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Pavala Megastar Username: Pavala Post Number: 27156 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 165.225.64.64 Rating: |
Simply to say - in the mask of journalism he is a traitor...in simple terms, dongaLxxxjakoxxku....Spy aithe maathram veedu investigation cheyyaala...velli aa pelters meedha cheyyamanaali....piyya thine kukka as of date...N family looks labor than Mega family.... - Onlytruth | ||
Asdf Megastar Username: Asdf Post Number: 28459 Registered: 12-2014 Posted From: 76.109.163.196 Rating: N/A |
level playing field lo lemu manam. we are playing against a faceless enemy who can strike in multiple forms. conventional war lo war crimes aithe we should appreciate karan thapar. | ||
Teluguhero Side Hero Username: Teluguhero Post Number: 2256 Registered: 04-2008 Posted From: 50.156.143.166 Rating: |
http://www.mediacrooks.com/2014/02/indias-worst-journalists- 2014.html India's Worst Journalists - 2014 This is the third edition of Indiaâs Worst Journalists poll; the Razzies for the worst in the business. The poll is conducted every two years (Previously 2010 and 2012). The term âjournalistsâ is being used only technically as people have coined many other names for these unworthies: âPaid mediaâ, âbrokersâ and even âpimpsâ. Itâs an election year and most of these unworthies will be seen campaigning heavily for the non-performers and the corrupt. That the poll has grown in popularity can be measured by the fact that in 2010 it was just a panel of 7 who picked the list, in 2012 there were 938 voters and this year there are 9429 voters. A word about those who exited from the 2012 list: Arnab Goswami may not have won too many back-scratching industry awards but has earned a lot of respect for his integrity if not for his style of TV shows. Vinod Sharma, the HT mouthpiece for Congress, has lost in prominence and therefore wasnât considered worth the trouble. Vir Sanghvi too has lost all standing as a journalist and the former Radia-stenographer makes some back-door appearances on TV and nothing more. Shekhar Gupta didnât make it to the winners list probably because he is not in the news anymore and there werenât any sensational âRaisina hillâ type blunders. This is probably because he had to give up overall management of Indian Express and retain his job as editorialist. Poll results and tabulation are appended to this post. Here are Indiaâs Worst Journalists 2014 (2012 ranking in brackets after name): 10. S. Varadarajan (New entrant) Till recently S. Varadarajan or âVaradabhaiâ as I fondly call him, was the editor of âThe Hinduâ which is famous for its anti-Hindu articles. Lately, Varadabhai is a TV panellist who helps to continue pounding the redundant theory that Modi abetted the 2002 riots. He came out strongly in support of Rahul Gandhiâs bogus allegations on January 27 with Arnab Goswami. Incidentally, RG stated journalists told him Gujarat govt was involved in the riots. I guess RG just missed naming Varadabhai directly. Peddling opinions as news articles was one of the reasons the anti-Hindu claimed he was sacked from the newspaper. The most hilarious article carried in the The Hindu under Varadabhai was one which more or less claimed the âmasculine poseâ by Swami Vivekananda was one of the causes of rapes in India. So if Varadabhai ever strikes that pose I donât want to venture a guess on whatâs on his mind. 9. Kumar Ketkar (9) KK stays where he was last time. He retains his old habits of hate-RSS, hate-Hindutva and anything remotely connected with BJP. Of course, most would remember heâs also a former speech writer for Congress. Lately, heâs an âactingâ defence lawyer for the AAP party. Following the anarchic acts of Arvind Kejriwal & Co. outside Rail Bhawan in January 2014 Ketkar quickly defended them by telling CNN-IBN India has always been anarchic. He recalled events like the Ayodhya movement to defend Kejriwalâs stupidity. KK has a rare distinction though. Heâs one of those media heroes who has been provided police protection following police complaints and threats for abusing a certain caste in Maharashtra. And that contempt is because he hated a certain politician. Thereâs also a case relating to defamatory articles against the RSS and also abusing judiciary. Itâs unlikely the man will change. A hate-filled heart remains the same. 8. Nikhil Wagle (New entrant) Frankly, this media moron is in the bad news not so much for journalism but for his filthy tweets and some allegations by one Nitin Rane. I havenât watched him on IBN Lokmat nor have I had the misfortune to read anything he may have ever written. Like some others in this list he is most known for peddling of untruths. His most stupid outburst was against the middle class people. He tweeted in March 2012: âI am surprised by the low IQ of middle class in this country. Their understanding of politics is so dismal that they vote BJP. God save!