[icernet] Why isn't the media accountable?

[Arul Selvan]

The issue here is the sheer irresponsibility of the media. Whether it is 
Godhra, Tehelka, petrol pump allocations or the Ansal Plaza killing of 
terrorists, our media seems to believe it will attract its audience only 
if it dresses to kill, or, as some newspapers have patented, it 
undresses models in colour. That it is not accountable to anyone in the 
country except to its proprietors' profit and loss account abets that 
belief. No wonder the ICE World section of Business Standard dated 
January 29, 2003, says The Times of India charges fees to PR agencies 
for publishing their releases. Are we then headed for editorials charged 
at so many rupees per column centimetre? Our media demands foolproof 
accountability from every institution in our land, including the 
judiciary. Why then doesn't it demand the same from itself?


Source:
http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/feb/05arvind.htm