Don't know whom to believe

[a response to a DP blogpost ]

I have seen how the government officials, political cadres and the so called security forces torture the journalists to hide their corrupt acts. I have also witnessed how brave journalists contributed to Bangladesh’s democratic process by reporting groundbreaking true stories.

On the contrary, I have also observed how the larger part of Bangladesh’s journalists have become a threat in the name of democracy!

- They irritate persons to make them spit a bad word, and when they do, journalists make it lead news.

- Just because most journalists are divided into Al and BNP groups, you never get a true story. It’s always from one ‘perspective’!

- Journalists will report someone saying something in some meeting, where the person was in fact not present (have witnessed number of evidences)

- Journalists blackmail people (nothing new though… you will find it in recent news)

- Journalists report rape cases as if they are writing porn stories, not focusing on the criminal’s detail, but detailing on victim’s part! The list can go on and on...

So, who said Bangladesh doesn’t have paparazzi?

But I guess, the 'lasts of the brave journalists' are our last hope!