â In another tweet he brazenly claims âNot a single PM of India has defended communal riots directly or indirectly. If @narendramodi dreams to become PM he should know this!â Of course, this Congress crony apparently backs what Rajiv Gandhi said justifying killing of Sikhs with a great tree falling. While Wagle often screams about corruption, readers and voters are quite aware of his bosses being alleged to be involved in the Coal scam. I donât see any reason why Wagle why will ever move out of this list. 7. Nidhi Razdan (10) The âLarger pictureâ has made progress and has gone up the list. If she is angling for a permanent spot among Indiaâs worst then sheâs doing just the right things. With a permanent scowl on her face and permanent contempt for some panellists, her show called âLeft, right, centreâ is nothing more than filler on NDTV. Sort of bench-warming for passing the âbuckâ. Nidhi delivered one of the most shameful episodes on Indian TV in her mindless rant against a British MP for inviting Narendra Modi to speak in the British parliament. She even claimed she had the right to âquestionâ SC judgements. If you watch the video of that shameless spectacle Nidhi mentions âcontroversial/controversyâ as many times as Rahul Gandhi mentions empowerment or systems in his speeches. A thorough disgrace to journalism. 6. Karan Thapar (6) Indiaâs only âbow-tieâ journalist (he often reminds me of the bow-tie killer). He has earned the nickname âThe Toolâ after infamously ridiculing PA Sangma, the presidential candidate, of being a tool in the hands of some political parties. His standard pose is the dangerous âmasculineâ pose that The Hindu warns us of as the cause of rapes. Often also called a Paki-Tool, KT sort of proved it when he was handed a quote of Nawaz Sharif about friendship with India. This quote was planted by the Pak news agencies after Sharif became PM and KT grandly discussed the âhand of friendshipâ on his show. It just turned out the statement was made by Sharif to none other than KT earlier (before Sharif became PM again) and the Pakis made KT a âuseful idiotâ to peddle that old statement in the midst of LOC violations. The other thing KT is fond of is making others (like Sibal, Jaitley) sit in his chair and play Devilâs Advocate and pay him compliments. His 2007 statement hoping for a âsudden removal of Modiâ may hold more interest now in many quarters. 5. Rajdeep Sardesai (3) If Rajdeep has fallen one place itâs only because a bigger disgrace has made a grand debut in this list. âPoint taken, fair enoughâ is now the standard defence RS offers when zapped by a panellist (much like Nidhiâs âlarger pictureâ diversion). From defending Robert Vadra and the Gandhis, RS is now seen as grand campaigner for the AAP party. The number of interviews and promotions of Arvind Kejriwal on CNN-IBN and the whole IBN group would stand as proof. His most famous event in the past two years would be the incompetent interview with Modi on the bus floor. Modi even, deliberately or inadvertently, called him âSar-ka-dard-esaiâ. Under RS the IBN group has hit rock bottom with many employees being sacked and the channel hitting new lows in TRP. Quite unfortunate considering CNN-IBN does have some of the best journalists on TV. Rajdeepâs judgement and prudence can be measured by the fact that most of his IOTY nominees have ended up as disasters. If the âtopâ is bad then no number of good journalists can shore up a failing channel. 4. Ashutosh (New entrant) One of the admirable things about Ashutosh is that he made his way up from humble beginnings to prominence. But as many will tell him, itâs not where you started but where you finished that counts. Right now Ashutosh has finished in absolute disgrace. He pretended to be a journalist and an editor while being a political activist for the AAP party. Ashutosh epitomises what most of his colleagues are: Political cronies in the garb of journalists. He had to be thrown out and he became a full time politician; scarf, cap âMalala lookâ and all that. Having become a politician he now does a U-turn on many things he uttered as a closet-journalist. The pro-retail stand FDI turning into anti-FDI being the most prominent one. Somewhere, Ashutosh suffers an inferiority complex as well it seems. His muddled language often confuses but doesnât fail to entertain with its stupidity. So much that Kiran Bedi held up Rogetâs Thesaurus to him to help him understand the meaning of âanarchyâ. In return he has promised to teach her a lesson. Iâm willing to bet: failed journalist, failed politician. 