Sunday, April 26, 2009
இன்றைக்குப் புடுங்கியவை - 26 04 2009 - 1
அம்மணிகள் இருவரின் அரைவேக்காட்டுத்தனம்: NDTV நிகழ்ச்சியே எவ்வளவோ மேல்
Sunrise TV
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Korean Times
04-26-2009 17:28
Eliminating Honest Journalism
By Tom Plate
It seems that quality journalism is becoming more conspicuous than ever by its absence. But the causes are complex.
Sometimes governments are the fault. In Sri Lanka, convulsing in civil war, independent journalists have not been permitted near the fierce zones of conflict between government forces and beleaguered clusters of minority Tamils.
Many are deported. Earlier this month, Jeremy Page, of The Times of the U.K., was kicked out and put on a plane back to England. That was nothing. In January, editor and Sri Lankan government critic Lasantha Wickrematunga penned and published his own fatalistic obituary, writing: ``When finally I am killed, it will be the government that kills me." Three days later, he was murdered, and arrests have been made yet.
Thus, no one has a clear idea of whether Tamil civilians are being held as human body-shields by what is left of the anti-government terrorists among them, or are huddled in fear of possible ethnic cleansing by the government. No one knows much ― except that the crisis is ``nothing short of catastrophic," simply says the International Red Cross.
full text is at
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2009/04/137_43845.html
Sunrise TV
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Korean Times
04-26-2009 17:28
Eliminating Honest Journalism
By Tom Plate
It seems that quality journalism is becoming more conspicuous than ever by its absence. But the causes are complex.
Sometimes governments are the fault. In Sri Lanka, convulsing in civil war, independent journalists have not been permitted near the fierce zones of conflict between government forces and beleaguered clusters of minority Tamils.
Many are deported. Earlier this month, Jeremy Page, of The Times of the U.K., was kicked out and put on a plane back to England. That was nothing. In January, editor and Sri Lankan government critic Lasantha Wickrematunga penned and published his own fatalistic obituary, writing: ``When finally I am killed, it will be the government that kills me." Three days later, he was murdered, and arrests have been made yet.
Thus, no one has a clear idea of whether Tamil civilians are being held as human body-shields by what is left of the anti-government terrorists among them, or are huddled in fear of possible ethnic cleansing by the government. No one knows much ― except that the crisis is ``nothing short of catastrophic," simply says the International Red Cross.
full text is at
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2009/04/137_43845.html
// posted by ஜூலியன் @ 5:16 AM 
