The Hindu reports in detail the attempts of a TV channel crew to stage a suicide attempt by a Karnataka farmer who was destroying his withered red chilli crop. "...60-year-old Kurubara Kumarappa was asked by an electronic media crew and local leaders to act as if he was attempting to consume a pesticide". The story says it happened in Korlagundi village of the Ballari taluk but decides not to name the channel which is guilty of this extraordinary ethical violation. If you are carrying a video grab of the incident, why stop at identifying the channel?