Where is the demarcation line? Cannot all details of scribes’ involvement in politically murky affairs be published?

Things are taking a serious turn with Kuldip Nayar preparing to approach the Press Council of India about journalists’ involvement in string pulling for appointment of particular persons as minister and helping out 2G spectrum allotment scam offenders.

Simultaneously Ratan Tata is moving the Supreme Court, as per channel reports, trying to put a stop to further publication of telephonic talks between scribes and political leaders and the like.

If there is no scurrilous and sexually explicit or other incendiary content in it, what is the harm in publishing the telephone conversation details?

Now the US Government is dumb struck by Wikileaks, still it apparently is not gagging the move to publish content. The US government is only alerting those concerned with the leak exercise that things may go wrong.

Our democracy is also developing fast and there should not be a full-stop to opening up. Leaks about conversations of Radia, Barkha Dutt, or Vir Sanghvi are not enough. If there are conversations and involvement of others, let the full content come out. Let the people know, for these are not private affairs of individuals, but these are affairs of the state and therefore it is of concern to the people.