Macoolies of Indian media. A Macoolie carries Lord Macaulay's burden only, not that of anyone else, and tries to civilize his pagan neighbours as the great Lord planned.
How many articles on terrorism since 9/11? How many quoted even a line of quran or hadith?
The more things change, the more they remain the same.
Thursday, August 5, 2010
The Hindu : Columns / Sainath : The Empire strikes back — and how!
The original report on ‘paid news' of the Press Council of India sub-committee is relegated to the archive. Then too, it does not even appear on the PCI's website.
Can I guess the names? 1. Times Of India. 2. Deccan Chronicle 3. Hindustan Times. 4. Tehelka 5. Hitavada 6. Statesman 7. Telegraph 8. India Today 9. The Week And from the Visual Media 10. NDTV 11. Times Now 12. CNN-IBN 13. Headlines Today 14. Aaj Tak 15. Sun Group. I have not mentioned the channels/papers run by political parties.
I wrote to the Hindu thus (least expecting it to be published): "Another scourge of the Indian Media and even worse than Paid News is (ulterior) Motivated views passing of as News. Does any Newspaper in India really pass this test?"
Little did The Hindu and it's present Editor were aware that the barb was directed only at them. Since N. Ram took over, The Hindu has lost it's objectivity and only those spin doctors who echo Ram's (Marxist) views find place in the columns and has become notorious for planting highly biased motivated views as News. Sainath seems to be an exception atleast in this article
Recollect the elections they predicted Jaya to lose (because she aligned with BJP?) by a huge margin but won hands down. And this guy is preaching?
Can I guess the names?
ReplyDelete1. Times Of India.
2. Deccan Chronicle
3. Hindustan Times.
4. Tehelka
5. Hitavada
6. Statesman
7. Telegraph
8. India Today
9. The Week
And from the Visual Media
10. NDTV
11. Times Now
12. CNN-IBN
13. Headlines Today
14. Aaj Tak
15. Sun Group.
I have not mentioned the channels/papers run by political parties.
I wrote to the Hindu thus (least expecting it to be published):
ReplyDelete"Another scourge of the Indian Media and even worse than Paid News is (ulterior) Motivated views passing of as News. Does any Newspaper in India really pass this test?"
Little did The Hindu and it's present Editor were aware that the barb was directed only at them. Since N. Ram took over, The Hindu has lost it's objectivity and only those spin doctors who echo Ram's (Marxist) views find place in the columns and has become notorious for planting highly biased motivated views as News. Sainath seems to be an exception atleast in this article
Recollect the elections they predicted Jaya to lose (because she aligned with BJP?) by a huge margin but won hands down. And this guy is preaching?