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I can give you an answer to this question based on my experience as an ex employee of The Oberoi Group.The Oberoi Hotels and Resorts was founded in 1934 by Rai Bahadur M S Oberoi. The company had humble beginnings with 1 hotel in Shimla (The Clarkes). They later expanded to Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai.Though Rai Bahadur Oberoi founded the company and expanded it across the country, the credit for the success and the international acclaim the group has received goes to the current Chairman, Mr. P R S Oberoi, the Rai Bahadur's younger son. Mr. P R S Oberoi actually did not join the company until he was 30 years of age. Instead, he travelled the world, stayed in the best of hotels and experienced their services. He used this experience and introduced similar services in his hotels in India.Mr. Oberoi is a visionary. He is a true blue hotelier unlike his peers, who are entrepreneurs and would have succeeded in any business other than hotels. The concept of The Vilas properties in Jaipur, Udaipur, Ranthambore and Agra was a first. Many of Mr. Oberoi's peers and competitors (even some insiders) were skeptical of The Oberoi Raj Vilas, Jaipur (which opened sometime in 1997-98) as they had positioned themselves far higher than the competition hotels. Price wise, the Raj vilas was 7000-8000 rupees more than the average rates of the competition hotels. However, Mr. Oberoi had the last laugh, as The Oberoi Raj Vilas was a runaway success and was voted Best New Hotels of the World by Conde Nast Traveller, USA in 1998. Subsequently they launched the other vilas properties at Udaipur (Udai Vilas), Agra (Amar Vilas) and Ranthambore (Vanya Vilas)vall of which went on to win multiple awards year on year. They also have hotels abroad in destinations like Saudi Arabia, Egypt, UAE and Indonesia.What differentiates the Oberois from the other hoteliers is their attention to detail, highly motivated staff and unrelenting focus on guest satisfaction. They never compromise on quality. They own and manage a large majority of their hotels, which ensures that there is no interference in operations from the owners and other stakeholders (in case of management contract and franchised properties). No cutting corners to reduce costs.Unlike other hotel companies like the Taj and ITC which are promoted by conglomerates (Tatas and ITC Ltd respectively), The Oberoi group's core business is hotels along with allied businesses of travel agency, car rentals, a printing press and aviation. Hence, all along they have focused their attention and harnessed their energies on hotels and never ventured out of this business.The Oberoi Group is one of the best paying companies in the hospitality industry, which is notorious for it's low pay and long working hours. The company had started The Oberoi School of Hotel Management in the 1960s, which later became The Oberoi Center of Learning and Development in 1994. Many of today's leading hoteliers are alumnus of this institution and occupy leadership positions within The Oberoi Group and outside. All the employees who join The Oberoi Group are given a handbook with The Oberoi Dharma, a code of conduct, which each and every employee is supposed to imbibe in letter and spirit. They are expected to be well groomed, well read and extremely competent at their job.These, I believe are the key reasons for the company's success in India and abroad. If you still have any further doubts about the group's astounding success, I have pasted a link below for your kind perusal about The Oberoi Gurgaon.

