Source: The Economic Times | By ET Bureau
6 May, 2014
Much of the debate on Doordarshan autonomy goes on as if it is a crime for the government to have a broadcast outlet that faithfully reflects its views. This kind of thinking in this country where hundreds of private news channels strive for viewer attention and act as more than a check on misuse of the public broadcaster by the government stems from a narrow view of the world. Now, everyone respects the BBC. Does this mean that when BBC reports on west Asia, Afghanistan or the Falklands, Britain's venerable public broadcaster would reflect any worldview apart from the British government's? There is a strong case for India to have a BBC-equivalent of its own.
But this does not mean that the public broadcaster should be a channel that acts as the partisan mouthpiece of the ruling party. Certainly not. But it does mean that the broadcaster would articulate the spirit and values of the Constitution and stay away from the shrill path of competitive sensationalism that private.................
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6 May, 2014
Much of the debate on Doordarshan autonomy goes on as if it is a crime for the government to have a broadcast outlet that faithfully reflects its views. This kind of thinking in this country where hundreds of private news channels strive for viewer attention and act as more than a check on misuse of the public broadcaster by the government stems from a narrow view of the world. Now, everyone respects the BBC. Does this mean that when BBC reports on west Asia, Afghanistan or the Falklands, Britain's venerable public broadcaster would reflect any worldview apart from the British government's? There is a strong case for India to have a BBC-equivalent of its own.
But this does not mean that the public broadcaster should be a channel that acts as the partisan mouthpiece of the ruling party. Certainly not. But it does mean that the broadcaster would articulate the spirit and values of the Constitution and stay away from the shrill path of competitive sensationalism that private.................
Read more at:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/34706390.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
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