tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post7080579786725139250..comments2024-01-03T13:53:38.766+05:30Comments on pareltank: The Media Menacekochuthresiamma p .jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01320086308375078739noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-46823958775719260712010-10-16T16:51:35.969+05:302010-10-16T16:51:35.969+05:30Rajdeep Sardesai should have taken to cricket like...Rajdeep Sardesai should have taken to cricket like his father. That would have saved us from a lot clamant reporting and perverse journalism.<br />This culture of sensationalising news is typically a weakness of Indian visual and print media.Dangerously so.Responsible analytical reporting is absent. Just recall the chaotic scenes in the court premises after the Ayodhaya verdict on channels. anilkurup59https://www.blogger.com/profile/07961961217418715354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-90070841403495430642010-10-11T16:16:34.753+05:302010-10-11T16:16:34.753+05:30The role of media was worst in case of CWG as well...The role of media was worst in case of CWG as well.They never showed our athletes or children preparing for the games, no interviews of budding sports persons, brighter side of infrastructures etc etc.S.R.Ayyangarhttp://srayyangar.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-75330652908569852812010-10-10T20:33:04.801+05:302010-10-10T20:33:04.801+05:30That is exactly how I feel and have concurred with...That is exactly how I feel and have concurred with bloggers who are voicing these sentiments. Like Venugopal says, the most prominent ones are the most 'successful' ones and also the maddest ones. We need to bring a blanket ban on these jokers when such contentious issues are being dealt with. Wonderful post.zephyrhttp://cybernag.innoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-19077209503132635122010-10-08T11:15:28.387+05:302010-10-08T11:15:28.387+05:30@asok menath
oh yes you ar right about the selecti...@asok menath<br />oh yes you ar right about the selective sensitivity of th media. karan tarpar too is one such person - the way he gets offensive and brash and rude when he bullozes the left party leaders and the way he drools and wears a slavish smile when he speaks to some others. well it's really maddeningkochuthresiamma p .jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01320086308375078739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-50485356749452351962010-10-07T20:09:11.294+05:302010-10-07T20:09:11.294+05:30This is for both KPJ and SSC:
How brilliantly hav...This is for both KPJ and SSC:<br /><br />How brilliantly have you both written about the issue! Thanks for echoing the sentiments of readers like me. <br /><br />KPJ, you are right. Media creates taste. Noam Chomsky calls it ‘manufacturing consent’. The ‘consent’ they manufacture is, however, a dangerous one. It caters to the ‘tastes’ of the irresponsible and insensitive Indian middle class (IMC)Ashok Menathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468133172371448210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-47712757494069883372010-10-04T18:54:51.313+05:302010-10-04T18:54:51.313+05:30@ bhawani cheerath
it's very sad that we have ...@ bhawani cheerath<br />it's very sad that we have not a single channel that deserves our attention. how do we let the media barons know that we are sick and tired of them and their behaviour, and that the viewers are not a bunch of nincompoops?<br />if u can think of some way of protesting, i'll join and garner suport.kochuthresiamma p .jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01320086308375078739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-19193306223006273442010-10-04T18:44:51.817+05:302010-10-04T18:44:51.817+05:30@ venugopal
thank you sir. i was waiting for your ...@ venugopal<br />thank you sir. i was waiting for your response in order to be enlightened by a media person.you comment was an eye opener. i never thought of the media people as an insecure lot. <br /><br />yes, i agree that hindu is the sanest daily in the country with the most level headed and responsible editorial policy.<br /><br />@santanu sinha chauduri<br />what a compliment! million kochuthresiamma p .jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01320086308375078739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-12897743241416924832010-10-04T18:25:26.784+05:302010-10-04T18:25:26.784+05:30I felt the same what you felt..I felt the same what you felt..Enterprise Mobility as a servicehttp://anb.preludesys.com/blog/enterprise-mobility-as-a-service.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-6451898827742292202010-10-04T18:21:46.488+05:302010-10-04T18:21:46.488+05:30What do you have to say about the screaming headli...What do you have to say about the screaming headlines that followed the Ayodhya verdict? Breathless journalism on TV. The slant was very clear in practicaly all the headlines of our reputed National dailies. The Malayalam press acted with restraint though. Of course, we can gloat over the fact that we Indians have successfully allotted a birthplace for the God.