04/07/2016
Freedom of the media is interwoven with the concept of ‘Responsible reporting’. While the existence of media freedom is of vital importance to a sovereign country, it is a shame to see our National Television Channels abusing this very freedom by airing programs of this nature which glorifies harassment to wild animals and threaten their natural habitat. To patronize activities of this quality by encouraging the audience to perceive these individuals as ‘HEROES’ is NOT responsible reporting. It is plain stupidity. In my opinion, there really is no notable difference between the actions of these media ‘professionals’ and the drunken man who aimlessly ran into a wild elephant in Udawalawa .
Freedom of the media is interwoven with the concept of ‘Responsible reporting’. While the existence of media freedom is of vital importance to a sovereign co...