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Getafix Side Hero Username: Getafix Post Number: 5231 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 146.115.51.3 Rating: N/A |
 rules oppukovu .. you will be bracketted under any one of the category even though you speak for urself.. future arguments kosam easy avuthadi members ki ala categorise chesi pettukunte.. | ||
Jujung Junior Artist Username: Jujung Post Number: 60 Registered: 02-2010 Posted From: 71.251.166.78 Rating: N/A |
kamal garu, the article is talking about the vacuous nature of a majority of the Indian media, esp. 24 hrs TV news media.. meeru dheni gurinchi matladutunnaru? PS: nenu vhp/sivasena lani criticize chesinantha mathraana, don't assume I am a cong/communist supporter.. i don't represent anyone except myself.. The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.- Paul Valery | ||
Kamal Hero Username: Kamal Post Number: 10060 Registered: 08-2009 Posted From: 130.36.62.139 Rating: N/A |
very true .. but isnt "The Hindu" suffering from the same syndrome? | ||
Jujung Junior Artist Username: Jujung Post Number: 59 Registered: 02-2010 Posted From: 71.251.166.78 Rating: N/A |
http://beta.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/article108458.ece Every issue is now reduced to a fight between individuals, heroic, villainous or just fun figures. So the complex issues behind the shunning of Pakistani cricketers by the Indian Premier League are reduced to a fight between Shah Rukh Khan and Bal Thackeray. (As one television channel began its programme: “Shah Rukh stands tall. His message to the nation ...”). The agonies of Bundelkhand are not about hunger and distress in our Tiger Economy. They are just a stand-off between Rahul Gandhi and Mayawati. The issues of language and migrations in Maharashtra are merely a battle between Rahul Gandhi and Uddhav Thackeray. And the coverage is all about who blinked first, who lost face. The devastating rise in food prices (let's skip the boring factors) and the mess in agriculture are a face-off between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar. The pathetic squabble within the Samajwadi Party is virtually a television serial. A blow-by-blow account of Amar Singh's valiant bid to retain his honour against Mulayam Singh's yahoos. (Indeed, some Hindi channels have begun using the language of theatre to report it — Act II, Scene II. And there was one programme which Mr. Amar Singh ended humming verses from his favourite film song). The Bt brinjal story had mostly only one villain — Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh. He had no visible adversary unless you pose the humble Brinjal as the hero. But that won't work for television. The other, more sinister heroes in this media story preferred to function from behind the scenes, plying newspapers and channels with faked data and false information. Hell hath no fury like a powerful corporate scorned, as the Minister is learning. The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.- Paul Valery |