Should sting operations be banned?

Sting operation is again making news. This time its NDTV, which has conducted a well researched and deliberate sting operation to expose some unscrupulous interests of R K Anand (who is defending Sanjeev Nanda, the main Accused of BMW hit and run case) and special public prosecutor I U Khan. Both were trying to influence the primary witness of the infamous BMW hit and run case, Sunil Kulkarni and caught red handed by the NDTV journalists.
Govt. has proposed a draft code for television in which, suggestions to ban the sting operation is given and after this the debate over the sting operation is again on.
The sting operation has come of age from the Defense deal scandal (TAHELKA) to casting couch episode (India TV) to MP bribery expose (AAJ TAK). It have always been said that the sting operation is unethical whatever may be the motive and outcome of the same. It’s mere an entrapment and cant be justified. There’s no gainsaying that justice should not be denied but why the media using this mode to wake people up ? And it’s not the media’s job at the first place. More often than not, the victim of sting operation is entrapped the media presents half baked stories as a gospel truth to increase the their TRP. Media’s laziness is at best with sting operations, the 24 hr channels has nothing to serve spectators and so they sensationalize every thing and when they don’t get enough stories, sting operation spring up as their savior. The argument of Sting Operation supporters that they expose the wrong doing seems specious too as the fine line between investigative journalism and Voyeurism is increasingly blurred.
The other side of the debate is, who are these politicians to decide what is ethical and what is unethical. Probably they have something to hide. And when we talk about freedom of expression why don’t we allow to use journalists their own mode of journalism after all they want to expose the flaws of the system and society that is surely facilitating in waking people up and more informed, which in turn facilitate limiting corruption is one way or other (fear of public rage or the social blot associated with expose).
To sum it up, it will be a good idea to introduce some law and clauses so that the sting operations do not come up just for sensationalisation and sure the voyeurism should be avoided by media, but it shouldn’t be banned as it is some how exposing the wrongs of the system and society.

Inspiration: TOI