Letters to Editor (TOI) 21.10.05: Broadcasting objectionable images on TV news

Dear Sir, I was watching the Kannada news last night on TV (Udaya News) and was horrified to see on screen the body of a lady who was murdered in Kolar. Doesn't the TV channel have any consideration for the dignity of the departed soul nor any sensitivity to the feelings of the relatives and family of the deceased? How can they display in full gory detail the unfortunate lady's body with blood all over her? Photographing and videographing the body for police investigations is one thing but displaying such images on public television for the sake of rating points is repulsive and should be strongly discouraged. It is high time TV channels evolved a code of conduct which will help avoid brodcast of such objectionable images in the larger interest of society.