I have been wanting to write this post since a long time now.Its really interesting to see myself really getting engrossed and involved in the happenings in the political arena of my country,for just 3 years back,i was the kinds to had never even bothered to open the newspaper to read political news,I would straight away head to the magazine section of it where all the P3P's would be gossiped about..!!
Now,what has really driven me into writing this is the particular discontent and disappointment with the "BIASED" media houses of our country,be it a newspaper publishing media house or a TV broadcasting one,they are all the same.
As a personal opinion i have always felt that the role of the media is enormous in making/shaping the public's opinion ,what people do is TRUST these men and women as the messiah's of the society who would always inform you about the various happenings within the country and beyond by being brutally honest,unbiased and true to us,but somewhere i guess we all got it wrong.
Money is more powerful than just about everything and so these people do not mind selling their conscience in lieu of a larger than life incentive to help their respective companies do better and not their country.
I apologize for being so rude in my choice of words for the media,for which i had amassed a lot of respect in the last couple of years,for having given us a new meaning of democracy,but my trust has been let down gazing the recent political ruckus the media has created,the undue focus on creating a political tamasha out of the electoral poles has been their sole motive.TRP's are the new mantra of the game for which a dozen of the news channel competing among themselves and in theses recession struck times are ready to do just about anything...and i mean just anything...and what more the people whom they give this attention, just love it...even if its for all the wrong reasons,who cares a damn, at least you are the topic of discussion on forums of a dozen channels and on the covers of the newspaper...more people now know of you..so in short congratulations you have made history and you are on the 'wall of fame' and so next time just incase you want to wish your distant friend in U.S. a nice day,you could just pick up the phone and call a media house,saying that you want to give a statement, and two dozen mikes will be before you in seconds and you can say what you want,because they are quoting you "LIVE and EXCLUSIVE" relentlessly and what more,its the "BREAKING NEWS" !!
What disapoints me further is the negligence of the media in our country regarding the key environmental and social issues in our country,which no TV channel or Newspaper thinks is of critical importance,because there are no breaking news quotes available with such organisations to give to the media in return of a serious conversation on such issues like there are in case
Rahul gandhi goes to a 'gaon' to sleep in the room of a 'dalit' (what a way to make the place where he campaigns progress!!! ) or when muthaliks raids the pubs here or when Priyanka gandhi(a nobody in politics who is quoted everywhere only because her surname "gandhi") comments on how her brother should get married soon and become the PM,or some people misguiding us on how relevant the babri masjid demolition and creation of a temple at that very place is the MOST important issue...[a word of advice to politicians and media people: STOP MISGUIDING US and PLEASE GROW UP]
Environmental and social issues seem to be passe more so because it has nothing to do with politics or its agendas(as it now seems);Politics is all about dividing people on any account just to amass votes to get into power and then to get corrupt.
Nobody talks about what these "big names" have done over the last 5yrs to make progress in the respective constituencies(like building hospitals,schools,etc) , everyone is busy quoting the farce promises they seem to make every 5 yrs this time of the year.
Its time we woke up to ground realities and its time to stop blindly following any newspaper or media house.
The decision is yours!!
Vote but diligently.. Don't fall for Big names..
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"Desperation provides fertile ground for religious extremism,
ReplyDeleteThis glorious brainwashing where prejudice lies like a crouching tiger.
Tormenting peasants till they erect an army
under everyone's nose,
And in the end propaganda destroys their DNA."
Politicians are busier pulling each other down than counting their contributions in the last 5 years. We have to choose the best among the worst. Despite my opinion that Obama will, in the long run, prove to be a mediocre President, the US, in electing a black President who has unified the country, has gone far ahead than we can ever dream of.
Forget TRP's, media channels are bought over by political parties. And we count ourselves as a free country.
The very fact that the Samajwadi Party dared to come up with such an election propaganda and the very shuddering fact that some brainwashed people will actually vote for them itself sends shivers down my spine regarding the future of the nation. Enough said!