In which some people are more “equal” than others
..or The Great Joke that is Indian Media – Part XVI !
Please have a look at the two images below…They refer to news-reports of certain politicians implicated in a crime. They are both from the same newspaper and are fairly recent (one from yesterday; another from a few months back). Notice anything strange?
Source: Missing woman: Rajasthan Minister is accused of her murder and rape
Source:Â CBI arrests Punjab BJP MLA for graft, names minister too
I would like to think that the curious omission of the name of the political party to which the Minister belonged is just an inadvertent oversight and not the result of some editorial diktat.
OR (perish the thought) are some people – and political parties – more equal than others?
P.S. How many of you noticed the “tags” on the 2 reports? Why should it matter? Think search engines! Â In practical terms it means that a “search” with the tags “congress” and “minister” and “arrested” is unlikely to throw up the first link…
P.P.S. Another trivia: guess the party affiliation of the Chief Minister mentioned in this report: Former Sikkim CM Bhandari Jailed in Graft Case.   Astonishingly, just a  month before Bhandari’s arrest, the current Chief Minister of Sikkim had offered to name the government college in Sikkim after his name!
“Our government has been honour our former leaders and recognizing their contribution to Sikkim, we have been naming the government infrastructures after them. If former Chief Minister Nar Bahadur Bhandari gives his consent, we will name the government college at Gangtok after his nameâ€, said the Chief Minister in his address during the 197th Bhanu Jayanti celebrations held at Kyongsa near Gyalshing.
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and the entire series: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13 and Part 14.
Wow – you really think this means anything? Have you made an exhaustive study of every single news article and also taken into account times when the party’s name is mentioned? Or are you merely using selective evidence?
Conspiracy theories…
BJP do you understand roman numerals?
XVI means 16
So this is “The Great Joke that is Indian Media – Part XVI”
Here’s a conspiracy if you like
http://christianizingbharatanatyam.blogspot.com/
BJP wrote:“Have you made an exhaustive study of every single news article and also taken into account times when the party’s name is mentioned?”
Let’s say the exhaustive study turns up with 80% times when the names of all parties are mentioned, and 20% when Congress Party’s name is not mentioned but non-Congress Party’s name is mentioned. Does that mean we should ignore the lowered standards and/or bias evident in 20% of instances? According to you, what’s the cut-off percentage that would allow one to reach the conclusion that indeed, the reporters are biased in favor of one political party? 100% of cases show bias?
BTW, going by the content of your useless comments you leave here, what conclusion can one reach about you? And what percentage of your comments have to be useless to reach that conclusion?
First, let’s do the exhaustive study – then we’ll worry about interpreting them.
Hi Shantanu,
Here’s another example of white-washing:
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-15/india/30159889_1_communal-clash-bharatpur-mobs
There’s no mention of “Muslims” anywhere in the news article, and one has to deduce that one party was Muslim based on other clues mentioned in there.
BTW, have the “human rights entrepreneurs” started losing sleep over this latest communal riot and asked for the CM’s resignation for allowing the riot to happen?
BJP,
> First, let’s do the exhaustive study – then we’ll worry about interpreting them.
Yeah right while we are at it another 1.76 LAKH CRORES WILL DISAPPEAR!
Bhagwad, lots of instances have been cited here. You could provide an similar number of counter examples(with screen shots to the extent possible so it becomes quite apparent) that shows similar instances where these same national newspapers favored Hindus against non-Hindus (and if u cant find any, perhaps BJP over the congress). Unless u can do that, the conclusion is that bias in media whenever it exists is predominantly anti-Hindu or pro-UPA.
Another local news from IE, this time about a by-poll in Pune. The candidate expected to win ditched the congress to join NCP. Can you figure that out from the article at http://www.indianexpress.com/news/sena-will-back-bjp-in-khadakwasla-bypoll/851375/ where all parties are mentioned by name, except for one. (No prizes for guessing which one though)
Here’s a good collection of reasons why Indian media is NOT Indian.
http://zmyexperimentsagainstprejudice.blogspot.com/2009/02/indian-media-is-serious-threat-to.html
Raj Bala died. Remember her? She was victim of Ramlila Maidan police brutality.
