Wednesday, July 20, 2011
The scoop turns to be false
The last month , 26th June 2011, a Hindustan Times front page reported news item generate curiosity, that Indore doctors were converting hundreds of baby girls into baby boys.The doctors accused the journalists and editors involved in reporting, writing and packaging the story of in accuracy,sensationalism, and an unseemly rush to grab the headlines without checking facts.The story generated confusion and controversy. The senior doctors and surgeons say the operation, described by the newspapers as" turning girls into boys " is medically impossible.The doctors alleged that newspaper seems to have not done basic research before writing a story. It was coincidence, the story carried on the Hindustan times front page , the same day that DNA one of its competitors launched its Indore edition.IT seems to be corrective surgery, regularly recommended by pediatricians and urologist when faced with a child with congenital abnormality of the genitalia.It is only much later in the story that the reporter bothers to inform readers that there is medical reason behind this operation (for example penis may be small or seem missing because it is buried under the skin dueo to abnormal curvature).When the news item published, the Indore doctors thought it get publicity for them and ignored to respond to the item.
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