Leave victims alone

IN Media Watch Briefs | 16/04/2013

Sunday's accident on a Jaipur Road -- a hit and run involving a truck which killed a woman and her six-month son, leaving her husband and a 4-5 year-old boy screaming for help-- was gut-wrenching. Caught on  CCTV camera it came alive on news TV on Monday afternoon with anchors stressing  the roadside apathy of Indians.  Times Now however took the cake: it had the victim on the phone and kept interviewing him over 7-8 minutes, asking how he felt, what he had to say while all the time stressing that others were callous.  They had phone lines open for calls  from viewers and asked the victim to stay on line.  And this was not callous? CNN-IBN too got them to be interviewed but only for a brief minute.