Jyoti Pratibha once again breaches Section [17 (1)]) Media Code of Ethics & Practice Sec 1: Accuracy, balance and fairness (a), (b), (d) Sec 2: Opportunity to Reply Sec 20: Taste & Decency Sec 21: Impartiality & Balance In her so-called gossip column today, she decides to attack the mental health of Rajendra Chaudhry and our basic freedom of expression with personal attacks on Emosi Radrodro and other former journalists. She decides to become personal and attacks people who use social media to speak out against the bias, unfair and irresponsible reporting techniques that they feel she employs. Where is Freedom of Expression when one lady and her Newspaper continue to character assassinate freedom thinkers. The Media Decrees Code of Ethics says: Sec 1: Accuracy, balance and fairness: in particular (d) ‘Media organizations have a duty to be balanced and fair in their treatment of news and current affairs and their dealings with members of the public’ & (e) Editorial comment in any medium must be clearly identified as such and kept separate from news reports. Sec 2: Opportunity to reply: Media organizations have an obligation to give a fair opportunity to reply to any individual or organization on which the medium itself comments editorially Sec 21: Impartially and balance: Media organizations shall endeavor to show fairness at all times, and impartiality and balance in any item or programme, series of items or programmes or in broadly related articles or programmes over a reasonable period of time when presenting news which deals with political matters, current affairs and controversial questions. By: Pita Waqavonovono fijisun.fj/2015/01/04/rajendra-theory/
Posted on: Sat, 03 Jan 2015 23:47:42 +0000
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