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Media Ethics: A mirror for the media
| 23/06/2012 12:15 PM |
Review of the book Media Ethics
Be it the Aarushi Talwar-Hemraj killing case, the gory 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attack, infamous Jessica Lal killing or the 2G scam, public perception of all these cases has been shaped by the Indian media. They also unmasked the real face of the so-called fourth estate of democracy. Veteran journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta’s book, Media Ethics: Truth, Fairness and Objectivity, examines the issues in the Indian media and the tenets of responsible reporting. The book, in this second expanded edition, explains the ethical issues in journalism such as privacy, neutrality, objectivity and comments on the ...
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