Reporting sensitive issues
AZAD KASHMIR:
I was astonished to note how some private TV channels reported the death of the student Ali Raza in Kyrgyzstan. One reporter asked his mother how she was feeling. What kind of a question was this? How can a mother possibly put the feelings of losing a son into words, that too on TV?
I appeal to the management and concerned authorities of private TV channels to create some strict rules for such situations.
Published in the Express Tribune, June 17th, 2010.
I was astonished to note how some private TV channels reported the death of the student Ali Raza in Kyrgyzstan. One reporter asked his mother how she was feeling. What kind of a question was this? How can a mother possibly put the feelings of losing a son into words, that too on TV?
I appeal to the management and concerned authorities of private TV channels to create some strict rules for such situations.
Published in the Express Tribune, June 17th, 2010.