Short answer : Misplaced ideals.Long answer :I’m going to try and move away from blatantly obvious examples like IndiaTV and hopefully provide a more detailed analysis regarding the question.Disclaimer: I will be leaning more towards print journalism in India, although all points equally apply to broadcast journalism as well.To keep any industry in check, you have essentially two bodies –1. The law.2. A body that encourages, promotes, oversees the Code of Conduct (i.e. Press Council of India, in the case of Indian Media).Now, the law deals with an individual or group or company erring on the wrong side of the law. If it is illegal, if it is unlawful, your activities will be reprimanded, condoned or punished. The Judiciary of a country carries this role out.However, there is almost always a gray area to everything. Not everything is taken care of in the IPC or any law-book. There is fine-print, and then there is the inevitable loophole. A lot of things are open to interpretations, and hence an action, though not punishable by law, is not incentive enough for someone to not do it. You may morally look down on certain actions and behaviours, but that isn’t always enough to discourage the doer from his activity.Now why do I speak of all this? How is this related to the field of media?Media too, is motivated by a lot of vested interests to only one-dimensionally discharge its duties as the public-informant. It is a money-making business like any other.Journalism in India is so bad because Journalistic ethics is a small price to pay for fulfilling its personal interests.And unethical behaviour is bad, yes. It should be discouraged, absolutely. But can it be punished by law? I’d say seldom to never. This ‘outlet’ is all journalists are really looking for anyway. However, would it be right to say Journalists are at fault? Let’s take a look at their motivations.1. Ownership patterns2. Advertiser Influence3. Conflict of Interest4. Shock Value5. Chequebook Journalism6. Freebies and Gifts7. Objectivity(Does this look a little similar to Chomsky’s 5 Filters? Because it kinda is.)1. Ownership patternsNow, needless to say, ownership influences the selection of news content, the layout, circulation and TRPs. Even as much as the ideology and policy of the newspaper or news channel.(Courtesy: Newslaundry)There are many cases in which ad agencies like O&M have their own PR depts. which organize events and stage press conferences. PR (Public Relations) influences news content – it is essentially a sugar-coated candy with the company’s name brandished on it. TOI, for ex, has come up with Medianet, that accepts money from anybody and everybody to project aspiring celebrities and bollywood hopefuls as newsmakers. The competitors dubbed it as the ‘final prostitution of journalism’. It is rumoured that PR professionals are welcomed to TOI with snacks and iced teas affter accepting cheques from them.The nature of media ownership is recognized as a structural determinant of the value system and performance of any organization. The differences in ownership patterns lead journalists to subscribe to different values.Like I said earlier, the commercial broadcast networks are more profit-oriented when compared to the state-owned or state-controlled stations. Now you know why Doordarshan is hailed for its content and quality.Several newspapers and satellite channels in India are owned by political parties and religious organizations. Obviously,this affects the quality of journalism that is brought to one’s home.The nature of monopoly in Indian media, dominated by some media chains and groups is such that it has a vice-like grip not just on the administration alone but also on the editorial policies, posing a serious threat to the proverbial ‘freedom of press’.The collecting, processing, and disseminating of information go an artificially manipulated itinerary.Scan through a newspaper like TOI and you’ll notice how they reflect the superfluous problems of the urban consumers and strive relentlessly to help them seek amorphous solutions, and in turn attract the confidence of the advertisers who ultimately fill up the media’s coffers.(Courtesy: Google Images)Alright, maybe this is a little dramatic. But as long as you get the point.Media generates opinions, and media distorts opinion.Is that what it is supposed to do? No.Can anyone stop it? Sadly, no.One important aspect is that in India, there is no body to regulate the Ownership Patterns in India.In USA, you have the Federal Communications Commission that looks at Reportage and Media ownership.2. Advertiser Influence(Kind of an overlap, but it deserves a separate mention anyway.)Firstly let’s understand why is advertising so important to media. Yep, it gets it the monies. To put it simplistically –i) to subsidize production costsii) it accounts for a major chunk of revenueiii) newspapers flourish through sale of ads, not so much through circulation figures alone.With such a prominent role in a newspaper’s survival, you think advertisers are going to be all saintly and stick to a fair-game? Hell, no.Earlier, there was a sharp distinction between advertising columns and news columns, they were two different departments, et al. Today, papers like TOI have merged these both. The Times group prides itself of having two distinct departments – Response (advertising) and Editorial. But here’s a fun fact – In the 1990s, till 2004, the Head of Response was Mr. Pradeep Guha who was also the CEO of the Company and had the Resident Editor of TOI reporting to him.There exists an Advertising Agencies Association of India in, well, India. This association is an extremely powerful body that has access to the Prime Minister’s Office, and all that. They lobby for change of laws which govern advertising and influence other industries. Similarly, there’s also the Advertising Standards Council of India. Take a guess at the kind of power they have at wielding measures to curb unethical practices in Journalism, and how effective they are.The rat race for ad revenue is indubitably a reason which forces newspapers