Indian Blogger Apologizes to NDTV for Quoting Wikipedia

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This is a really wrong that bloggers or even the common people cannot express themselves without getting subdued into silence. I sincerely hope Kunte gets justice.

Theres something called “Freedom of speech” in India! No one should forget that!

Shame on NDTV. While you were criticizing Politicians and others on your shows, did you at least cared to quote a rather-credible source like ‘Wikipedia’?!. Oh ok.. News paper quotes are sufficient for you to flame others. LOL

Freedom of expression??

Blogging community should not take it lying down. Bloggers should also have to be considerate in not hurting somebody’s feeling.

Well the blogger ckunte may have used some bad words about Barka and legal their team followed him to withdraw.

Why these guys are not bothering about face book groups like
link titled as “Barkha Dutt for worst senior journalist on the planet” and

link titled “Can u please take BARKHA off air!”

How about criticism part of Wikipedia article “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barkha_Dutt”

Here we are in the world of internet and when you as a journalist commenting on all aspects of life of people ,people also will comment about you and you shall take them in right spirit.

Other wise people will be afraid to see ND TV and comment further about their stories.

whats the point in having a blog then??
a blog is to express ones own personal views…
big shame on NDTV! NDTV is trying to become a political party on its own! this is madness!

I don’t know exactly what blogger wrote but everyone have freedom to speak what they think.
Recently when government was thing to make some guideline for TV channels what they can show and what not at that time all channels started apposing that issue saying this is the issue of freedom.
I was not expecting this thing from journalist like Barkha Dutt who knows the freedom to speak. Very poor for a common people who blogs.

Are the rival channels reporting on this incident or is there a unity of the mainstream media on this?

Another point: Was there a lawsuit or did Mr Kunte just fold his hand at the first threat of one?

November 27, 2008
Shoddy journalism
Appalling journalism. Absolute blasphemy! As I watch the news from home, I am dumbfounded to see Barkha Dutt of NDTV break every rule of ethical journalism in reporting the Mumbai meyhem. Take a couple of instances for example: In one instance she asks a husband about his wife being stuck, or held a…
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ckunte.com [ Feed - Focus - Exclude ] by Chyetanya Kunte at 8:39 PM

If you want to silence a blogger, you better shoot him. If you threaten him with a libel suit, it backfires. Because only two outcomes are possible. He/she apologises, or doesn’t. If he doesn’t apologise, he becomes a hero, and fellow bloggers hail his spirit. If he does, bloggers see red, and blast you.

Untill now I didn’t know of Kunte. I didn’t know of his post on Barkha. Now I know about both him and his post. At the end of this all, Barkha and NDTV stand all the more defamed. No?

Anyone can make mistakes, and that includes CKUNTE, Ms Dutt or NDTV.

Perhaps, the best way to deal with a blogger’s comment is to point out the flaws in his opinion and to ignore the emotional outburst. He might come around, see his mistake and make amends on his own. Or he may debate further.

Bloggers can sometimes gain audience through vitriol. Generally they do better when they have a credible voice and something worthwhile to say.

Of course, mainstream media companies too can sometimes gain viewership through sheer bilge, but generally better reporting is the surer way to succeed. Nothing here applies to NDTC, of course, just to some of the other ones.

However, it serves no purpose to silence a blogger with threat of legal action, because that gives even more publicity to the words he retracts. And it gives people a chance to say the his retraction may have been purchased.

LOL..Barkha Dutt is such a whiner!

oh yes, now sue me…

Insanely pathetic. The traditional media is feeling the heat. Can’t say more coz, I’ve not read the full post by CKunte.

BUT, WHY IN WORLD, could one be sued for Wikipedia which has all its contents (unless, otherwise stated) available for use under GPL ?

If Mr Khunte has been threatended to be sued by the Great NDTV (read as Barkha Dutt) for making defamatory statement in his Blog (which in all angles look very valid points) why cant NDTV and MS Dutt be sued for unethical Journalism?

I have a few suggestions as to what we can do to counter this. But we need critical mass to make this work… (see my URL)

When they can give a breaking news like “Cat on a wall, Don’t know when it falls” and some untrue news mostly with no evidence then can’t they understand how the others suffer at that instant? And with one blogger who aired his voice NDTV is all over him? With this its clearly visible that no more are news channels giving any true colors, they are just becoming E-Politicians. Can we still believe in media reports who only look for some ratings and making money through Ad-Films and Ad-Serials (Serial ads are those where ads come in midst of serials, Ad-Serial are those where serials disturbs the ads).

Do these News channels have any moral values. Like one day they may run a 24*7 campaign bringing all the bad news they can bring to a company and the same time they give the ad of the same company instantly after the news.

Is NDTV stupid or what? The text is available through Google Cache! The controversy has put them in poorer spotlight than they were in.

Autocratic style never works. Guess what, “Boycott NDTV”. If anybody could make that widget (”Boycott NDTV! Killer of freedom of speech”)to put on blogs, I would put that on my blog. Amit, can you do that?

By the way, I have dealt with NDTV, CNN-IBN, and Aaj Tak reporters in person during the April 26, 2007 Virginia Tech Massacre. I wrote about that link
They are generally in too much pressure and are too stressed. They are very shrewd and I would not be surp

It is now clear that the media can criticise anyboby but they want to be protected! A new meaning for Freedom.

