Comments on Known Turf: Shame, shame, shame, shame!

That story is tragic and makes me believe we in th...

2009-11-27T01:18:41.865+05:30

That story is tragic and makes me believe we in the U.S. can't be much behind this...we already have whole TV stations that claim to be news but are merely partisan soapboxes.

Your last sentence is where the real problem of In...

2009-11-11T20:46:58.441+05:30

Your last sentence is where the real problem of India lies. Why do you want someone else to file the PIL? If you really are concerned about this whole issue go ahead and file it yourself. Fight the good fight. Why simply pass the buck?

If we, as educated people who are aware about such things, refuse to get our hands dirty then how can we except anything to ever improve in this country?

Sorry if this offends you or seems harsh but there is no point in sitting around and conveniently waiting for someone to do something.

methinks ; The freedom of the press got officially...

2009-10-27T17:32:58.994+05:30

methinks ; The freedom of the press got officially compromised the day the Times Group started with their private treaties.
The Editor became "Response Chief" , the ads became more important than investigative journalism.....the TV channels would naturally emulate their illustrious peers

The danger of having more laws to regulate this so...

2009-10-26T07:22:15.828+05:30

The danger of having more laws to regulate this sort of thing is that

a) Political parties will still find a way to get around them and

b) The laws can inevitably be used by the government to suppress inconvenient truths.

In general giving more power to the government isn't a good idea. As you mentioned, there are already laws which address this issue.

Making more laws can also make violations more difficult to trace. As of now, the only difficulty you say lies in spotting the small print.

The world over (including the US), newspapers have political leanings. Which is why there are so many of them. Compared to these countries, it's really not all that bad in India. The real problem arises when smaller parties are at a disadvantage since they don't have a decent marketing budget - but we're yet to find a solution for this.