Monday, December 14, 2009

Journalism beaten, but alive

Sycophantic journalism finds it full oeuvre in the Gulf. I have a simple test for the only journalism that I respect – the one that makes life hell for those who are entrusted with the lives of society. If you have not been arrested, beaten, threatened, or in India had your face blackened, been garlanded with slippers, you’ve failed as a journalist.
Two Sakal journalists getting beaten for trying to expose a construction scam in Pune was a reassuring reminder that in some places that type of journalism still exists.

Like this classic is a reassuring Christmas must:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_W7p35SzuI&feature=related

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