Tag: media coverage

The most recent rape of 2 very young girls is an really unfortunate crime and law should take it course and give the accused the punishment they deserve. But the recent uproar, people seem to be being used for political purposes without their knowledge and the meda using it usual unbalanced reporting to bash… Read More

West Bengal's Opposition parties moved the Kolkata high court which has stayed the panchayat poll process ... this is a highly unusual move. Opposition parties say Mamta Banerjee's ruling MC is not allowing opposition candidates to even file nomination papers for the nearly 45,000 seats . There are news reports of opposition… Read More

A few unfortunate things said about President Kalam: Ramachandra Guha, supposed a well-known author said n 2012: "Ramchandra Guha, historian and author, feels that the people have got wrong in voting for Kalam as he will be forgotten in 10 years. He is not an original scientist, he will be… Read More

During today's (Monday) ongoing anti-terrorist operations in Gurdaspur, Punjab, some news and current affairs TV channels carried live telecast of these operations without restricting themselves to periodic briefing. This greatly risks the lives of concerned Security Personnel and compromises the effectiveness of these operations. Government ordered the Media to follow… Read More

A recent survey of Mainstream media revealed: 80% are totally dissatisfied; 87% feel media is heavily biased and has an agenda; 70% feel prime time debates are chaos; and very importantly - nearly half feel there is a need for a fair and reliable media. It is hard to feel… Read More

Mainstream Media (especially English ones) who pass on unbalanced and agenda driven coverage have lost loyal readers. Technology has made matter worse. There are too many examples to note, but coverage of Godhara riots, India-bashing coverage by New York Times, the Economist, BBC come to mind. Read More