Journalism

Journalism

Freedom of press is a myth. Perhaps, press itself does not want freedom. Journalists, definitely not all, are now the most fettered lot. They’ve the least degree of freedom. They’ve to tow the political line of print or electronic media they serve. Views dominate the news.Sometimes news is tailored to suit the line of thinking a TV channel, particularly a regional one, or news paper pursues. Ironically, they all claim neutrality. Open a TV channel or news daily, you can easily guess how it’ll present a particular event or interpret it. More often than not many journalists behave like spokes persons of political parties. So now news persons have lost the respect they earlier deserved. These people are doing immense harm to a noble profession like Journalism. Isn’t it unfortunate?