In the age of liberalization, privatization and globalization news is being treated as a commodity. From Journalists to Social Scientists express their deep concern over the tendency to commoditize news. Some news media have not hesitated to compromise with serious journalism. Others have taken recourse to sensationalism. Profit should not be the sole criterion. Market forces have affected the credibility of the media. Core values of Indian journalism have already come under pressure from folding journalism into entertainment. The mainstream media depend on the market economy and the whims of...