Posted by: cardinal December 1, 2005
Nelson Mandela refuses to meet Nepal king
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It is not about ego. Come on, I am sure many people posting here do not even know rsubedi in person so the question of 'khutta tanne' or whatever does not even arise. I mean why would people be bothered having one more news source in addition to hundreds and thousands of news sources? The answer is because rsubedi is a fellow nepali and he is heading on a wrong course. Citing news source is important for journalistic integrity. What if someone starts a new website just as rsubedi has done, then puts some inciting rumor with no source but just saying 'collected by cardinal' (for example) and then people who have been used to believing all his news are factually correct believe this one too? We have seen many such cases happening including one started here in sajha itself, where an anonymous poster said that Paras shot his wife and his children. The rumor spread so fast that Paras had to actually take a 'tour' of hanuman dhoka with his wife to refute it. I am sure people will find reasons to criticize that example so I am giving another one. What about the Hritik Roshan case? Some obscure newspaper in chitwan reported that Hritik Roshan gave an interview in BBC (which was correct) in which he said that he disliked Nepalese (which was incorrect) Then again the news spread so fast and people's response was so aggressive that not only large number of properties were destroyed but many lives were lost as well. So my point is that journalist ethics is there for a reason. Just because you don't know about it or you are not doing it for money does not mean that you are free to trample over it. Its like driving a car in highway. Just because you are , for example, volunteering to drive a car for a charity does not mean that you can keep going on a Red Light at intersection. So rsubedi, I want to tell you that you have done a very helpful thing by providing a portal of news but the fact is that not providing your source for your news is plagiarism and it would be best for your website's reputation and for your own if from now on you just provided the source and continue the good job you are doing. Please don't take it personally.
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