Amoral Debate

Uma khanna episode compelled the media to introspect into the way in which it conducts itself . This is especially true for the broadcast medium. Leaving the ethical debate involved in this issue , it can be safely presumed that broadcast media is under the trap of money-making and cheap sensationlism. Ofcourse when executive and legislature have been failures to rise to the expectation of the people , it’s the work of the media to come with the truth. But, on the hide of exposing the truth , media is not empowered to intrude into the personal space of the common man, alluring him to conduct in a manner , it desires . Exposing any scandal through investigation is nice but is it moral to allure a man to indulge in that scandal first, so that media can catch him red-handed ,showing the world(Read urban audience) that no matter how inefficient the system is, media is their to take care of them.Rembember,Mudra deal to Harsad Mehta scam has been broken out without the expert assistance of the hidden cameras, then where the media lose those weapons of investigative journalism. True, the cases like Cash-for –Query scam, Tehelka exposure, U.P. assmbley incident gave the proponents of this method an upper hand but have we ever imagined what if these investigation would have proved wrong in their assumptions.