Bloody media?
Bloody media? Bloody? Of course, electronic media
haven’t thrown away its camera and bought fresh AK-47s or they haven’t started coming out of your television and kick you. Its just that, thay have mutuated. The terrible part is that the process forced them to take steps against the very truthfulness of the profession. Sadly, its getting worse, worser, bloody!
Our media are keen to bring to its viewers a fantasy world just like J.K. Rowling. Just put on a
national news
channel and you can see it. They talk about the Ambanis, Tatas, Birlas, Sensex bull or bear, Stars, Celebrities; about their lifestyle, fashion, etc. they talk about how the G.D.P. is keeping up a good rate and so that India is soon going to become a developed state and that India do glitter, while the reality is that only 1.5 % of
Indian families invest in stock markets, and that 65% of Indian families does not even have a bank account, of which 70% live in villages. The media does not talk about thousands of farmers who commit suicide in villages, but about the suicide of an actress with great interest. The media tend to support the remarks of the cricket minister(who is also the agriculture minister), who reasoned the downfall of agriculture production as a result of draught or flood rather than investing into the reality.
India is a big country and is said to have a unity in diversity. Obviously, the north is completely different from the south and the same is the case with the east and the west. They speak different languages, and they carry different traditions, etc. and etc. significantly, there are regional media concentrating mainly on regional news, incidents, etc. that is great! Thumps up! Ok! There are also some media who boast themselves as ‘the national channel’, ‘the india channel’, ‘news of india 24 hours, 7 weeks’, ‘news of india’, ‘indian superfast’, etc., etc., and etc. where do they stand? All over India? Confined to north and west? Well! Any sane ones could spot it while coming across these media. If you haven’t done that, just do it the next day, or the very next day, because they still keep on doing it – avoiding the big masses confined to various regions who suffers, who celebrates, who lives the life of a proud Indian; not by just letting go by a racist comment to become a ‘National Hero’ whom the media has love for rather than a proud farmer who tries to resist the invasions of different monopoly corporates who share a common face in front of the national media.
The news and activities from certain states are seen neglected as they are forgotten or categorised as local news, which on 99% of times are not. Any hidden agendas? I don’t know!
How can we hope for the best? We cannot hope for the best as long as the media behave like an indecent parent who favours his boy rather than his/her girl.
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