Who does a journalist work for?

An editor who commissions stories, the media owner who insists that truth-hunting should be done within limits, conscience which is influenced by personal morals or the public which relies on journalists to inform them? For Shashi Kapoor’s Vikas Pande in the 1986 film ‘New Delhi Times’, a journalist’s only duty is towards the public. “Logon ko sacchai jaan ne ka haq hai, aur unko sachchai tak pahunchana mera farz.” (“People have a right to know the truth and it is my duty to ensure that they know the truth”) .