In my Face book   homepage the most  discussed topic now is the story that  Lider TV,  one of the pro-government TV channels in Azerbaijan aired sex video of the director of a local pro-oppositional newspaper a few days ago. 
In my previous blog I wrote about this video when it was shared on You Tube and Face book.  After a few days the TV channel aired the video in the evening news program and the next daytime. 
While engaging in oral sex, the Lider TV moderator said "we have to show this to the Western world, especially to France, so they know that their methods are very close to our opposition."
The moderator said that the video was distributed publicly by a rival opposition group. "This shows how 'united' our opposition is," the moderator added. 
After studying  two months  media ethics, and coming so close to the values a journalist should meet, I was really upset,  or even  shocked by the behavior of  Lider TV.
I can somehow understand Face book and YouTube that  they can not control the video content immediately and allow this kind of materials to be shared though they can ban after you report about the violation.   But for the professional media of course it is completely unacceptable to enter one’s private life so immorally. 
  
 How the manager could be so unethical, or how could the moderator be so cruel to cause harm to the people in the video?
 Did they feel any voice inside themselves while doing that?  
How can they justify violating personal privacy so   cruelly to their kids, family members?  
Did they think, or analyze any single minute before making the decision to air this piece or not? 
Do they care of the audience which is about 95 percent Muslim people and quite conservative about   talking of sexual life  publicly, let alone watching  it on TV news with family members  in a prime time. 
I still wonder of the answer for  this questions. I wish I could get an answer for  them one day.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
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When you get answers to your questions, I too would like to know. It appears that Western media influences in terms of privacy may be affecting Azerbaijan.
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