news you can misuse

Wanted to do this for a long time now and finally got around to realizing it. now that I'm officially on the other side, so to speak, i don't know what to type. seems like a vacuum. so let me just ramble for a while.
don't know about you but I'm really concerned about the stuff that appears in newspapers these days. the Bombay times as well as the HT cafe supplement is just full of stories about A is sleeping with B and X dumping Y and why. the mumbai mirror is only worse. it's just a tabloid for the sleazy lot. the HT cafe has a agony aunt column featuring kim sharma, the queen of P 3, no less. as if this wasn't enough even the main edition is no different. is this what news is supposed to read like? I'm sure not. as much as i want my 11-year old daughter to be aware of goings-on, i squirm every time she picks up the newspaper. now let me tell you this, the last thing i am is a prude. we have had pal-like talks ever since i can remember and i think she's quite sensible as kids her age go. but when soft-porn lands on your door every morning, there is little you can do. i have always been an advocate of awareness over censorship, so the last thing i want to do is stop her from reading but i think it's high time newspapers realize that even growing kids are reading them. i also realize that times are changing but the newspapers are really pushing the envelope. i heard somebody tell me the other day that television was bad for children, but i think you can at least you can use the remote here. with the papers even that option is not viable or for that matter advisable. on my part, i did try to tell my daughter that when you have a choice it's up to the individual to decide what choose since that's what divides a good person from a not so good one. but really can anyone expect a 11-year old to make the right choice first time, every time? so is there a answer to this? here's what i suggest. a good solution would be to keep the sleazy section of the news separate from the main edition and leave it to the subscriber's choice and leave it to the individual to choose whether or not he/she wants it delivered. they could even price it differently. that way at least we can be sure that we are exercising our option. after all, isn't that what a democracy is all about?