to compromise on their ethical policies and turn a Nelson’s eye to the issues haunting the society’s have-nots.As many of the newspapers have capitalists at the helm of affairs, they seldom uphold lofty ideas of the profession of media.However, considering advertisements are the main source of revenue for newspapers, the exercise of a restraint on the space allocation for ads in broadsheets becomes quintessential to balance revenue and professionalism.3. Conflict of InterestDual loyalities. That’s it. Read what’s written above and juxtapose it against a newbie journalist’s glittering ideals of ‘Objectivity and Fair Reporting’. He sticks to one, he loses out on the other. It is all about prioritizing, and unfortunately, the monies (including reputation, job safety, etc) almost always win.4. Shock ValueExercise your mind to try and recollect at least five of the ten stories you read in the newspaper, or watched on the news channel today. It will either be entertainment, sports, disasters and tragedies. The first two have an inherent bias, because you seek to read about them consciously. The last two encompass ‘negativity’, to sum it up simplistically. Economics, Currency, International Politics, Indian Politics, all focus on what? Problems.Part of why you recollect them so instantly is because of a certain shock value attached to it. Maybe it is the number of casualties that died in the Uttarakhand debacle, or the gruesome pictures of a war-torn region, or rape headlines. There is a certain ‘Wow, that sucks!’ value attached to all these news items.Brining news from around the world to the forefront is what journalists are meant to do. So why is it unethical you say? Ethics somewhere also asks the doer to consider the level of sensitivity of its receiver. Of course, this is a gray area again, and one might debate endlessly on the thin line between reporting what is true and reporting what is needed. But that is not what we are focussing on right now. The point of contention is, are these graphic images really required? Does it not for a moment strike you as immoral, or at least indecent, that a newspaper boy must out-sell his daily figures by wildly waving the images of mangled bodies on the front page of a newspaper? Does it seem right that the media mints money out of a 1000-odd people dying? But that’s their job. Irrespective, there are certain boundaries that one doesn’t cross.Rape stories never reveal the name or photo of the victim. It is reprimanded by law, under the Obscenity Act (under IPC) to reveal the woman’s identity. But how many such laws can be dictated? There should be, ideally, a sense of ownership and accountability for every action by a constituent of media. But is there? As long as they are ditching the law mandates by a whisker, they are technically free to roam about and ravage every individual’s privacy.Shock Value, like many other ethical values, can’t be decided in a court of law, because they haven’t been explicitly written down anywhere. It is solely based on the professional judgement of the Editor of a news paper or channel to publish it.5. Chequebook JournalismThis is a kind of journalism where investigative journalists and reporters directly pay a source to divulge information.(Courtesy: Google Images)Seems justified? How about journalists paying criminals and molestors to write about their crimes? British tabloids are particularly famous (infamous?) for practising this.In India, where do you get to see this? In the entertainment industry.Bombay Times is filled to the brim with such articles. This tendency is growing in India with the celebrities feeling that a newspaper might be able to sell more with their name attached to it.6. Freebies and Gifts(Would calling it an incentive make it sound more sophisticated?)Journalists hold the reign to an upcoming star’s popularity or reputation. This star may as well belong to any field in whatever capacity. Nobody wants to get on the wrong side of the media.Needless to say, journalists are showered with many freebies and gifts. Some are subtle seducers, while some aren’t. Mature reporters (who’ve put in a couple of years into the industry) are flown in private jets to private parties and opening ceremonies of fancy events. These junkets should not affect a reporter’s viewpoint, yes? Sure.(Courtesy: Google Images)If gifts are given and accepted, they should ideally not influence the journlaist to write a favourable piece on the Company or against the competitiors. But this isn’t an ideal world.A lot of big newspapers like The Hindu issue direct orders to not accept gifts or shares. However, a few like TOI willingly send their journalists on junkets. Case in point, Girilal Jain, ex-editor of TOI had received a large amount of free shares from Relaince for publishing a huge photo of their AGM in the newspaper. This was highly criticized.7. ObjectivityThis should be a no-brainer. With so many incentives and pressures circling your everyday work life, the journalists either voluntarily give in and the resolute ones eventually crack under pressure. They are human, after all.Objectivity is like Perfection. It sounds fancy, it sounds fetching, but it needs insurmountable resilience to pursue and maintain it.---The functioning of Media largely involves self-regulation and media ethics is dominantly internal in perspective. But before media sets on its journey to be the watchdog for the common man, it needs to answer this - Is media more for the society or for its own constituencies?Indian media claims to give its viewers what they want to know. But does it give the viewers what they need to know? Does the media act in public interest? No. Media acts in what the public is interested in, as Frank Stanton puts it.Source: All these points are the result of a few amazing lectures I’ve had in my Final Year Journalism class with a really amazing Professor.P.S. – 1. A lot of TOI-bashing. No apologies.2. I have made a lot of specific claims. I’ll back them up with the appropriate sources asap.3. I’ve used monies twice. I know. I love that word.

