I write this with deep regret that we have another blast.The media sepcially CNN-IBN has played up to the sentiments of the people. instead of condemning the incident, Sarika was quick to blame the state government when speaking to Pilot. With no strong laws, and an icompetent government at the centre, This is bound the continue. and the media as usual will continue to keep the issue alive and blame BJP for its communal policies
RE:Media and the Blast
by riten dash on May 14, 2008 11:14 AM Permalink
I just read a paper called The Telegraph, published from Kolkata.In the front page the correspondent(Protim D Gupta)uses a Headline,"eden's lovable FOREIGN HAND"where while eulogising pakistani cricketer Akhtar he is sarcastic about the cruel deaths of our countrymen at Jaipur.According to him a hero like Akhtar can make such deaths as matter of no consequence espcially to the assembled crowd of Kolkata.He does not stop there,he has the cheek to phooh phooh the foreign hand suspicion,by stating that it is the norm for neighbours to blame each other for any violence on their soil.Could this Gupta/Telegraph write such blashphemy had they been in Pakistan, Bangladesh,Malayasia or any other muslim country?Foreign Hands like Gupta and Telegraph are exploiting India's ideals of democracy & secularism to make terrorism and muslimisation acceptable for our people.How long we should permit this?
