[cr-india] Code of Conduct

[Leela Rao]

Deare Fred, 
First of all congragulations to all of you for the
excellent work done in getting through the
legislation.

Fred, I am glad you have initiated this debate about
"codes". I was waiting for all euphoria to settle down
before suggesting any such proactive stance. 

I agree this is not about regular codes that
governement imposes on broadcasters or any self
regulatory mechanisms that commercial media are
supposed to imbibe.

Also CR will throw up situations, challenges that are
not similar to the mainstream media in many ways. It
is difficult to foresee or anticipate all stake
holders or their claims of legitimacy.

However  given the fact that a few of you have been in
the forefront of the movement and have reached this
significant threshold, may I suggest that you form an
CR association of India to begin with and prepare a
kind of document that lays down the purpose and
intentions of CR in India.
 
May I also suggest a kind of "community hearing"
process of any grievances or deviations from the
claims made by the CR station to get license in the
first place.
Good luck and best wishes
Leela Rao

--- Frederick Noronha <fred at bytesforall.org> wrote:

> After seeing the way journalists resist/ignore any
> attempts to build a
> self-imposed code -- and fight the government when
> it tries out one --
> I think it's important to claim the moral high
> ground, and show that
> the Government of India is not the only one
> concerned about fair,
> meaningful, productive community broadcasting.
> 
> Whether people accept any code or not depends on
> them. Nothing stops
> us from thinking alone these lines, and having one
> in place even
> before the government comes up with a more draconial
> one. We should
> not be concerned solely about issues of 'security of
> state', but also
> of fairness in the media, accountability of
> broadcasters (to the
> community they represent, rather than to the
> authoriteis) and being
> representative (in a participative way) to the
> community/ies.
> 
> We all collectively played the role of midwife, now
> let's not abandon
> the baby! FN
> 
> On 22/11/06, Arun Mehta <arun.mehta at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Whatever rules the government wishes to impose,
> will be in the policy fine
> > print. Why not wait to see what they say, then
> discuss this?
> >  Arun
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