This thread has mostly praises of Modiji, which are okay. So, I’ll be mentioning some achievements of Modiji.Note: This answer is very critical.Demonetisation : When people stood in lines , died[1] in lines . People thought we’ll go cashless , but cash percentage in GDP is still approximately equal. Okay, Fake currency will stop, but 2000rs. notes constitute 56% of seized fake currency in india[2] , currently. Okay, terrorists have no money now, but Pulwama attack said something else.For first time, we explored intellect of common man , which is beyond thinking of these so called PhDs , scholars , nobel prize winners . Why do we need Amartya Sen, Abhijeet Banerjee, A+ graded universities like JNU. When, there are intelligent sacche hindu, like Shefali Vaidya, Payal Rohatgi, Mohan Bhagwat, Tarek Fateh, Akshay Kumar, etc. [3] For first time, Microsoft CEO is called uneducated[4]. Big joUrNaLisTs and leaders are sharing Whatsapp University news.Things which are under Malpractices in Democracy in NCERT books, are now promoted to ChanakyaNeeti. (Horse Trading)We are witness to weakness of govt organizations like CBI, ECI, etc. in presence of this govt. Modiji violated code of conduct like 9 times, and hundreds of other leaders did same, but EC didn’t dare to take action upon them. But, when TejBahadur Yadav made one reversible mistake, EC denied his nomination. [5] [6]For first time, murderer of Father of nation, and an ideology , was called patriot in Parliament of India. [7]Mallya , Nirav Modi Scam. And no progress upon it. In march, just before elections , news was that, Nirav will be soon extradited to India.[8]After not providing 4G spectrum to BSNL, even though they were paying, hence ruining it. And now 9[9]Airports sold to private firms, to be specific, Adani group.[10] Now, I’m not sure if it is an achievement or achievement.GDP Growth at 4.5% , and Forbes reports Indian economy is probably worst in last 42 years, [11]which is doubtful. However, slowdown and ignorance of govt towards it is evident.Food inflation is bad again[12].Highest ever Fuel (Petrol and deisel) price.[13]CAA being passed, which is thought to be achievement by govt and their fans, meanwhile we’re seeing biggest protest in long time because the act is alleged to be discrimantory towards Muslim community of India, when combined with upcoming NRC.We’ve seen BJP’s obsession with indirectly and directly maligning and spreading hate against Muslim community in India. Here are some examples to prove the point. [14] [15][16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] , etc.We saw power of money in these 6 years. How money could be used to buy huge media houses and big celebrities . #CobraPost #ZeeRepublicAbpSudarshanTV9PakistanVarshAajTakEtc.We saw legalised form of political corruption , i.e. Electoral bonds. [22] Hence, BJP : richest party.Govt of India sold private information of citizens of India to private companies for first time in 70 years.We moved one step closer to authoritarianism when activists are killed [23] ; Police enters Jamia campus , and beats students in library [24] ; And when ABVP goons beat JNU students , and Police just stands there [25] ; when 10,000 ppl are charged with sedition for not agreeing with govt [26] ; when Aatish Taseer ‘s OCI is dumped because he wrote against ruling party ; and you’ll be arrested if you speak against 370 revocation in Kashmir [27] ; when artists writing letter to PM are charged with sedition [28] , etc. etc. etc. List is huge.For first time , there is such rapid fee increase in IITs (9X) [29] . Our HRD ministers believes Astrology > Science. Indian Science Congress witnessed “Narendra Modi waves” [30] .We’re on 177 out of 180 countries in environmental performance. [31] 