<br /><br />If you saw the live Bhawani Cheerathnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-61193421803243950062010-10-04T13:11:07.543+05:302010-10-04T13:11:07.543+05:30As a mediaperson myself, I salute you for this art...As a mediaperson myself, I salute you for this article. But, what is the solution? Fortunately, I work for The Hindu, which is careful in these matters. I also know from within why the present-day media is working up madness. I have seen extremely sensible journalists knowingly catering to the madness because they are under pressure to create headlines, climp up in the market ratings. Their P. Venugopalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12145838046697625836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-38677668314923032712010-10-02T17:15:54.216+05:302010-10-02T17:15:54.216+05:30This is one of the most brilliant and socially rel...This is one of the most brilliant and socially relevant articles I have read in recent times. Thanks for reporting the reporting on the second Mandal movement that fizzled out, I missed it. And your comment on the Mumbai terror attack is most valid. Let’s hope the point will be used to “rein in” the media if ever it be attempted.<br /><br />But will they ever be? I tried to argue a few points at Santanu Sinha Chaudhurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15062744470522359652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-14794075287335887912010-09-29T22:18:41.555+05:302010-09-29T22:18:41.555+05:30The need of the hour is ALL INDIANS not watching n...The need of the hour is ALL INDIANS not watching news channels!The one who has loved and losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15738489354623134522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-85605852077606420512010-09-29T22:13:13.884+05:302010-09-29T22:13:13.884+05:30Media actually do not care about anything other th...Media actually do not care about anything other than news value. See the images that some national newspapers have on their front pages! As if they want everyone to remember the demolition clearly. They will be disappointed if people behave responsibly tomorrow.Bindhu Unnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15188876952238550620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-31389671246355058972010-09-29T21:21:26.354+05:302010-09-29T21:21:26.354+05:30No one acts with any responsibility in India.Does ...No one acts with any responsibility in India.Does the government have any? Do the politicians behave responsibly?We don't have an independent media.Most of the news papers and TV channels are owned and operated by political parties.They use the channels for their propaganda.<br />Yesterday I saw a news item in a TV channel.The sensational news of a dog delivering its puppies in front of the dr.antonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16191095888228061156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-20380105344285894992010-09-29T20:17:25.115+05:302010-09-29T20:17:25.115+05:30I DON'T WATCH TV NEWS CHANNELS! I read newspa...I DON'T WATCH TV NEWS CHANNELS! I read newspapers, which are bad enough. I'd say it a hundred times, the Indian media should be put on a leash. Not only the news channels but others too for the crappy programmes. <br /><br />One point I wish to differ - The issue of Maoists- the media has never shown the real issues behind the growth of Maoism in the tribal belts of India, except for a Balachandran Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10174364716507089780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-68982111656860549272010-09-29T18:06:01.754+05:302010-09-29T18:06:01.754+05:30Media is going overboard on just about any subject...Media is going overboard on just about any subject they get their hands on, trying to do what, ask them, and they would perhaps shrug their shoulders. TRP! What else? But at what cost?! Responsible Journalism is the need of the hour.RGBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15279590663523317849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-9466140079106263012010-09-29T15:57:59.731+05:302010-09-29T15:57:59.731+05:30Really this is a serious issue, we have seen this ...Really this is a serious issue, we have seen this in Madani arrest, as if its going to get a bomb exploded and communal viloence going to be spread in Kerala. But see what happened, Madani is under custody and not even his partymen now bother about him.<br /><br />Mumbai attacks was a worst scenario, the Pakistan conspirators and ISI were using TV as their strategic supporting and they were Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com