Topic: this reporter files report on flood while sitting on shoulders victim

[FerminaDaza]

A veteran TV reporter has been fired from his job after he filed a report from the scene of a major flood while sitting on the shoulders of a victim in an apparent bid to avoid getting his clothes wet.

Footage of Narayan Pargaien's report for News Express went viral in India earlier this week, and ultimately led to the journalist's termination after 17 years on the job.

In the clip, which News Express says never aired, Pargaien can be seen reporting on the deadly floods that have submerged the northern state of Uttarakhand, forcing the evacuation of over 100,000 people.

Pargaien later claimed that the man, whose home was destroyed by floodwaters, offered to carry him on his shoulders, but News Express said in a statement that Pargaien should have declined.

"such an act by the reporter is a Grave misconduct which goes against [the] cultural values of our Channel," the statement read.

Cultural values are precisely the reason why this video has generated such strong feedback from viewers

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/06/27/indian-tv-reporter-fired-after-filing-flood-report-from-the-shoulders-of-a-local-victim/

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTO5WY_G1Vk&sns=em[/youtube]

[burnhito]

This guy got served... News Ethics just got delivered...