This is a disease that seems to be endemic to the Indian Subcontinent. This refrain is almost like the national anthem these days...the chalta hai attitude...the one thing about this disease is that it affects the rich and the poor, the leaders and the followers in equal measures. It has come to the fore in the recent past against the gory background of the firings at various locations in Mumbai.
Let me recount some of the instances, most of the below relate to the media...but it is not meant to be a rant against the media....I have nothing against the media...but guys, how about some responsible journalism for a change!!!...
1) News channels hounding the freed hostages...I vividly recall, the Times Now reporters hounding a Polish National who has just been freed, the poor guy kept repeating politely "I have promised commissioner not to say anything" but the reporters persisted like a pack of dogs, throwing stupid questions at him, hoping he will say something ...anything...atleast Arnab (the guy sitting in studio) had the decency to look embarassed at the way his reporters were behaving, the reporters were all for anything goes, so long as we get a sound byte from him...then they would keep crowing about how they were the first to report it...
2) When they were not hounding the freed hostages the media was busy trying to get inside information from the police and army as to the next move...freely giving out strategic information...showing footage of our commandos landing on the rooftop...was this necessary ??? this was indeed incredible...and the worst part being that they were successful in getting this information most of the times...information that I am sure in other nations would be kept closely guarded till the operation is over....I mean what kind of idiot gives out information which is likely to be used by the terrorists...for instance read the following, this is one of the reporters of some channel, for the life of me I cannot remember the name (I went into shock when I heard what followed next), reporting live from the Oberio "We have just received information that the police have managed to move some of the hotel guests to a safer location...they have now been moved to the REGAL room!!!!"... I rest my case...if this is not a chalta hai attitude... nothing in this world qualifies for it!!!
3) VIPs who made their presence felt...by visiting the Taj and giving free sound bytes to the mediapersons whether or not the media was interested in listening to them...the kind of crap that they were saying made ones blood boil...in the first place VIPs should not come anywhere within a mile radius of the place...as it is the police were grappling with the terrorists...then these vultures descend there and the police have to ensure bandobast for them...infact I was hoping that the police and army would shove atleast one of them into the corridors of the Taj to experience the situation first hand and also as a warning to any other so called VIP who has the burning desire to make his presence felt...
Mere baap ka kya jaatha hain!!
ReplyDeletethanks for pointing it out like this..what these ^%$%#^% idiots dont realise is that next is them...each n every one remaining is the next target:)
even Barkha Dutt, the revered journalist showed her 'true colors' - anything for a sound byte... n then just look at her histrionics..she should have been in those meaningless soaps of Ekta Kapoor
what do they think, we are??? a bunch of inert, spineless viewers, who cannot see thru their masks???
at least, Arnab has his conscience right!
sen, no more chaltha hain, urban warfare claims all of us.
Media !! Journalists!! what are you referring to.. you mean these guys who fight like street dogs for a spicy item, so that they can present it as next breaking news? Even if it is costing the life of others.. From these so called journalists the reporters of a bollywood magazine are better.. coz they do what they are actually supposed to do.. gossip..
ReplyDeleteif one needs to redefine the word "Yellow Journalism" then please come here.. come to India.. and we will set new records..
Cud u plz temme wat RAJ THACKERAY and his co were doin in their steps 2 rescue MUMBAi???
ReplyDelete@ Vin...yes Aranab at times has his conscience right!
ReplyDelete@ Scattered Thoughts...agree...we take Yellow jounrnalism to the next level
@ karthik...Lets us keep him out of this shall we...the less asaid about him the better
its true that there were hints of yellow journalism everywhere, its true that some reporters were stupid enough to blabber around. But that does not prove journalism or journalists in India are hungry for nothing but fame. Vins, Barkha would have been seen dramatic in tv, but being at ground zero for 3 full days, being with those crowd, at that very space, hearing those shots, feeling the pressure, u could not judge how they should react! Personally I admire Barkha and Sreenivas and a lot others in media. Ofcourse that does not mean that I dont agree with the words of Sen. There are moron assholes in every walk of life. sorry for my language, but they simply dont deserve the luxury of stars put on words.. they are what i called them.. There are some in media too.. i wished these stupid terrorists would have attacked power hungry polititions instead of those innocent souls.. if they did, they would have been my heroes :-(
ReplyDeletesawan - I agree what they did in last 3 days while staying in between of all this, was a brave effort but that does not give them right to abuse the information like they do. They have a responsible role to play and they should not forget it.. and that is the main point.. They are barking with every damn info. on the news channels (as soon as it is received) and thus notifying the terrorists with every move which is happening outside.. what the f**k... is that what we call journalism?
ReplyDeleteand even the terrorists and their godfathers know that if they kill the politicians, every body is going to be happy instead of being terrorized and thus there purpose will never be solved.. hence that is out of question...
ReplyDeleteone good thing that happened here.. maybe cos of nsg involvement- the online streaming of all news channels were freezed.. and i hrd, the cable took of the news channels from air in selected regions of mumbai..
ReplyDelete@all: every extremist party has to go...but looks like all parties r extreme..they r playing the 'blame game'...Karthik, u have a point. Sawan, if u see thru their masks, u would know who is a 'true' journalist! ST, yes the terrorists would never touch politicians, they dont wanna get ther hands dirty:)
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