Media is labeled the fourth pillar of democracy (first three being government, executive and judiciary).It should be unbiased and free. This is the ideal case.
Currently media has seen occurrence of paid media coverage (maharashtra elections), extortion by media (the jindal case).
Can the media be blindly trusted to be impartial.Media is strongly partial to the idea of imposing strong penalties for quid pro quo behavior.
I read somewhere: "You cannot convince a man against an idea if his job depends on it."
So, it makes a strong case to penalize media wrong doings heavily. So that media is deterred from acting rashly.
Julian Assange's open journalism philosophy comes to mind : a journalist should release the story and maximum evidence for viewer to use their deduction powers.
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