3. Sagarika Ghose (2) She was again in the contest for the top slot. There isnât much that Cacafonix hasnât done which budding journalists should learn not to do. From Easter eggs on Good Friday to calling SC judges âCrackpotâ you have heard it all from this C5M. Just two days back she was in a Sikh colony scavenging on their pain of the 1984 killings while her boss was calling the recent discussions on the topic a ânautankiâ. It didnât occur to Rajdeep that the nautanki was from his own channel in fake care for the victims. Sagarika was also a grand campaigner for the Congress in the December 2012 elections of Gujarat. She travelled through the âMuslim Corridorâ from Ahmedabad to Surat tasting âCommunalâ food and âSecularâ food. Stuttering and stammering on her shows she also has this silly habit of repeating the last lines of her panellists for which Madhu Trehan of Newslaundry aptly calls it âFace the echoâ. Sagarika is, of course, one of the greatest economists produced by CNN-IBN. You can tell by the stupid questions she keeps posting and repeating to RahulG and Modi. And, hold on tight to you chair, Rajdeep passes her as âSense over Sensationalismâ. 2. Barkha Dutt (1) Barkha finally falls off her top perch. She topped the pile in the last two editions but then BD has fallen of every perch sheâs been on. One of the biggest blows to her must be that RahulG preferred Arnab Goswami to her for his first ever TV interview. All her years of carefully âevolutingâ the Gandhi has ended in misery. She also campaigned for SheilaD by moderating her Google hangout; but SheilaD too lost as did Congress in Delhi. Overall BD has been far more subdued in the last year or so but hasnât failed to maintain her bitchiness or her sense of grandeur about herself. She thrilled when Hartosh Bal was sacked from Open Magazine because he had spanked her badly over the Radiagate episode. She couldnât help telling the world over and over again how she was reporting from the âNorth Lawnsâ of the White House. She screwed up over the âDehati Auratâ incident and then claimed the story was being made âabout herâ. She didnât forget to ••••• about a reporter from TimesNow in her reporting from the âKeran Sectorâ. To add to her misery her frequent darlings have also been in trouble. Musharraf is more in jail than out. Imran Khan got a smackdown in the Pak elections. Poor thing! Nothing is going right for âLady Iamthenewsâ. 1. Deepak Chaurasia (New entrant) Indiaâs Worst Journalist 2014 by a good margin. DC who was earlier with Aajtak, then Doordarshan and now allegedly with India News is in the news for an alleged fake video. Many on SM have campaigned to vote for him on this poll because of a video which he is alleged to have doctored and aired to tarnish someoneâs reputation. They were trending him on Twitter with #ArrestCHORasia. This relates to sexual molestation case of a minor. It is for this reason that he not only makes a debut in this list but also makes it straight to No.1. There is something I remember about DC that most people may not. You see, DC is a brave man who had gone to report on the US-Iraq war of 2003. That takes some courage, doesnât it? Oh yes, our DC was right in the middle of it and he was all dressed up in flap-jackets, helmet and all and reporting on the war. There was just one problem though. The war was in Iraq and DC was reporting from Kuwait, which wasnât under any attack. Perhaps this comedian thinks news business is also a theatre. Although DC is one of the early reporters in the Hindi category he is clearly not fit for TV journalism. If he is at the top of this trash pile he quite well deserves the honour. Congratulations to all the winners and may they stand as a beacon for budding journalists on what not to do or be. It is fitting that we relive some funny, filthy and frivolous moments from some of these characters. Hereâs a video compilation (6.30 mins. Some clips are from Newslaundry): | ||
Uno Comedian Username: Uno Post Number: 1240 Registered: 03-2016 Posted From: 174.115.80.19 Rating: N/A |
Indian Govt knows everything about it..His wife had held a press conference immediately after Yadav was captured by Pakistan and she said that he is swerving officer in Navy and on deputation to another Dept From next her and the family is not seen in public and no one know where they are May be Mr.Yadav is agent or on Govt duty .but its not fair on Karan Thapar to openly write a article,instead he can find out the truth from the govt directly (as he may have direct contacts ) and keep shut (if they are related to any sensitive Govt secrets and not give a chance to Pakistan and put Indian Govt in awkward position https://www.dawn.com/news/1328538/indian-journalist-raises-t ough-questions-about-jadhav | ||
