
At the same time, news broke
about the arrest of the terrorists
who plotted to hijack Rahul
Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi.
When the security guards got this
information they allowed nobody
to enter the stadium. The day
before the meeting AICC had
announced that everybody should
enter the meeting hall before
6.30am on the scheduled day.
AICC's media secretary Veerappa
Moily and Tom Vadakan
approached the securities to give
permission to the media persons to
enter the hall. But the securities
were very adamant. All the
journalists protested against this.
The journalists were treated like
terrorists even after they showed
their press card.
This is the first incident of its
kind in the history of an AICC
meeting. How can India claim that
our security is flawless? If a
terrorist group really wanted to
sabotage the Talkatora indoor
stadium on that day, it would not
have been very difficult for them.
The 13 December 2001 Parliament
attack and the repeated blasts in
Hyderabad on 25 August 2007 only
prove the ease with which such
operations can be conducted. After
all how can the security personnel
argue that the presence of
journalists would affect safety
measures? If the Prime Minister
would go late to a meeting how
would the securities treat him?
India is a democratic country.
Everybody is entitled to enjoy the
freedom that comes with it. Yet,
journalists face atrocities. The
repercussions of this incident
would be very high. The AICC
meeting is over but who will take
the responsibility for the freedom
denied to the press of a democratic
nation? Who has more power in
AICC-the committee members or
the security personnel? Who are
the real culprits?
It is dubious whether the action
against the journalists was preplanned
or not. Nowadays the
assaults against journalists
especially from the politicians, are
rising. This misbehavior reveals
the degrading values of Indian
society. Media is for the public and
not for the politicians. By telling
the truth journalists do a service to
the society.
In other words, it is high time to
think about the values of
journalism and politics.