Should SS(Singh Sonia) duo be held responsible and charged for the death of Raj Bala? I guess only Modi is responsible for deaths in Guj, and SS duo always get a free pass. The most disgusting part is that CNN-IBN says “Rajbala, 51, had been undergoing treatment at the GB Pant Hospitall after she was allegedly paralysed in the police action on June 5.†The CNN-IBN shamelessly claims that “she was allegedly paralyzed†when there is clear evidence that she was injured serious in crackdown by police.
Media and NGOs are the henchmen of Sonia G. They survive on the Dynasty gravy train and act sanctimonious. Shameless cr?t?ns.
Meanwhile Pioneer reports that
“Raj Bala, who was undergoing treatment for spinal injuries sustained in police action during yoga guru Ramdev’s fast at Ramlila Maidan, died today.â€
What a contrast. The saving grace is that netizens are seeing through the corruption of the Media Mafia, this hatchet job on Raj Baja exonerating the Police action received 51 -Ve and and 7 +ve votes. Similarly Mallika Sarabhai might be role model for resident loony, but she lost her deposit and a firstpost article propping her received extreme -ve reactions from the readers. These Durbaris made a fine art of milking hardworking citizens and acting holier than thou all the while sleeping with the establishment for some left overs.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/ramdevs-supporter-injured-in-police-action-dead/187539-3.html
http://dailypioneer.com/pioneer-news/top-story/9246-woman-injured-in-police-action-at-ramlila-ground-dead.html
I think Bhagwat Jal seems to be blind to the reality of Indian print and visual media. Or he is deliberately keeping his eyes closed.The slant is subtle and can be discerned by any independent thinking observer.Indian Express is the worst in this respect.CNN-IBN and NDTV are also in the same league.So are many of their so called independent panelists on their prime-time evening programs.In 90% cases IE killed my comments on its op-ed’s.So I have stopped reading it.
@Kishen,
There is none more blind than those who refuse to see.
Sanskrit proverb.
People like BHagwad Jal Park are not blind!! We have come to the truth and facts on many issues, which they would not like us to see, so they will start playing dirty tricks of drawing our attention to the things which is not so important. They will try to mislead, distract and confuse us. So beware of such people.
It only require a sense to understand not exhaustive study!!
@Kishnan
You really think IE is sitting, reading through all your comments and deciding to censor them? I see people on TOI also who think their comments are being censored. They give challenges like “I dare you to publish this comment!”
It’s hilarious that people think they’re so important and that what they say is so devastating that some central authority is sitting and deciding whether to show it or not!
The media, especially, ELM, are beyond redemption.
I take the time to explain, especially to youngsters, what innocent or innocuous items actually mean.
Reading and re-reading Sitaram Goel and Ram Swarup ( Voice of Dharma)definitely helps.
@Bagh.Ja.Park said ” It’s hilarious that people think they’re so important and that what they say is so devastating that some central authority is sitting and deciding whether to show it or not!”
Not necessarily – the phrase “central authority” used is amusing though. Surely, there are enough of these jobless but eager JNU valedictorians who can do a half-way decent of filtering out the odd comment for a couple of biscuits. There’s also automated software options to do this if needed.
On the other hand, Tavleen Singh’s articles on IE occasionally rip apart the slave dynasty that’s back to ruling Delhi. A lot more of that would help IE achieve a proper balance between supporting corruption and development.
BJP wrote: “You really think IE is sitting, reading through all your comments and deciding to censor them?”
