Sunday, June 6, 2010

Media Objectivity?

"Stoking a fresh controversy, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday sought to know what good has Children's Day done for kids." .......

You can read the full text of the article here at ibnlive
The people at the helm of affairs at the distinguished news portal a husband-wife team who also happen to be Rhodes Scholars failed to find anything significant in the 25 pages odd vision document presented by Shri. Narendra Modi other than a few lines of criticism against Nehru? You can find the full text of the here.

Infact the speech is path-breaking in many ways for the precise reason that in a country which has been fed on socialistic propaganda for long, Shri. Narendra Modi speaks of making Indians self-reliant and less dependent on Government doles. As many people call it the Mantra of "Minimal Government Maximum Governance". Its also path-breaking for the precise reason that Photo-op sessions or love for children,poor,emaciated doesn't necessarily translate into a better living conditions for the aggrieved. Its been the first time in India that a leader after Shri. Rajaji of the erstwhile Swatantra Party has spoken about the dream of making India self-reliant and free. Instead of focusing on the salient points on governance and the role of governments highlighted by the indefatigable chief minister of Gujarat the media has been going ballistic against criticism of Nehru. Why is it so hard to even realize that if Nehruvian socialism was alive their pet media projects would never have seen light nor would they have laughed all the way to the bank the way they are doing now in the war of TRPs?

If this is the level of journalistic objectivity the English media espouses think about others? Or are we attaching too much of an importance to the Rhodes Scholars and the elitist English media??

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