A backward step

IN Opinion | 24/06/2011

Letter to the Hoot: The Deccan Chronicle’s insensitive coverage of the gay surrogacy issue shows up the newspaper in poor light.

GAUTAMI laments this lack of discretion

I am a student of Year I, M.A. Communication from University of Hyderabad and I would like to bring to your notice some unethical and indifferent reporting by Deccan Chronicle, Hyderabad.

The newspaper gave prominent space to the issue regarding surrogacy for a gay couple. I would like to point out some of the issues raised by the coverage.

I find the coverage unprofessional and unethical on many grounds. The main page of the city edition should have a news item and not a feature or an editorial.
The article also used judgmental words such as `cruel’ and `poor’ which is absolutely unacceptable.

Throughout the article the language and the tone are misleading and retrograde. It presents facts selectively without putting the whole issue into perspective. At a time when the country in moving ahead with respect to revised disability laws and repealing of Section 377, such an article from a well-known newspaper, just perpetuates the wrong kind of attitude.

Gautami

Hyderabad

June 21, 2011

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