With the attack on the press, the survival of ink
– which has now replaced to keyboard with the introduction of new technology of
computer – depends upon the quality of news without fear or favour.
As to how the real stories will come out for the
citizens to consume news who are addicted to live with it as fodder with the
recent attack on the freedom of press known as the 4th pillar of
democracy Is this attack on Gauri Lankesh is not the attack on the readers also
who frantically wait for the ground realities happening in the world around
them?
It is felt that today’s citizen who is also the
reader wants to know the ground realities to make up his mind to believe or not
to believe which depends upon the credibility of the reporter barring the
social media which is playing a vital role in flashing the news like FIR –
first information report and not SIR – supplementary information report which
is normally submitted by the investigator in the Central Bureau of
Investigation –CBI. The reports
submitted after thorough investigations are authentic, genuine, bona fide and
unadulterated.
The news is now consumed as fodder to live on the
mulch it creates. Rather, the way the news chomp through can be difficult,
disconcerting, distressing
If truth be told, a reporter has to struggle to
make a news not only to put wiser the readers but also with intention to bring
reforms in the system with the clear ideas and issued mattered to him or her.
Otherwise it will be a routine reporting but incomplete and unfinished projects
on fighting with the social evils in the society and our system.
Such reporting could be controversial but
definitely can be debated to come out with new inspiration and proposal which
could set right the things. But killing of news writers is distinctly unfair.
It looks that the time will come when the
storyteller and the analyst will go underground when unable to decide over fear
and favour for giving impartial stories.
Frankly speaking, with this trend some newspaper
will survive and some will thrive depending upon the quality of original
journalism that will be produced. And
the journalism may be leaner in the future and possibly less principled and
idealistic. But the investigative journalism and other unique content will be
the key to long-term survival of the media will still a question in hand to
publish – without fear or favour.
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