Sting Journalism

This is an opinion on the article "Stop sting journalism, now!" by Arvind Lavakare.

According the author and plenty of other people, sting operations by journalists and normal people are immoral and unethical. Hence this should be restricted to one particular body of the government. This is the way it is handled in the US; where only the FBI has the right to perform sting operations, that too under strict supervision.

The first flaw in his argument is the comparison of Sting operations in India and the US. The US
Our system is definitely more corrupt and the only way people are going to be shown the truth behind a Politician's or an Official's image is through these sting operations that are cropping up all over the place.
I accept that if Sting operations go out of hand; i.e. if Security related or Sensitive issues get out in the open, then there could be chaos and turmoil all around. Even the Media can manipulate pictures and videos in order to increase their coverage and viewer ship.

My solution:
What is required is an individual Commission that particularly looks into Corruption charges that consist of visual images. This will help create an unprejudiced arbitrator that can decide the legitimacy of certain pictures and videos.

This Commission should also be given the power to discipline media bodies abusing information and data that could be detrimental to National interest.

As in every country, there will be sensitive information that if leaked could spark widespread public hate towards the policies of the Government. Everything cannot be done legally, hence it is better that such information is withheld from the public for the better common good.