Journalist Neha Maheshwri's article on Bollywood actress
and Bigg Boss inmate Sonali Raut has met with criticism by other journalists on
social media this week.
Objecting to the media report, Sonali's ex-publicist Dale
Bhagwagar earlier questioned the journalist on social media with a post asking,
"Don't you think it makes sense to research an article well before you
give it for publication online? Wouldn't you agree that writing an
ill-researched article could bring a bad name to media? Also, when you write
ill-researched stuff about a "publicist," shouldn't you also have the
audacity to write his name?"
The questions came after the journalist quoted Sonali in
relation to her ex-publicist without verifying the mentioned facts with the
latter.
"Another sad day in field of journalism,"
commented journalist-turned-filmmaker Faisal Saif in response to the
publicist's post on Facebook. "For stories like these, the writer needs to
call all people involved," commented Pallavi Bhattacharya who has worked
with film trade journal Complete Cinema.
"Mature stories need to have authentic
backing," commented online journalist-activist Manohar Roy. "Story is
dull, until and unless prosecution and defender sides are stated. Authenticity
of this article is questionable," agreed television journalist Syed Salman
Simrihwin of ETV News Network.
Nitish Kapoor of Bollywood Dhamaka commented, "I
agree that the article is incomplete and good research should be done before
sending it for publishing." Political entrepreneur Sankhaneel Baruah and
social media expert Sampath Iyengar through their comments, suggested a legal
route to deal with the matter.
"The said article has been carelessly written
without proper verification. Such misinformation dissemination not only damages
image and reputation, but reeks of irresponsible and immature journalism,"
said publicist Dale Bhagwagar.
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