I read this article. It seems some media companies have been fined 1000 Rs, for revealing identity of a juvenile prisoner for commerical gains.
Media should never be punished with money. I feel that they should adopt different punishments for electronic media and newspapers. For newspapers, in the front page they should have something like ‘I am Sorry’. The Editor should be holding that placard.
And for TV companies, every 30 minutes the chief should come in and say sorry.
But one very positive trend is happening. Last week the Supreme Court sent notices to slimes on their adult content, and now this.
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This article is really amusing 
on 23 Aug 2005 at 8:56 am # Praveen
1000 Rs-a?? Idhu fine-a??? Keenjuthu! Good, details sollitu ellarum 1000 Rs kattiduvaanga..its gonna give them more profit
on 23 Aug 2005 at 9:43 am # msp
TOI will have a permanent ’sorry’ column. They’ll get the column sponsored by Kingfisher. They’ll be photos of starlets who feature in the ‘apology column’. There’ll be a party to celebrate ‘50 weeks of being sorry’.A couple of the invitees may get a little close and the photos may hit TOI headlines…………and whoa we start again !
on 23 Aug 2005 at 11:29 am # vee-jay
would this not be blowing things up a bit more than necessary…. damage done, damage done!!!
as such, newspapers & news channels use every opportunity to sensationalize trivial news / incidents… Suggesting these punishments will only increase the opportunity for them to continue doing so…
on 23 Aug 2005 at 11:51 am # Kaps
this is not an ordinary event. it was the high profile DPS MMS case. Rs. 1000 fine is as good as not fining them. more stringent measures are necessary. these monetary fines will not deter them. in other countries media follows policies which are beneficial some of these juvenile criminals.
on 23 Aug 2005 at 12:41 pm # Maverick
http://www.rediff.com/news/2005/aug/18paper.htm
Are newspapers for adults only: SC
Supreme Court on Thursday issued notices to the Centre, Press Council of India, the news agencies and major dailies on a public interest litigation seeking classification of newspapers on the basis of their content to denote whether these were fit to be read universally or by adults only
on 24 Aug 2005 at 9:51 am # F e r r a r i
Praveen,
Seriya sonne da
Msp,
That was a good one
Vee-Jay,
I dont know. Day by day my hatred for media growing!
Kaps,
If something like that comes here, then the useless media will crib saying there is no freedom of speech etc etc
Maverick,
Yep. I wish many more cases like that come up