Contrary to what usually happens in Pakistan, the Indian Media Group off-aired and deducted one month’s salary of senior journalist and anchor Rajdeep Sardesai over his irresponsible comments during the Republic Day protests by farmers in India.
Sardesai is the consulting editor with the India Today Group.
“Sardesai had tweeted, “One person, 45-year-old Navneet, was killed allegedly in police firing at ITO. Farmers tell me: the ‘sacrifice’ will not go in vain, on January 26”, India.com reported.
Upon realization, the senior journalist deleted his previous tweet and posted another tweet referring to the earlier one.
While the farm protestors claim that the deceased Navneet Singh was shot at by Delhi police while on a tractor, this video clearly shows that the tractor overturned while trying to break the police barricades. The farm protestors allegations don’t stand. Post mortem awaited.👇 pic.twitter.com/JnuU05psgR
— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) January 26, 2021
However, the treatment of the Indian media group with a senior journalist on its payroll, who was off-aired, is in contrast to what happens in Pakistan where the senior journalists enjoy excessive liberty.
In Pakistan, the journalists are often heard spewing misinformation and ‘breaking news’ sans proof.
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But, they are never questioned, and never disciplinary action is taken against them.
The reasons behind such liberties are unknown but the practice is though hurting the core values of journalism.