Srinagar, March 4 -- Journalism is about truth. Or it should be. Get the facts. Report them. That's the job. Always has been.

But now? Anyone with a phone can be a journalist. They film. They write. They post. No training. No rules. No one to check if they got it right. They call it news. But is it?

The Role of Ethics in Journalism

Journalism runs on ethics. Accuracy. Fairness. Accountability. A real journalist checks sources. Cross-checks facts. If they get something wrong, they fix it. That's the system. It keeps things straight.

Without ethics, news is just noise. It becomes opinion disguised as fact. It bends to emotion. A professional journalist knows better. They don't take sides. They don't shape stories to fit their beliefs. T...