Question

media the watchdog of Indian democracy article of 11.

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Answer 1

The media is supposed to be a watchdog in a democracy. A fundamental quality of the media in a democracy is the function of the media as an independent watchdog. I am not talking about other countries, I am talking about India. 


Yet, try and recall, how many times in the past few years have you seen reporting that blows the cover on a scam? Till the last day Satyam was hit by a scam, not one single report questioned all those golden peacock awards. Not one single report even doubted that anything was wrong with the company. 


Till the day the IPL scandal broke, we did not know about sweat equity or deal structures (despite the fact that they were done a few years back) or about fast cars and yachts owned by important folks. Even now, I am not sure we have the full picture. Or if we will ever have it. 


But one day after any event, any scam there are tons of reports that open up cans of worms as if they were present in ones own refrigerator. Suddenly, there is access to emails, documents. Now it is highly impossible that the media, given its access to high places is entirely ignorant.If they are, then it is all about lazy reporting. If they aren‘t, well, you know the picture.