I thought you were smarter than that, since you have a blog, and along with it, a software that moderates comments. Most internet platforms which allow public comments, come with a filter which allows certain comments to be published immediately, whereas other comments are held in moderation, based on certain keywords. And this moderation policy can change with time, which would explain why you see comments like “I dare you to publish this comment…”
As for comments not being published, I’ve had first-hand experience (on numerous occasions, so it’s not a one-off thing) with more than one newspaper as well as some blogs (left-leaning, liberal) in the US which either delete, or do not publish comments critical of Religion of Peace, even when the comments are fact-based and the criticism valid. Why is it so difficult to believe that Indian newspapers might indulge in some form of censorship?
* a software with the capability to moderate comments.
Bhagwat Jal, a good number of times it happened that I was the first or one of the first to comment and no comment would appear on the comments space for two/three days.When the paper editors themselves invite comments does it make any sense to you that it is only a made-up show and the comments are actually to be sent to the bin even without a look? A filter seems more likely where comments from inconvenient readers are sent to the bin without a look.
Even after one week, Bagh.Ja.Park has not produced one counter-example, let alone a similar number, whereas commentators have pointed out more evidence in just one week, and i hope such bias is continually brought out and compiled in one place.
Self-styled seculars making random sneering noises on various blogs without any evidence. Sigh. Unless they can substantiate, their credibility is shredded.
Park is a content writer. A content writer is a person who writes for money and will write anything for which he is paid for. One should know about religious background, origin, education, character and financial strength of a person in order to know about his leanings. For example there would be no connection of his education and present job.
Ignore Park and you will see his sell rate falling from 0.04 per word which is showcase of his tremendous talent and the rate at which he is busy writing content for clients!
JC Moola, Park must be feeling a bit envious of Shantanu’s blog and its popularity, and deliberately leaves contentious (and patently stupid) comments here in order to increase hits for his blog.
the only reason Park parks in Shantanu’s blog is to troll & steal. Unfortunately Park doesn’t realise the resolve of Shantanu’s fans!
^ Speaking for myself, I’d replace “fans” with “friends/supporters/well-wishers” but other than that, you are correct. 🙂
The Rudrapur situation is likely to escalate if such asinine media reporting practices persist. The signs are worrying.
What is going on in Rudrapur?
Please ignore Bhagwat Jal Park; I think he is here only to drive some traffic to his site. He doesn’t seem to read, but only write ! I wish I am wrong though.
‘communal’ riots/clashes/violence in Rudrapur.
To sickular idiots, get a life|
SECULAR MEDIA LIES that INDIAN MUSLIMS got RADICALIZED by BABRI MASJID DEMOLITION this is not true, indian muslims mostly from Kerala were already going for terrorist training in Pakistan before babri masjid demolition. Jamat-e-islamic Hind started preaching wahabism in India, before babri masjid demolition, at the request of Z.A. Bhutto and Deobandis at the request of ZIA UL HAQ.
http://maloykrishnadhar.com/simi-the-open-and-hidden-faces-of-indian-jihad
Ok. We have to put Rudrapur in the queue and look at Bharatput first. Brilliant and sane analysis here. Far, far superior to anything the rubbish national news channels and papers put out.
http://barbarindians.blogspot.com/2011/09/violence-in-bharatpur.html
@Cricfan, All: Here is a link to what happened in Rudrapur: Two attempts to incite riots, the first one failed but the second did not
Thanks for the posting that link, Shantanu. Nobody in the world is more hated than people who mind their own business. Dharma-based India is the prime example at the macro-level, and we see the same thing at local levels as well. And in our offices, the guy/lady who quietly works hard, does their share and stays away from politics is troubled the most.
Look at this headline “BJP leader’s son shoots hawker” http://j.mp/yvWFwu
..then this “CBI questions Maderna’s wife, Malkhan’s son” http://j.mp/x35b06
Notice anything odd?!
Both are from the same newspaper and have been published within 3 days of each other.
Here is another example of ‘some people being more equal than others’ – please see the first 2 headlines under “News Digest”. Notice anything odd?
Per Bhagwad’s comment (#1), I’ve (slowly) started the research for my “exhaustive study”