Twisted Indian Media

The first article is about the “twisted Indian
media”. Written by Sourav Roy. In this article
he speaks about the Medias approach towards
Indian society. Indian problems are unique. We
are an over-populated nation with fractured identities
and massive disparities. The national debates
we have been having since Independence
have changed, and the arguments around them
have multiplied. Multiplicity of debates may not
be seen as progress. The fact is that we are slowly
turning into a bandwagon whose one wheel is
being galvanized and polished, while the other
has been allowed to rust into grains.
Unfortunately, we have evolved into a society
that believes that problems can be solved just
through arguments. Arguments do not necessarily
mean an evolution in thinking, especially,
when these arguments are driven by the media.
In India there are people who can afford to eat
daily in McDonald’s, they do shopping in different
malls every day. On the other side nearly million
of farmers committed suicide in depression
since last 20 years.
Media highlighted IPL series and T20 world cup
games where people who live in Chawls facing 15-
20 hours of load shedding in the same city
Further he stated that media
simply stopped covering unprofitable
leads. Yes, the media has
become the new Indian god, deciding
the fate and interpreting
the world for all. This twisted
approach to journalism insults
the intelligence of the masses.
The data manipulation in news
papers reached at alarming levels. In India scams
are systematically hidden.
There are business correspondents who cover the
labour leads; there is no more space in news papers
for agriculture thing. The 70% of the population
is neglected just like that.
Newspapers have heavy political bias in India. In
a recent survey by the CRI, among the 25 most
important English newspapers circulated in
India, 16 favours the UPA, 3 favours the NDA and
1 is leftist. Only 5 newspapers in India are unbiased.
None of these five are among the largest circulating
newspapers of India.
Propaganda has taken the place of news
across the media. In India, you’ll hardly find any
news of the seven North-East States, nor will you
find accurate news from Jammu & Kashmir. Very
little news on scientific achievements remains
covered. We read excessive news of cricket which
extends far beyond the sports section. Other
sports are simply not encouraged. When was the
last time we had a cover story on hockey or chess?
We are served with meaningless film gossip and
useless news about celebrities, which shows how
much the PR agencies of these stars are paying
the media. Newspapers today have turned into
fashion magazines and have taken us far away
from real issues.
I want to ask a question here, we seriously don’t
care about our society? Where are we heading?
We become nostalgic?
Knowledge is strength. And the
media is a way to get knowledge.
But is this really possible with
biased media?
So we have to work hard here.
Start asking questions. Start
spreading knowledge you have.
This is how we can start for the
change..... !