Inquisitive Side Hero Username: Inquisitive Post Number: 2099 Registered: 09-2014 Posted From: 72.201.206.251 Rating: |
Why do you think he is a bad journalist? He raised quite a few valid questions. In fact, I would find fault with the other journalists who overlooked so many glaring questions while attaching a lot of importance to this news. Even if Jadhav was a spy, I would sympathize with him and his family. After all, it would count as national service and he did it by endangering his own life. But that doesn't mean that media should fool the people of India and overlook glaring loopholes in the story presented by India that he is an innocent businessman. "Sakshi is a most balanced and independent media. This has no affiliation with any political party," Jagan had said. Link: http://www.outlookindia.com/news/article/sakshi-retelecasts- story-omits-antisonia-remarks/701963 | ||
Teluguhero Side Hero Username: Teluguhero Post Number: 2255 Registered: 04-2008 Posted From: 50.156.143.166 Rating: N/A |
http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/the-mysteri ous-kulbhushan-jadhav-death-sentence-by-pakistan-double-pass port-hussein-mubarak-patel-spy-4621558/ The mysterious Mr Jadhav The case of the Indian sentenced in Pakistan offers more questions than answers Iâm not sure who Kulbhushan Jadhav is, or how he came to be in Pakistan, but my curiosity has been aroused and Iâve tried to read as widely as I can to find the answers. Alas, all Iâve ended up with is questions. The more I learn, the more they multiply. First, why does Jadhav have two passports, one in his own name and another in the name of Hussein Mubarak Patel? According to The Indian Express, the second passport was originally issued in 2003 and renewed in 2014. The passport numbers are E6934766 and L9630722. When asked, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson would only say that India needs access to Jadhav before he could answer. But why not check the records attached to the passport numbers? Surely they would tell a story? Additionally, The Times of India claims that since 2007, Jadhav has rented a Bombay flat owned by his mother, Avanti, in the name of Hussein Mubarak Patel. Why would he use an alias to rent his own motherâs flat? Perhaps Jadhav changed his name after converting to Islam? But then, why did he deliberately retain a valid passport in his old name? Indeed, why did the government let him, unless he deceived them? Second, the government claims Jadhav was kidnapped from Iran and forcibly brought to Balochistan. A former German ambassador to Pakistan, Gunter Mulack, at least initially suggested this was true â but has the government pursued the matter with Mulack? If it has, that hasnât been reported, nor has what he revealed. However, we did pursue the matter with Iran, but, as the MEA spokesperson admitted, they donât seem to have responded or, perhaps, even conducted an investigation yet. We seem to have accepted that. Odd, wouldnât you say? If Pakistan did abduct Jadhav, donât we need to ask why? Doesnât that raise the question of what was so special about him that made them do this? After all, there are 4,000 Indians in Iran â and no one else has been abducted. Third, both The Indian Express and Asian Age suggest that Jadhav has links with the Pakistani drug baron Uzair Baloch. Did he play dirty with him and get caught in a revenge trap set by the drug mafia? Given that Jadhav was arrested a month after Baloch, this could be part of the explanation. Finally, The Indian Express has reported that between 2010 and 2012, Jadhav made three separate attempts to join the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW). The paper suggests he also tried to join the Technical Services Division. What more do we know about this? Even if the media doesnât, surely the government does? A. S. Dulat, a distinguished former chief of R&AW, has unhesitatingly said Jadhav could be a spy. As he put it, if he was the government, he would hardly admit it. Just a few days before Jadhavâs sudden conviction and death sentence, the Pakistani media claimed a retired Pakistani army officer, Lt. Col. Muhammad Habib Zahir, had gone missing in Lumbini, close to the Indian border. The Pakistani media is convinced heâs been trapped by R&AW. Was Jadhav convicted and sentenced to preempt India from claiming it had caught a Pakistani spy? And now, is an exchange of âspiesâ possible? Iâm not sure who will answer these questions, and perhaps it would not be proper for the government to do so, but whilst they hang in the air, the mystery surrounding Jadhav will only grow. |
