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Indian electronic media has only two subjects which are being broadcast day after day which continue to hog all the limelight unfailingly, such as -the border issue between India and China and the other being daily exposes on the death case of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput. While the Indo-China border issue deserves all the attention of the citizens; opinions differ on whether the death case of Sushant Singh deserves to overshadow a national security issue. Since the last part of June and till today, the electronic media continues to bombard viewers with an overdose of the case under the pretext of investigative journalism. The mad race among TV channels to broadcast their “explosive exclusive” has resulted in the media going off track. Unfortunately, in their quest for justice, the messenger appears to have stripped the actor of dignity he deserved in death. Every day channels hold their own trial on who should be or who should not be held guilty and this unwavering crusade has turned into a travesty of truth and justice. News channels have broken every rule in the book on responsible journalism. They have invaded the privacy of the late actor’s life such as- his personal life, his bank statements, film contracts and even post-mortem photographs. The media crusade for justice had even led to a political war of sorts between the Maharashtra and Bihar governments. The media had initially maintained that the late actor did not commit suicide but was murdered. The CBI then came into play after the ruling of the Supreme Court and there was great expectation that it would veer round to the conclusion of murder. Unfortunately for those who swallowed this line, the CBI concurred with Mumbai Police, that the late actor was not murdered but had committed suicide. TV channels initially focused on suspected murder, to abetment, to slow poisoning and then to his relationships. In the process of invasion of privacy, what came out was whether the late actor suffered from depression and his alleged use of psychotropic drugs. Several personalities have been projected as the villains by the media’s unending charade of so called “explosive exclusive.” While the entire charade began with the media’s quest for justice the case now has taken several turns. One is now about cash transactions and alleged siphoning of funds which is being followed up by Enforcement Directorate. Next is on the drug angle as to who supplied them to the late actor? Several names have been mentioned by the media and now Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) have put these in the dock. Having noted all these, the Press Council of India warned news organisations to follow the Norms of Journalistic Conduct and asked them not to ‘vigorously report crime on a day to day basis’ without factual proof. However, the electronic media is not affiliated with PCI but affiliated with the News Broadcasters Association(NBA). The question that needs answering is what has been the driving motive for the character assassination of individuals, who may or may not have any role in the Sushant Singh case. Also whether the NBA will question these channels on whether they have any right to act as police, prosecutor, judge, jury under the plea of investigative journalism. However, viewers and readers have put the media itself in the dock for disrepute of not only the profession but the memory of the late actor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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