99.82% of industrial projects in Forests got agreement from govt [32] .For first time, we’ve got a PM with so good oratory, that there is a website to compile his lies : Modi Lies - The most accurate list of PM Modi's many liesFor first time, a state is closed for 5 months, and isolated from mainland which eventually resulted in huge economic losses [33] , and obviously, loss of human rights.In name of capitalism, govt is practising crony capitalism instead of free markets. Some examples : [34] [35] [36]Billions being spent for show offs like Statue of Unity, Bullet train, when 8Lac kids recently died because of Malnutrition.That’s it for now, I have exams tomorrow, will add more , soon …Thanks for reading. Upvotes and Shares will be appreciated.Footnotes[1] India's Demonetisation Kills 100 People Apparently - This Is Not An Important Number[2] So easy to copy? Rs 2,000 notes make 56% of all seized fake currency, shows NCRB data[3] BJP accuses Abhijit Banerjee, Amartya Sen of using Nobel for political interest[4] Literate needs to be educated: Lekhi targets Nadella over CAA[5] https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/ec-declines-to-share-details-on-violations-of-model-code-of-conduct-by-pm-others/amp_articleshow/69723185.cms[6] Tej Bahadur’s papers rejected; SP retains Shalini Yadav[7] Sadhvi Pragya out of defence panel after calling Nathuram Godse a patriot, fired from BJP soon?[8] Nirav Modi will be extradited to India like Michel: Prakash Javadekar[9] Nirav Modi will be extradited to India like Michel: Prakash Javadekar[10] Cabinet nod for handing over 6 airports to Adani likely in July[11] India Has Worst Economy In 42 Years. Is Prime Minister Modi Watching?[12] At 7.35% In December, Consumer Inflation Worst Since July 2014[13] https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.economictimes.com/industry/energy/oil-gas/petrol-diesel-prices-at-highest-ever-levels-on-rupee-woes/amp_articleshow/65653794.cms[14] MODI's HYPOCRISY on Indian Muslims & Secularism[15] Politics of HATE ft. Raja Singh (BJP)[16] Karnataka Minister Eshwarappa refers to Cong MLAs as hijras, stirs controversy[17] Karnataka BJP Minister Says, “MLAs Who Win Elections with the Help of Muslim votes are Hijras”[18] Ministers Follow Hate Accounts That Made Call to Boycott Muslims a Top Twitter Trend[19] Muslims have 150 countries to live, Hindus have one: Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani[20] MP Giriraj Singh blames Muslims as he calls for a law to control population[21] Yogi Adityanath - Danga Shastra[22] Electoral Bonds: The great fraud[23] 84 Activists Killed, Many More Are Missing Or Threatened; Now The RTI Itself Is Under Threat[24] Delhi police stormed Jamia library[25] JNU Attack: Delhi Police Confirm Masked Woman Is ABVP Member Komal Sharma[26] 10,000 people charged with sedition in one Jharkhand district. What does democracy mean here?[27] In Kashmir, Freedom at a Price: Go Back to Jail if You Speak or Comment on Article 370[28] Ramchandra Guha, Mani Ratnam, Aparna Sen among 49 booked for sedition for letter to Narendra Modi against mob lynching[29] MTech fees at IITs to rise by up to 900% - Times of India[30] Narendra Modi waves: ‘Ravana’s airports’, ‘Modi waves’ leave science congress stunned | India News - Times of India[31] India ranks 177 out of 180 in Environmental Performance Index[32] 99.82% projects in forests got nod[33] Kashmir shutdown caused losses of more than $1 billion, trade body says[34] Yoga guru Baba Ramdev offered 400 acres in Ausa taluka in Maharashtra's Latur at half the market rates[35] Finance Ministry, NITI Aayog guidelines ignored in airport privatisation[36] Devendra Fadnavis Pushed Police To Open Accounts In Axis Bank, Where Wife Is VP, Alleges Petition