Thursday, August 4, 2011

Reporting rape


In India I can walk into a police station and file a complaint against you for rape.
The police will then write a first information report (FIR).
When the crime reporter calls the police station for a story, the duty officer will tell him that there is a rape FIR.
The reporter will write the story naming you as the accused in a rape FIR.
Your life forever will be tainted.
That is the shoddy, despicable state of journalism that has pervaded the Indian press for years now.
And it will continue as long as the story means money,

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