Community Radio Pledge (pdf) - amarc

picked up for broadcast are issues which are linked with authority to selectinformation. This indicates at the fact that authority to take decision oninformation is vested on journalists.Journalism loses credibility just in the event there are ethical lapses.What exactly comprises violation of ethics and how to remove suchanomalies is something which has not yet become an issue among us. Thisis the reason why Nepalese journalism is confronting just too may ethicrelated complications. That is being taken up in the ensuing section.Committed journalism : Nepalese journalism has time and again disrupted,rattled and bothered readers, listeners and viewers. Scholars are of the viewthat committed journalism disregards responsibility. Professor of journalismat Missouri University, USA, Edmund B Lambeth, in his book CommittedJournalism says: The instances of journalists fleeing and means ofcommunication coming up with new definitions meeting their needs hasbecome the permanent feature of latter day journalism. A committed journalistconfesses the tasks carried out by him. But we journalists plainly say: I wasunder compulsion to do that. The remark is an exhibition of weakness andprofessional irresponsibility.Fairness : The main problem associated with Nepalese journalism is inabilityto present the subject matter in fair and balanced manner. We have not onlyfailed to ensure infallibility, credibility and fair journalism; there are occasionswhen we end up being biased. The scholars of journalism have said thatmatters of publication and broadcasting must be like glass windows thatallow rays of the sun to penetrate deep within. Listeners and readers get thecorrect picture of the world only in the event the broadcasting and printingmaterial are of this order.Wrong representation : There are simply too many instances whereby toomany presenters or broadcasters have ended up giving wrong representationof the material or a thought expressed by a person. Behavior like turningideological answer to an ideological question of an interview into a materialas if shaped by event and broadcasting the same, producing apocryphalstories, producing report without going to the scene of action and presentingthe same as field report and broadcasting, including one’s own reactionsattributing the same to some fictitious name are issues which attract ethicsin plain and simple way.Cash as enticement : The relationship between editorial department andmarketing department in Nepalese radio and newspaper offices is riddledwith crises. Many events have become fit for publication and broadcastingjust on the strength of the advertisements awarded. This explains why thethin line dividing program and commercials has grown all too thin in recentyears. Playing an advertisement in a way which is all too confusing, withthe program and instances of the presenter talking about certain product52