This is really shameful on the part of Rediff. That its journalistic standards have dropped of late is evident to anyone who visits this site. However, this time Rediff has really crossed the boundaries of shamelessness. I cannot believe that this so called "article", containing personal scraps of a recently deceased person, passed the editorial board. Dissemination of information is one thing; however, these personal scraps give absolutely no information or insights about the horrific incident at V.Tech. If Rediff journalists did want to report something in memory of Minal, they could have at the very least made the effort to contact her friends at V.Tech and publish their views. This is sheer laziness on part and belies a total lack of professionalism and ethical standards on Rediff. Did anyone at Rediff bother to place himself/herself in the shoes of Minal's family and friends and think of what they must be going through, and how they might feel at seeing this kind of rubbish published online? If the editors have any shame left, they should remove this article immediately, post an apology for publishing it in the first place, and then write a more sincere article about Minal. I dont usually post on the Rediff message boards, however nonsensical their articles might be, but I found this to be really despicable.
RE:Despicable
by nisha sebastian on Apr 19, 2007 08:56 PM Permalink
Orkut scraps are viewable by anyone and everyone, the person to whom it belongs has every authority to delete it if he/she does not want others to go through it and to go even further u can post messages to the person for more privacy...common all u guys out there including the one who posted this message must have sometime gone through someone's scraps....THEN WHY THIS HYPOCRISY!!! I find nothin wrong in this article...
RE:Despicable
by Ajit Khan on Apr 19, 2007 09:00 PM Permalink
Agreed the person has authority to delete scraps. I do right now and perhaps you do too. But do you think Minal still has the authority to do the same? Would you like messages posted to you shown all over the internet without your consent?
RE:Despicable
by pradeep vivek on Apr 19, 2007 09:06 PM Permalink
We use internent knowing all risks,scrap messages are viewed by any visitor,i dont think rediff is wronged !
RE:RE:RE:Despicable
by Ajit Khan on Apr 19, 2007 09:20 PM Permalink
Yes we know the risks. But here rediff is taking advantage of a person who cannot speak up to promote itself. Talk about ethics. Will you sit quiet if rediff posts your scrap messages here on their website?
RE:Despicable
by raghava hn on Apr 19, 2007 10:26 PM Permalink
I agree completely, even though it is right to write good things in an eulogy, they better confirm what they write. They cannot publish some arbitrary scraps anyone can write in orkut. Shame on rediff.