Real Talibans of India – Media

When a female journalist called Soumya Vishwanathan was killed in India’a national capital, the Chief Minister of Delhi Smt Sheila Dixit blamed the dead female journalist for her own tragedy by saying that she was too adventurous. The Media wholeheartedly supported Mrs Dixit and went gaga over her shortly afterwards, when she won the Delhi Assembly elections.

When Scarlett Keeling was raped and killed in Goa and the needle of suspicion pointed to a strong nexus between the Goan Ministers, the drug mafia and the sex racketeers, the media played it very safe by conveniently choosing not to pursue the leads from the investigation.

When a 14-year-old German girl was raped by Rohit Monserrate, the 21-year-old son of Goa Education Minister Atanasio Monserrate who is also a powerful political figure in Goa, and the girl’s mother was repeatedly harassed and their lawyer was grievously injured in order to coerce him to withdraw from the case, the Media didn’t find anything extraordinary in that.

When Taslima Nasreen’s press conference was rudely disrupted and chairs and all sorts of dangerous objects were thrown at her in full glare of the cameras by the “secular” muslim jihadis of Hyderabad lead by the MLAs of Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM), the Media didnt at all find anything amiss in that.

When Laxmi Oraon, an Adivasi woman was brutally thrashed and paraded naked through the streets of Guwahati, Assam, with the whole police paraphernalia and official state machinery in tow, the Media chose to downplay the episode since, the victim was a hapless adivasi woman from the lower strata of society.

The Media felt that since all the above unsavoury incidents had occured in the states lead by Madam Sonia Antonia Maino’s puppets, it is all perfectly legitimate and absolutely secular and progressive.

Kudos to the Media who are the Real Talibans of India.
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How can a blogger in netherlands be sued by a journalist in India?

Where would the trial even be held?

This is utterly one-handedness. I am going to boycott watching NDTV henceforth for their act and especially for Barkha Dutt, who has been trying to become a new media power onto herself.

STOP WATCHING NDTV….

Well, there is a right of speech to every individual. Barkha cannot stop this. She is only inviting more trouble.
However, I think the blogger could have avoided using filthy language against her. That’s something every blogger has to keep in mind.

Yes, very true that Barkha Dutt seems to over do/show it when not required.
As of now media(NDTV and Times NOW) is over projecting about what Ram Sene had to do in Mangalore. Yes, they have done a mistake but, it need not be shown on TV for 7 continuous days and over exaggerating things. This will only lead to misconceptions on some real gems like Mangalore (a lovely city with excellent people), RSS (a highly disciplined set of people), etc.

These journalists always feel insecure by good and bold writings by bloggers. Sorry NDTV, this is not the right way.

It is disgusting to learn that NDTV have sued a blogger for criticizing the channel and its anchor. But I’m not surprised by the utter disregard for the sensitivities of our citizenry by the channel.

Ms.Dutt, who always counsel others for fairness, accommodation of other people’s perspective and take a high-moral ground on various issues surely were not able to digest a criticism, which I think is shared by millions of Indians. Their reporting of Mumbai incident was pathetic to say the least and just proved how immature and irresponsible the electronic media can be during a crisis situation like Mumbai attacks.

This suing incident by MS. Dutt just shows her arrogance and ego and certainly does not argue well for the No.1 English news channel, which they claims to be.

As a protest…I’ll never watch NDTV for news now !!!

well.. i guess this was wrong, Barkha dutt has no right to abuse a blogger like that.. it makes no sense.

what proof does Barkha dutt has for What happened in Kargil… this just shows that.. if you have the power and money you can ask anyone to apologize to you…. i don’t know about rest of the world… but yes in India IS IT LIKE THAT.

Things won’t change until we accept them. Sigh!

All you Indians should do is stop watching that channel and make them know that their action is arrogant enough to hurt their business. If you are a business owner or marketing manager for your company, stop advertising with them (cut their major source of revenue as much as you can)
Remember, media is responsible for making or breaking your country. I must say, my jaw almost dropped when I was watching the coverage, for the extent the journalists were going to get the news and at the end, I won’t be very wrong to say that I support ckunte’s thoughts in original post.

Lets be honest, media really really messed up. And if they can’t take criticisms then should also not be able to criticize…

BTW, how many people Barkha Dutt would have criticized in her journalistic years??? Will she apologize for all of them?

NDTV has a market cap of around $5 bn down from $14 bn before the credit crunch. In these troubled times a simple rumor can make the companies stock take a big dive.
And it was a question on their credibility, so they have no option but to bully the people who question them, it may cost them millions of dollars or may be more.

must say this is shameful and apalling.
I dont think courts have any jurisdiction over blogs, they might threaten people with notices but not sure it will stand in any court of law.

What has finally happened? The noise has died down & everyone has moved on:) The story of india’s life

PLEASE TAKE BARKHA OFF AIR!

She is a shame for the journalists community. Such gross violation of ethics in covering a terrible event and then suing a person for criticizing her- What happens to the Freedom of Speech And expression guaranteed by the Constitution of India Article 19?