Corruption in Media - Inputs on Solutions
Below are the key Issues and Root Causes as identified by you on Corruption in Media industry. Kindly help identify specific solutions to them so we can take the recommendations to CVC and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting for implementation.
Transparency International India
Corruption in Media Industry - Root Causes
1. Most media houses are profits driven
2. Many journalists want to make quick money on the side
3. Honest journalist succumb to the pressure from their management
4. PR companies charge a huge amount from a client and pass on a small token to the journalists for favours/coverage
5. All PR firms want their news to be picked up first
6. News channels have a huge following and can make or break a company’s reputation
7. News channel bosses also have the power to show or not show news. They hence accept ‘off the record’ favours from clients
8. Most media houses/news channels have politicians and industrialists as investors
9. Media personalities misuse their reach lobby for their own personal gain
10. There is an absence of ethics, code of conduct and standard practices for media
11. Media houses try to formulate their own rules and regulations to maximize revenues with minimum effort
12. Commercial interests most times push unbiased editorial on the side for revenue gains and end up compromising on content.
Corruption in Media Industry - Key Issues
1. Most PR companies give gifts to most journalists or pay them for the coverage of their clients
2. Media takes stands with political parties as they want to benefit from the same
3. News channels are paid not to cover and report certain items
4. Journalists blackmail businesses/individuals and demand money on the pretext of publishing negative news about them
5. Some news channel bosses accept Land, Flat, Approvals in exchange of news stories (published or blocked) etc.
6. Some news channels play the role of political party agents to bombard viewers with stories designed to help the party
7. Many media personalities lobby for politicians and businessmen
8. Some times media houses collude to keep the Government in check
9. Most time good social initiatives do not get coverage from media as they are busy covering paid news
10. In many regional news papers, by paying one can get any page/any column desired for article/news. more
Transparency International India
Corruption in Media Industry - Root Causes
1. Most media houses are profits driven
2. Many journalists want to make quick money on the side
3. Honest journalist succumb to the pressure from their management
4. PR companies charge a huge amount from a client and pass on a small token to the journalists for favours/coverage
5. All PR firms want their news to be picked up first
6. News channels have a huge following and can make or break a company’s reputation
7. News channel bosses also have the power to show or not show news. They hence accept ‘off the record’ favours from clients
8. Most media houses/news channels have politicians and industrialists as investors
9. Media personalities misuse their reach lobby for their own personal gain
10. There is an absence of ethics, code of conduct and standard practices for media
11. Media houses try to formulate their own rules and regulations to maximize revenues with minimum effort
12. Commercial interests most times push unbiased editorial on the side for revenue gains and end up compromising on content.
Corruption in Media Industry - Key Issues
1. Most PR companies give gifts to most journalists or pay them for the coverage of their clients
2. Media takes stands with political parties as they want to benefit from the same
3. News channels are paid not to cover and report certain items
4. Journalists blackmail businesses/individuals and demand money on the pretext of publishing negative news about them
5. Some news channel bosses accept Land, Flat, Approvals in exchange of news stories (published or blocked) etc.
6. Some news channels play the role of political party agents to bombard viewers with stories designed to help the party
7. Many media personalities lobby for politicians and businessmen
8. Some times media houses collude to keep the Government in check
9. Most time good social initiatives do not get coverage from media as they are busy covering paid news
10. In many regional news papers, by paying one can get any page/any column desired for article/news. more
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I have only one Question..... .... is Govt or Political leaders really don't know about how to stop the corruption / how to make the corruption free country ????? more
Nov 15
Corruption in Media. Like real estate, media is where maximum black money is circulating. The inflow of black money decides what to broadcast and truth has no value for them. Black money flows in advertising as well. Black money flows out in form of remuneration to celebrities, anchors, artists etc. A very low percent of the incoming and outgoing money is accounted. Not only in media but is so in very business, industry, corporates. Unless and until this is stopped nothing will change. How to curb black money circulation even though well known is not being done. Demonetization is the only solution. more
Aug 20
We all aware media people are biased people. We can buy them if we bribe them. I am directly contact with media persons, if we bribe them, they will write nice side of us, if we refuse to give money, instead of not write about us, they will write negative things about us which are/were not at all true ones. We cannot rise against them, if we rise against them, they will put us in the hot soup. no other reporter or media person will also rise against them b'coz they are their own peers. One time I refused to give taxi bill which they showed to pay, but I had arranged them transport to pick up and drop them back still they demanded taxi rent which I refused. Next day in the news paper, they published like this" the event was very poorly arranged, no such poorly arranged event was seen before in their life, govt money was wasted, and some anonymous person claimed in the paper that 80% of the money allocated was taken by me. These were all come in the news paper, b'coz I refused to give their fake taxi claim. These journalist will come in group with their photographers, we have to give food, drinks, nice place, they won't even follow protocol, some of the reporter I have seen them sitting in their seat and pretending like searching some of their good in their luggage during our national anthem playing. the editor in chief or other editor is not going to cross check the matter their reported collected it. more
Aug 06
Responsibilty of media is on decline. Like all the professions- medical, lawyer,media is also supposed to carry on a self restraint and work on certain ethics. But there has been a decline in all professions and so in media. Now it is upto the people to discard the rotten woods and select the good journalists and newpaper/ channels. That will discourage the yellow journalists from indulging in corruption more
Aug 03
Media is looked up as specially for giving Current Information, Quality and good informations to develop the good Social awareness in common man or can say Society. * Media itself while developing has many rules to keep this above mention criteria. * How many daily news papers, TV channels follow all rules? * Govt has to look into the matter and support also for their stability. * Why not "Ministry of Information and Broadcasting " give training to every media person for what is expected and what shouldn;t be? And keep check on them or reqard them for their work? * I have done a study on new comers in 2014 on paper media publishing field. The person who applies for any title for any edition is not given any knowledge by government officers. Neither there is any benefit from Government nor any support or help. Result of which 95% people after receiving the title sit quite. OR many of them only publish their edition if they get financial help or so. * Around 17000 registrations of Paper Media i have seen on list in Maharashtra (May be more). How many are surviving? * Is this not govt. responsibilityt to see whom they have declared as publishers , if they are surviving or facing any problems? ITS JUST LIKE GIVING BIRTH TO A CHILD AND THROW ON ROAD TO SURVIVE. more
Aug 03
