Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Positive Journalism - Is it exists in our country?



Few news which deserve to be occupy covers story of print media and TVs was not even reported in news, I though I should point out to them about this attitude.
How many of us know or informed by so called “Proactive journalism” that
1. A 16 months toddler donated her organs and gets chance to live through other, India’s youngest organ donor, I solute Ms Abhilasha and her parents for their brave deeds. Surprisingly this was appearing in front page only in Hindustan Times, Delhi edition, This should have occupied cover stories of other National dailies, however this was not even reported in many of high TRB or readership media- pity indeed ( worst thing is Tamil prints gave front page to a trivial news that “Actor Ashin’s assistant traced in Mumbai” )
2. Dual SIM card mobiles are invented in India, Somasundaram Ramkumar from Madurai had filed a patent for dual SIM card mobile phones in 2002 at the Indian patent office and was awarded the patent last year. Patent owners are to receive a mutually agreed upon payment for use of their ideas in a commercial product, which is called a royalty fee. In India, the concept of acknowledging ownership and copyrights is still rising and patent awareness is poor, even amongst corporate. To give a sense of the amount, royalty fees on computers and consumer electronics is 2% of the MRP, but in the telecom sector, In this case, Ramkumar is said to have asked for Rs 35 per phone shipped into the country, which we think is quite reasonable. Samsung India Electronics had filed a petition challenging the impounding of its stocks of dual SIM phones by Indian customs authorities in Mumbai, but the Delhi High Court dismissed it. The vendor is planning to take it up with the Mumbai High Court now, according to Financial Chronicle. The industry body Indian Cellular Association has been roped in to take it up with the customs authority even as other handset vendors watch and wait to see what happens. Spice Mobile offers four dual SIM handsets - D-80, D-88, D-90 and PDA phone D-1100. Samsung’s Duo phone was recently launched as a dual mode phone in the touch screen mobile segment and its. Fly (Meridian Mobile) and Motorola have also launched dual SIM mobiles. Meanwhile, the Madras High Court has directed retailers and even online shopping sites such as Rediff and Ebay to stop selling dual SIM phones, which have been quite popular in the country. Backed by the clout of the courts, Ramkumar has a good chance of winning this war against alleged IP theft. This news item was only covered in business dailies as they need to have close watch in business environment, other wise not given enough exposure to this deserved person.
We can add many many more to this list. Instead of chasing issues have no impact on common man and his life, Our media can play right role of fourth pillar of democracy.
Hope our self proclaimed Tamil Number 1 daily and The Hindu dailies will turn their eyes to positive news.. Are you reading?

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