Should not they be "Threatened" & even MORE?

Just an example of the responsibility, professionalism and quality of Sri Lankan journalist and media. I refer to a Sunday news paper article with headline "President seeks India’s support".

The article starts off by stating that Lalith Weerathungs has made a trip to India to meet the Indian Prime minister. Reasonable, and it goes on to explain when, why and for what.

Then with no relevance to the title a paragraph appears out of the blues, and I quote "The last guerrilla air raid on Sunday led to panic with several members of the public being injured. This is particularly from firing by Security Forces and the Police. In fire, directed at suspected guerrilla aircraft from the Air Force base at Ratmalana, homes in Nugegoda, Nawinna and Maharagama were damaged. At least one resident in Nugegoda is now under Intensive Care whilst another member of the same household regained consciousness in hospital after an hour.".

This reminds me of the famous Sinhala saying "Kohida Yanne? Malle Pol" ("Where are you going?" and the reply "I have coconuts in my bag"). Probably any blooming idiot (except the writer and the editor) can understand that this paragraph should be in another article with a heading like "Air raids cause panic among security forces..." or what ever. It is most likely that this so called journalist who wrote this, though of cramming all what he had in his pea-sized brain into the article, or likely that the so called editor does not know how to edit, or was half a sleep, drunk or had a brawl with his wife last night.

Question! "Are these media men/women toying with the moral of the armed forces and Sri Lankan people?". I agree that all citizens have a right to know. But at what cost should they know? If it depletes the moral of the armed forces and the citizens and boosts-up moral of the terrorist, is that a price we the Sri Lankan public are willing to pay, just to "know"?

Should not these so called media men/women be kicked out. Don't they deserve being threatened, assaulted and harassed for being irresponsible and unprofessional. They hide behind a curtain called "media" and they consider themselves above the law, above righteous and above all. They look for a story just to get a rating, or just to fill up their pages. They stir-up a honest nest so they can write about each innocent sting victim for weeks and weeks. They don't write about news, but they create news and then write about it. They are scum on earth who thrive on the suffering of others.

I say they deserve what they get, and the so called terrorist supporting free media movement and all those media NGOs should be banished form this world.

We can only hope that someday form somewhere a media culture of professionalism, responsibility and nationalism will emerge to make our Sri Lanka a better place, where you can read a paper, listen to the radio and watch TV without cursing their dead parents.