Veer Sanghvi on role of media on mumbai attack

Kal yaani sunday Veer Sanghvi ne apne HT mein chhape article ' Mediam or mess' mein media ki bhumika ki kadi aalochna karte hue kuchh sawaal uthaayein hain. Yeh kaafi sahi aur zaroori sawaal hain. Ek, at times of national crisis, we don't need hysterical reporters telling us how bad things are, we can see the pictuures for ourselves....we needed calm authority and a sense that even as the horror of the crisis unfolded, the rest of india was still functioning normally.Do, was it right to show the commandos being lowered on to Nariman house in real time? Should tv channels have revealed that many guests had taken shelter at the chambers at the Taj?...in both cases lives were lost....iske baad media ke logon ka yeh sharmnaak bayaan ki humein authority ki taraf se yeh batana chahiye tha ki kya dikhana hai kya nahi...self regulation naam ki koi cheez bhi hai ya nahi...agar nahi toh govt. media ko control karne ke liye kisi tarah ki koi regulatory body laane ki baat karti hai toh hai tauba kyon?... Teen, a channel air interviews with terrorists and give false news such as the claims of fresh firing at VT station...Unka ek sujhaav bhi mahatvapurna hai...One way of avoiding security breaches was to ensure that all live coverage went out after a delay.That way , terrorists would not get information in real time...To that list add one more; the tv channels must never repeat the mistakes of the siege of Bombay.