Many of my friends know I hate media. I hate even the statements like "Pen is mightier than sword" and rather believe the current current media is more harmful than the terrorists.
Probably I am inviting debatable discussion but feel this is a valid topic to discuss and do something about it. There was a time when Rajiv Gandhi used to say "Hamen Dekhna Hai" while the viewers who had no choice but watching Door Darshan were saying "Hamen Nahi Dekhna Hai". That was when the proposal to introduce Prashara Bharathi Bill was well received by many. I was one of them because I also was seeing only SAARC meetings and Rajiv's speches in DD News and nothing else.
But I and if I believe many of my friends need to swallow the words and accept that whatever bad Door Darshan may be, but the TV Channels needed the kind of governance existing in DD.
The recent 26/11 shows there were many supporters in India who helped the terrorists for killing innocents in Mumbai. I sincerely feel more than any one, it was media which helped them the max. They showed everything of rescue and attacking operations through TV. While Commandoes were trying to interact through Signals, the media was very busy to show every moment of their's to improve their viewership and helping the terrorist supporters know what is happening. If this is called the strength of Media it is more harmful than Terrorism and more mean than Prostitution.
I remember an incident in Mumbai when two girls were abused by a mob. they must have felt quite humiliated after that unfortunate incident but more humiliation happened when the Media competed to show the snaps and provide as much description as possible to explain how they were ill treated. While they justify masking the faces of girls their spouses were still in the photos clearly telling everyone in the world about who were the vicitims of this shameful action. And media tried to justify they are doing their duty in taking the snaps in another incident when a specific community was beaten up on roads. Can they do the same if the person getting beaten is their relative? And what if the person dies? With this justification they may even do the coverage of killing of any person in the name of "doing duty".
Recently Politician was physically attacked by some barbarious people. More than that, I hated the people who were desparately positioning their cameras to capture how badly the person was being hit. Given a choice I may prefer to punish these people rather than those who really hit the politician. The fact that these people really wait in the sensitive area for incidents to capture and contribute to increase the viewership of their TV Channels. What if some of these people are hit by me and if I ask the cameramen to cover the incident?
What happened in the first week of new year 2010? Some channels discussed toomuch about a rumour published in a Russian magazine and discussed to such extent that a company's properties were attacked. The attacks were definitely not from the public and were doctored by a few antisocial groups. But the TV Channels are the triggers to these incidents right?
Media manipulates the news. I remember the incident in US when some of my friends stayed 1 year after a terrorist- who involved in 911 incident vacated the same house. The Police wanted to investigate and hearing that the Media met a few neibours and asked about our friends. Unfortunately my friends vacated the house 1 week before 911 incident to another house in the next lane of the same colony. When Media asked, the neibors said that these people used to talk in strange language and a couple of times, they heard the word White House. However one of their colleague was also interviewed by Media during that time, when he revealed that the people actually were his colleagues and that they were staying only in the next lane. And you know, Media omitted this piece of information when telecast because the whoe excitement will be lost. It created terror to my friends and they were worried for several days till they got confirmation from Police that their investigation is routine and they knew the terrorist left long time back. All the Police wanted to verify was to see if any evidence be available from this house.
But what is the contribution of media in this episode? What if some mad crowd attacked these people with such bad input from Media?
I feel there needs to be more governance on Media especially the News Channels. the kind of provoking and violent movies shown in other channels only come next to New channels.
Probably I am inviting debatable discussion but feel this is a valid topic to discuss and do something about it. There was a time when Rajiv Gandhi used to say "Hamen Dekhna Hai" while the viewers who had no choice but watching Door Darshan were saying "Hamen Nahi Dekhna Hai". That was when the proposal to introduce Prashara Bharathi Bill was well received by many. I was one of them because I also was seeing only SAARC meetings and Rajiv's speches in DD News and nothing else.
But I and if I believe many of my friends need to swallow the words and accept that whatever bad Door Darshan may be, but the TV Channels needed the kind of governance existing in DD.
The recent 26/11 shows there were many supporters in India who helped the terrorists for killing innocents in Mumbai. I sincerely feel more than any one, it was media which helped them the max. They showed everything of rescue and attacking operations through TV. While Commandoes were trying to interact through Signals, the media was very busy to show every moment of their's to improve their viewership and helping the terrorist supporters know what is happening. If this is called the strength of Media it is more harmful than Terrorism and more mean than Prostitution.
I remember an incident in Mumbai when two girls were abused by a mob. they must have felt quite humiliated after that unfortunate incident but more humiliation happened when the Media competed to show the snaps and provide as much description as possible to explain how they were ill treated. While they justify masking the faces of girls their spouses were still in the photos clearly telling everyone in the world about who were the vicitims of this shameful action. And media tried to justify they are doing their duty in taking the snaps in another incident when a specific community was beaten up on roads. Can they do the same if the person getting beaten is their relative? And what if the person dies? With this justification they may even do the coverage of killing of any person in the name of "doing duty".
Recently Politician was physically attacked by some barbarious people. More than that, I hated the people who were desparately positioning their cameras to capture how badly the person was being hit. Given a choice I may prefer to punish these people rather than those who really hit the politician. The fact that these people really wait in the sensitive area for incidents to capture and contribute to increase the viewership of their TV Channels. What if some of these people are hit by me and if I ask the cameramen to cover the incident?
What happened in the first week of new year 2010? Some channels discussed toomuch about a rumour published in a Russian magazine and discussed to such extent that a company's properties were attacked. The attacks were definitely not from the public and were doctored by a few antisocial groups. But the TV Channels are the triggers to these incidents right?
Media manipulates the news. I remember the incident in US when some of my friends stayed 1 year after a terrorist- who involved in 911 incident vacated the same house. The Police wanted to investigate and hearing that the Media met a few neibours and asked about our friends. Unfortunately my friends vacated the house 1 week before 911 incident to another house in the next lane of the same colony. When Media asked, the neibors said that these people used to talk in strange language and a couple of times, they heard the word White House. However one of their colleague was also interviewed by Media during that time, when he revealed that the people actually were his colleagues and that they were staying only in the next lane. And you know, Media omitted this piece of information when telecast because the whoe excitement will be lost. It created terror to my friends and they were worried for several days till they got confirmation from Police that their investigation is routine and they knew the terrorist left long time back. All the Police wanted to verify was to see if any evidence be available from this house.
But what is the contribution of media in this episode? What if some mad crowd attacked these people with such bad input from Media?
I feel there needs to be more governance on Media especially the News Channels. the kind of provoking and violent movies shown in other channels only come next to New channels.
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