Posts Tagged ‘Media Bias’

…if people like ‘us’  (as in the elite – definitely not me ) commit a crime – even a heinous one, is it not a crime? Does coming from a certain ‘background’ absolve you of guilt ?
So why this outpouring of grief over Kobad Ghandy and Roman Polanski.
Mr.Ghandy is the member one of the leading [...]

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I really don’t believe in too many conspiracy theories. This entire idea that various systems might be conspiring to get an individual out seems kind of far fetched.
But, in the recent past I have been questioning why the Indian Express has taken it upon it self to target Shashi Tharoor – the minister for external [...]

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The person i feel sorriest for in 24 hour news channels is the Sound Recordist. Having to hear our esteemed ‘news anchors’ screech their way through various issues – must deafen the strongest of ear drums.
Of all the news channels, there is none more screechy than CNN – IBN – i can hear it [...]

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I was telling someone the other day is that the saddest conclusion that i have reached is that the most honorable institution of them all is the Government.
Ultimately, no matter how venal, power mad, inept, or corrupt the are – sooner or later they are accountable and answerable to the people. They lose their jobs, [...]

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This announced today
Under the six-point guidelines framed by the umbrella body NBA (News Broadcasters Association), the channels shouldn’t be telecasting [...]

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Like most others in blogosphere, I too read Barkha Dutt’s passionate defense of reportage on News Channels. My first response was to Fisk it. Wikipedia quotes Eric S. Raymond from the the Jargon File:

A point-by-point refutation of a blog entry or (especially) news story. A really stylish fisking is witty, logical, sarcastic and ruthlessly factual; [...]

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A friend called me up after this post. “not fair” he said. “Pimps are honest – they tell you what they do and how much they charge”. So i apologise to all the pimps who may be offended by that post. I didn’t mean to insult you.
Now I might as well be democratic. piss [...]

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The last post gathered a flurry of comments on both this blog and on FB where i reposted it. There hasn’t been a single comment supporting the media.
Kishore Ajwani wrote in :
This is Kishore Ajwani. I apologise to all of you who think that I demeaned the profession I belong to. This was not [...]

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The glee and irresponsibility with which the media handled 26/11 was watched by all. but, at what cost?
On the first night – there was CNN IBN giving a blow by blow account of the movement of the Rapid Action Force commando’s. I shouted, impotently at the TV screen, they get TV reception at the [...]

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Sometimes Media Bias can come through in something as simple as a the difference between the headline and body copy.
This from CNN IBN

The Headline reads – “Cong Not in Favour of PM-BJP Unity : Khursheed”
And the content of the article
(refer to the part that has been highlighted)
Rajdeep Sardesai: You can’t make this battle, Narendra [...]

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