Barkha dutt religion free#
And your greatest asset was in the "freedom of expression and free speech". But the people for those who you write, to them who you bring the news - your joy has been in them liking your work, them liking the truth. And of course, the targets don't like it. That is investigative journalism, daring sting operations, exposing corrupt people, casting couches. What happened, Barkha? Where did you lose yourself in the way? When did you become so insecure that you had to go squash anyone who dared to disagree.ĭisagreement, isn't that the core of the issue? That someone does not see things the way you do? Think about it, that is what you're doing as a journalist most of the time - expressing yourself and the views of others in a way someone does not agree with all the time. You had become the ideal for a lot of young aspiring journalists, simply because you had the courage to do what many others did not. Without that, one does not achieve the success and fame you did. You wanted to bring the real story to people, you were passionate about what you were doing. I have no doubt that you went into journalism and mass media with lofty ideals in mind. I know you thought you'd set an example against anybody doing "irresponsible blogging", but in doing so you have become the same evil you set out to fight against. So while I understand your outrage at some random blogger who just happens to have a keyboard and an internet connection makes (baseless?) accusations about you, what I do not understand is how you made a mistake as stupid as sending all the legal wolves and troops to hound him down.
You aren't the prime people I hold responsible for the slip-up there, it is the government and their people with butts so fat that they don't need to shit for weeks together - they are the ones I hold responsible.
Barkha dutt religion tv#
In case of Mumbai, not just your broadcast, but the broadcast from every TV channel was of equal bullshit irresponsibility. Again, I cannot verify if your reports actually compromised troop positions in Kargil. I know that it hurts when you have been in the middle of action and gunfire at Kargil, bringing home the story of the brave soldiers, to be told that you were responsible for the death of some of them there. I give you the benefit of the doubt here, that you did not go looking for good news story no matter who dies or lives. And yes, we know that there was no central point of contact from the government telling anybody (either the public, the policemen, much less the media) where to be or what to do. It is a matter of cut-throat competition among different TV channels, and being there at the site of live action and not broadcasting the stuff is simply not "practical".
The fact that this happened (or at least so we believe) at Mumbai is a different matter. Nobody, not one citizen of India would "want" to do this. Instead, you now discover that you've thrown a stone into a hornet's nest.įirst, let me tell you that I do not think you wanted to jeopardise the lives of anybody: be it the hostages in the Mumbai hotel or our jawans fighting at Kargil. You thought you were setting an example by stamping out irresponsible statements by individuals. Unfortunately, within this last group you've suddenly made a lot of, shall we say, "extremely unfriendly people".
I need to tell you things as a friend, and also as a blogger. As an ex-fan of yours, I have some things (in a rather long post) to tell you.
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