Indian Media going Insane?

[fractal]

Yes the corporate media is driven by ratings and profits

Now, are they blowing up things out of proportion ... maybe ... but its healthy

In the past the majority saw the government as providing handouts and favours and this is now changing. As our country grows prosperous and more people pay taxes, the government will start to be held accountable. We pay their salaries after all.

 

[Lord Nemesis]

Now comes the Kerala CM. OK Honestly speaking, as much as I feel proud for Unnikrishnan's brave efforts, I felt really sad the way his father treated kerala CM. I mean if one doesn't wants to respect other as a politician, at least respect him on the scale of age and seniority. His father, though I understant must be truly going through traumatic condition, was not at all polite. CM came all the way from kerala just to console, whatever his intentions may be, his father should have given him a politeful send off, if he really had to.

And now when Kerala CM commented (I couldn't understand the original video, so going by the media's translation) that "had he not been unnikrishan's parent, even a dog wouldn't have come to see him", which is obviously bad and offensive, I don't understand why the media is blowing it out of proportions. Using headlines like "Even dogs won't make visit to Martyr's homes" which is obviously twisted badly.

Just think about it from the perspective of the father. If you had a son who died for the country and a Minister is trying to visit you for offering condolences soley on the pressure from media and the bad PR going on, would you really want to accept such false condolences.

From what I heard, they sent in sniffer dogs to search his entire house before the CM's visit as if he whose son died in the line of duty had something in his house that's a threat to the CM. What worse insult can you do to a man who lost his son. Even after making it clear it he is not going to allow the CM to visit him for his PR stunt with the media and make a mockery of his son's sacrifice, the CM had the audacity to go into his house. What gives him the right to enter a mans house against his will. Does being a CM give him special rights? I think he deserved every bit of trashing he got. As for the CM's last word's its the least of the insults the father had that day. If you want to offer condolences for a person who sacrificed his life in the line of duty, do it as a fellow Indian and human, not as the CM of Kerala even worse make it into a PR stunt.

However I agree its media is treating the recent events as a source for juicy news bits and blowing everything out of proportion. Every news paper or website is publishing something or the other and they know sensational news and headlines are the key for better sales, So they are deliberately spicing up every bit of news they can publish.

 

[sydras]

From what I heard, they sent in sniffer dogs to search his entire house before the CM's visit as if he whose son died in the line of duty had something in his house that's a threat to the CM. What worse insult can you do to a man who lost his son. Even after making it clear it he is not going to allow the CM to visit him for his PR stunt with the media and make a mockery of his son's sacrifice, the CM had the audacity to go into his house. What gives him the right to enter a mans house against his will. Does being a CM give him special rights?

Hmm, if they actually did that...I mean, send sniffer dogs in the father's house and try and force him to meet the CM, that would be despicable.

 

[superczar]

Look at it this way...

A person (The CM) asked for (Forced?) a visit at a slain hero's funeral..

the father said no...

That should have been the end of the story...isn't it

The moment it went beyond that, it's the CM who is at complete fault

 

[blr_p]

Whatever happened in Mumbai past week is a national shame because it was a huge lapse from our govt's side. Specially after it's revealed that our agencies had info about these attacks before-hand. Each and every politician is being blamed and rightly so.

There is NO WAY we could have prevented this act and I think it will also be difficult to stop anything similar in the future.

All we can do is make it much harder to carry out, by learning from the mistakes. So long as there is an interest to do so.

Israel did not become top dog overnight, it happens when a country is put thorugh the meat grinder for a good number of decades.

I hope we never have to become as good as them

 

[..:: Free Radical ::..]

As ironical as it may be, even though the indian media may be making things up for trps, they are not a pint as vile as the puppet media of the pakis. Just pay a visit to a few of their online news sites and look at the blatant lies with which they are poisoning their people. One would believe they are appalled by the tragedy and their disbelief is fuelling their pseudopatriotism, but they are either just plain evil like the product of their failed country's biggest export or simply retards.

Props to the Indian media for turning the heat on the politicians who wudn't have cared otherwise. In a nation where vote banks and regional or caste differences and money is all what defines its politicians, it is the media which is holding them accountable. Else they wud have trivialized the whole thing like all the serial blasts in the past.

Its time they know their chair can be pulled from under em.

 

[cool_cat]

politicians are just mere mirror of the general public who are divided into caste,religion and various other motivations.

First ,make the people understand Religion is not the first priority.that will help.

@47shailesh:your perspective of south india is wrong.

 

[Hacker]

When reporter asked them (In Hindi) each of them (men and women alike) preferred to respond in English. Fair enough, I didn't like it, case closed.

Whats wrong with using English instead of Hindi??

 

[47Shailesh]

@47shailesh:your perspective of south india is wrong.

I wish it should and l'd be glad to change my views; but what I have seeing South and reading news about them have made me to feel that way

I have been in Kerela for few months during my trainings.
If I and my friends(15) have not been together, I'd have gone mad in there. I felt really bad the way they looked and behaved with us, nobody was ready to talk/cooperate in english forget about any Hindi.
Most of the time we have to call our HR for help asking for bus number and routes, I really felt bad.

 

[stalker]

I wish it should and l'd be glad to change my views; but what I have seeing South and reading news about them have made me to feel that way

I have been in Kerela for few months during my trainings.

If I and my friends(15) have not been together, I'd have gone mad in there. I felt really bad the way they looked and behaved with us, nobody was ready to talk/cooperate in english forget about any Hindi.

Most of the time we have to call our HR for help asking for bus number and routes, I really felt bad.

did you make any attempt to mingle with the localites and learn their language?

 

[47Shailesh]

did you make any attempt to mingle with the localites and learn their language?

yeah I did
I learnt: Chetta(bhaiya), IdeyEndua(what is this); tadit vellum(cold water); kallampariyelle(lier); many more and forgot few

 

[Anish]

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[stalker]

yeah I did

I learnt: Chetta(bhaiya), IdeyEndua(what is this); tadit vellum(cold water); kallampariyelle(lier); many more and forgot few

rather than figuring out who the kallanmargal were, would have been a lot more helpful for you to try and figure out how to ask for a bus route

frankly your statement was in poor taste. i'd rather not get into an argument on why it was so.

 

[Lord Nemesis]

I wish it should and l'd be glad to change my views; but what I have seeing South and reading news about them have made me to feel that way

I have been in Kerela for few months during my trainings.

If I and my friends(15) have not been together, I'd have gone mad in there. I felt really bad the way they looked and behaved with us, nobody was ready to talk/cooperate in english forget about any Hindi.

Most of the time we have to call our HR for help asking for bus number and routes, I really felt bad.

Not very surprising, Many South Indians working in the north feel the same way about North India. Locals not talking/helping and taking advantage of every chance to loot them. Its just what I call a mental block on the part of such people. They just have to cross it to be able to see the truth that at least some people if not all are trying to communicate with them and they themselves are not putting any effort to communicate back. The more you alienate yourself from others, the more you feel they are alienating you.

 

[cool_cat]

^exactly.I am sure ,most people can respond in half english to tourists in kerala.but NEVER expect hindi.hindi is not our language.only as a good will gesture will we try to talk that language.

The problem is much more when you come to north india.no one dare to talk english.only hindi land.

 

[madnav]

i think its time for us..the general population of india...to approach newspaper media.

i highly doubt if ppl watch tv news for actual issues...

ppl c a reporter shouting...then a recorded clip playing over n over again...n it bcoms a breaking news for them..which apperently is considered a breaking news for the nation...

the only way ppl can xpress their true thots abt media n politics is through local media n news paper now imho...the national television is bcoming 30sec of fame every 30sec