Journalists and their misdeeds

Do journalists not work as spies?

There are many journalists who work as spies for the secret services of their states or many secret agents who work incognito as journalists. Here the status of journalist is crunched like the paper and he loose his dignity and honour. He might be a hero of his state but it is against all the international laws of journalism.2ABCDEFGH

Do journalists not black mail?

The journalism is synonymous to blackmailing in many parts of the world. You know it too. The concept of blackmailing came from the closed societies where there ere no laws but only the dictates of autocrats become statutes. The newspaper journalists and media men leave opposition after taking bribe.  Same is done in the name of truth telling in the advanced countries. The parties or people who do not graft money are portrayed as villain in the media. In the third world countries it has become a kind of big business to squeeze money from the rich people.3ABC

Cable Operators Association of Pakistan (CAP) Chairman Khalid Arian has claimed the blackmailing of different news channels of Pakistan.

Do journalists follow code of ethics?

Journalism is a very sensitive profession. There are many occasions when a journalist has to follow some moral and ethical codes. The sanctity of home and family matters are the issues which a journalist should not touch without the prior permission. But contrary to this, we see watch and hear every day, the footages which are filmed or pictured without the consent of the performers. Often family affairs of noble families are revealed in the public. The issue of Lady Diana is the worst example of this phenomenon. It is sad that due to the fear of journalists she had to wash hands from her life. The president Bill Clinton and Lewinsky episode was also one shamefully glaring example of the media acrobats. Media and media men have become used to wash the dirty linen in the public. Moreover The Christians desecrate the prophet of Islam and the Holy Book of Muslims to incite their anger. If Muslims protest they are called terrorists. There is no such evidence that Muslims have desecrated the revealed Books .This unethical conduct is camouflaged in the name of freedom of press.