"Freedom of speech" is a very important attribute of democracy. In this system everyone is free to air his or her opinion.
But not everyone is as fortunate. Ask those who were born in shackles, ask those who are still being held hostage on the very land they were born, on the very soil their forefathers toiled for every single day of their lives. Yes! it's happening very much here, on this great planet even today. If you look at some of the African nations, you will understand what I mean.
How much of this sordid saga occupies the front pages of leading newspapers, how much air time does it command on the channels across the globe? I am not sure. Free Media is a very potent tool of the society we live in. It's the reflection of what goes around. Newspapers are supposed to bring nothing but bare truth to our doorsteps every morning.
Being an Editor of a newspaper or a news magazine is not an easy job, it's akin to a great swordsman wearing a crown of thorns. It's his job to tread the fine line between what the readers wants to know and what he think they need to know.
The trigger for this post that I am writing today at this afternoon hour isn't a spur of the moment spark. I have been thinking about this for a long time now. Is the picture of a blood splattered road with strewn parts of human flesh scattered every where the only way of telling people what had happened last evening, when the rein of terror once again engulfed an important part of your beautiful and placid city? Is the theatrics that keeps happening in the studious of so many channels every time a bomb sets off, the only way of portraying the truth??
For Gods sake don't browbeat innocent people you fellas! You guy's are scaring the already devastated population. I remember the face of one dearly Mr. News reader, on one of the popular news channel, not a shade of remorse on his face, looking at his impeccable best, prancing from one side of the floor to other, with a swagger of a matinee idol..........looking more like a devils advocate and holding a blood stained script which said " 20 died , 35 seriously injured, severed limbs and forearms scattered all around, the smell of burnt flesh so strong that people choked................We will be back with more on the latest trail of terror"......STAY TUNED!!"
Is anybody out there, I ask ?............Is anybody listening? Hey you !Mr. Editor.....Mr. Producer, you better think before you write, think harder before you read. "DON'T LET THE TERRORISTS MEET THEIR OBJECTIVE.DON'T SCARE THE HELL OUT OF PEOPLE. SCARE THOSE WHO ARE MAKING THIS PLACE A HELL EVERYDAY"
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