[icernet] Us, Them and the Media

[Arul Selvan]

Allegations of partisanship or corruption by themselves are, of course, 
not new. Fending scoffing references to bribes and planted stories is a 
professional hazard one has long lived with. But now it seems to get 
harder and harder to defend the media from the sort of blanket criticism 
it is subjected to these days mainly for two reasons. One is, changing 
circumstances in the media itself. Though, by and large, the media 
continues to be a vital institution, some of the rhetoric that surrounds 
it is far from healthy.

The notion that the media is a business like any other, for instance, 
may still be one that only a few openly subscribe to, yet its effects 
are clear in the sort of trivialisation and excess that has afflicted 
the media in general. And indications are that the trend is likely to 
grow with profit being defined more and more as the sole benchmark of 
success.

Source:
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=19129