It is well known that we only get to see the half picture of the events happening around us in the Media. Be it the TV, the Newspapers or the Internet none of these are outside the purview of this. I would like to file a petition for the same. Please go through the contents of this petition and give me your feedback on the comments.
The petition:
We (Indians in particular and south-east Asia in general) seem to have higher emotional quotient than the rest of the people. It is evident by the fact that we are easily triggered by politics of emotions such as caste, religion. We seldom bother to have the developmental agenda in our public life. I believe, this has cost us a lot over the past 62 years after our Independence.
When such is the situation, it is the responsibility of all countrymen to bury the differences and look ahead for new opportunities to synergies our efforts. The lack of coordination and frequent spurs in the community is a result of lack of understanding of each others concerns.
While such is the situation, instances of misquoting and/or reading in between the lines have been rampant over the past few years.
Creating sensationalism is the objective of such propaganda. It could be done with all good intentions but it is common knowledge that half truth is always dangerous. It is only feared if there are vested interests promoting such propaganda. The growth of a media house should come together with it a bundle of responsibilities which is lacking greatly among the existing mass media channels.
What I would like to do by means of filing this petition is to bring it to this phenomena to the notice of honorable judiciary of India. I hereby appeal to the court to make a ruling against half truths being publicized in the Media channels.
Indeed, it is a difficult task to identify half truths. By means of the petition I would also like to draw the attention of the judiciary to provide suitable guidelines for this.
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2 comments:
Good luck Swami!
"Creating sensationalism is the objective of such propaganda" - hmm, isn't that the objective of any propaganda. Someone else thought so too. He was called Hitler, I think.
Jokes apart, nice one. I am not sure what I think, though. Its a choice that people have to make. Even today, DD refrains from publishing any news that could be incorrect. This comes with the risk of being late. When you are in a business, you cannot be late. Thats kind of opposing requirements that only the government can handle.
One thing might be restricting what business-type-media houses can report. For instance, no offense, DD can never get sizzling entertainment or lifestyle news. Its because of its own protocols and stuff. On the other hand, this is where the most money is. So leave this to the private players. There are a variety of categories like this including sports and to some extent city news.
Categorize anything that can cause unrest under a special case that needs to get the DDs approval (or the IB Ministry's) approval before going live. Its not fool-proof, but can check many things. Of course, this is just my view and am probably trying to be subtle..
Abishek
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