tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977271281617618941.post9052027080429041107..comments2023-10-31T18:29:45.487+05:30Comments on Story Teller...: Why Barkha Dutt needs to be defendedAbhinandan Mishrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10132902569649976031noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977271281617618941.post-61537652476747479052010-11-25T23:05:17.920+05:302010-11-25T23:05:17.920+05:30My dear friend, I suggest you go through this foll...My dear friend, I suggest you go through this follow-up article in Open magazine and then maybe you would be willing to concede that Barkha Dutt is in the wrong.<br />http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/voices/this-is-not-journalism-as-we-know-it<br /><br />As far as the mint article is concerned, are you really so naive as to fall for the "authenticity" angle? Even NDTV has admitted the tapes are real. Moreover, like me, if you had gone through the comments on that article, you would have realized that withholding coverage while checking for authenticity isn't exactly a strong suit of Mint. <br />Of course, as expected, those comments were taken down the very next day. Make out what you can out of itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977271281617618941.post-62957057446082367652010-11-23T22:59:36.150+05:302010-11-23T22:59:36.150+05:30Discussions in a forum like this, if open, should ...Discussions in a forum like this, if open, should not hurt. People have different views. Both people and their views may be respected. They enlighten us, guide us, check us and perfect the balance. Let your thoughts fly. Best.Neeraj Bhushanhttp://neerajbhushan.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977271281617618941.post-39766651431849542302010-11-23T05:28:53.325+05:302010-11-23T05:28:53.325+05:30Journos are supposed to be witnesses, not accompli...Journos are supposed to be witnesses, not accomplices. Sadly the Tehelka kind of journalism has blurred all the lines and now the journalists themselves are confused.debashishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05581506338446555105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977271281617618941.post-24193630613409645312010-11-23T01:01:25.866+05:302010-11-23T01:01:25.866+05:30Aravind - thanks for taking the efforts to go thro...Aravind - thanks for taking the efforts to go through the writeup and for your subsequent comment.<br /><br />I agree with you when you say that the media has gone into the mode of spoon feeding the delicacies it feels it should thereby prohibiting the viewers from exercise his/her choice.<br /><br />I wrote about this very thing somewhere in 2008, and since I could not find the exact link on my blog I have attached a link to a site where it was later published.<br /><br />agreed that the media was slow to respond to the tapes. I hope you must have read the words of the editor of Mint the day the tapes were revealed. He said that they have not carried out a story on the tape because they are bit unsure about the authenticity, the circumstances etc in which the conversation were tapped. And I am not in any way justifying that the alleged black out was appropriate. <br /><br />Maybe they went slow on the whole thing and maybe the fact that since it was a sensational expose' it spread too fast before the media houses could decide how to go about it. And before they could act it was in the public sphere. And it got the reaction that was expected.<br /><br />In our country no single media house, however big, will ever be able to sit on a story. <br /><br />http://desicritics.org/2008/03/06/023744.phpAbhinandan Mishrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10132902569649976031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977271281617618941.post-54161848578069508792010-11-23T00:39:16.164+05:302010-11-23T00:39:16.164+05:30First in the article you have said, Hindu (a highl...First in the article you have said, Hindu (a highly respected newspaper) did not write anything about Raja because they have link with DMK. Thanks for the point. Okay now do you know that Hindu and NDTV are partners, and now connect the dots from NDTV to DMK. Of course I used to be a regular reader of Hindu but not anymore.<br /><br />Next, you must understand the frustration by the so called lynch mob does not stick to this scenario only. NDTV and infact most of the media wants the people to think what they think and they cover the news in such way, and unfortunately most of us are raised stupids to believe the rumors and stuff. And do you know it does make huge impact. Most of us have outsourced our thinking to these media guys.<br /><br />And so this is a chance to tell the people, don’t follow these guys blindly, even the proof they show in TV may not be true.<br /><br />Now the worst part, the way the mainstream media is totally avoiding this issue should make you think to what extent these guys can go to not even discuss about something.<br /><br />Remember, todays news is tomorrows history, and most of the problems we have today are because someone said something in history.Aravindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05826655842641301509noreply@blogger.com