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MEDIA WAS ANTI MODI- SHEELA BHATT ACKNOWLEDGES.........
by hansen on Dec 25, 2007 11:43 AM

ANOTHER PROOF MEDIA IS POLITICISED IN INDIA. A VIBRANT MEDIA MUST GIVE NEWS BUT NEVER VIEWS... IN THE WEST MEDIA PERSONS ARE PUT TO JAIL FOR LONG JAIL TERMS FOR MISCONDUCT BUT HERE IN INDIA HAVE WE SEEN ONE HIGH PROFILE CASE WITH SUCCESSFUL CONVICTION? AND WE HAVE SEEN PEOPLE DYING IN FRONT OF THE MEDIA LENS AND GOT AWAY WITH MURDER EVEN THIS YEAR. TAHELKA HAD A PLANTED SROTY FOR A PRICE BUT GOT AWAY. WHEN WE GLORIFY AND ROMANTICISE CRIME IT GETS DILUTED. EXAMPLE: SCORES OF CHILD ARTISTS EARN A LIVING IN ADVERTISING AND FILM MEDIA AS WE SEE THEM EVERYDAY AND HAVE NO PROBLEM BUT WE ROUND UP SCORES OF POOR CHILDREN EARING FOR A LIVING IN FACTORIES AND TEA SHOPS AND DEPRIVE THEM OF FOOD AND SHELTER.

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Understanding the alchemy of Modi