A dangerous trend seems to be spreading in the media. If someone commits a crime, his/her religion or nationality is used as an adjective while reporting the incident. The same is true when an injustice is done to an individual. This results in fuelling the sentiments of all those belonging to that religion or nationality. Every person of that faith or nationality is looked at suspiciously. The focus shifts from the ‘act’ to the ‘actor’ and the real purpose of reporting (help reduce the recurrence of such incidents) is lost.
There are all kinds of people in every religion and every nation. Why should the media generalise the act of one person or the suffering of one person with the entire mass? Why not treat every incident in its own context? It is far more important for a healthy society to enable each person to identify with his / her own weaknesses through objective reporting of an incident, rather than revel in exploiting others’ weaknesses. Then, perhaps, we would have a greater chance for world peace.
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