Thursday, July 26, 2007

INSIDE THE MEDIA (Editorial)

For a layman a journalism is a daring job.. I was in class 9 when I told my mother that I want to be a journalist.. she got a shock.. “It’s a risky job dear, u have to be smart enough to face any situation,”… But gradually I realized that this field is fake.. I’m sad to say that the journalism has sold itself to politics… Few newspapers are dominated by the political parties of India.. Few sets of newspapers and news channels are so much influenced by these politicians that they cannot write a word against their politician bosses.
My mother is a Chairman of Congress at a town area near Fatehpur District…while she was away from her town area for a marriage, the MLA of BSP Aditya Pandey with Mayavati’s legal adviser, Satish Mishra had entered into her office, sat on her official chair where even the DM will hesitate to sit,and shouted at her employees and used abusive language for her supporters… But my mother was smart enough to call for a meeting when she came to know about his misbehavior. Rallies were held and there were slogans shouted against him…
Etv and Sahara Tv were called.. Interviews were taken by these news channels.. This incident was also recorded in our camcorder.. But sadly thewhole incident was not telecast on the news.. WHY???
After all Fatehpur is dominated by the BSP and Aditya Pandey is a member of the BSP.. and also she had taken the help of her party to handle that politician… So the news was buried…
I came across another piece of news which was meant to fool the audience.. Few days back newspapers and news channel had shown a seme-nude woman in two pieces who marched with a hockey stick.. She was protesting against the domestic violence that she had endured and my first reaction was… “so sad, she had to take this step because our Indian police did not register her report,”…But through my media sources I came to know that the reporters had told her to strip down if she wants her news to be telecasted or printed…
WoW!!! this is our media… They can go to any extent to sensationalize news…
Has one ever compared various Indian news channels?
Remember that tsunami incident in Indonesia? The reportings were terrible.. So many people died… what was exact number I don’t remember, but how can I …. After all, all the news channel were giving different statistics of the people dead.. To make the news sensational they were told to increase the number of the casualties… The news channels and newspapers are forgetting their ethics because of the increasing competition.. The facts that are presented are not credible… the news is edited in such a way that the meaning of a sentence changes completely. …

I have gonet for various reportings and I have seen the media from upclose… I still remember that reporter from Aaj Tak news channel, who bombarded a politician:
“You are late…We have certain time limits to cover the news… Next time u do the same then I will not cover your news,”…
Politicians were taking a rally against another politician.. They were telling the channels to take the shot from here or there so that the news can become sensational.. There were 30 to 40 people participating in the rally but the shot was taken from such an angle that it seemed that there were more than thousand people in the rally.. A dummy was burnt and the reporters were giving instruction to the cameramen as to how the shots should be taken.. it was amusing..

Have you ever noticed the activity around Jantar Mantar or India Gate? You will always see various vans of the news channels. After all it is a hub of political rallies or any retaliations or stake outs.

But I do agree that though there are certain news which are not the truth there is also news that is not fake but is useful.. It is the media that forces the Indian police to take its duty seriously,they bombard the Indian police so much that they have no choice but to wake up!
I must say India is one democratic country.. It is true this country is for the people, by the people and of the people.. Each day there is a new media house which is coming up which is approachable by the common man whose trials and tribulations are there for everybody to see and sympathise with.And when you compare,the foreign media is not as free as the Indian media…. But it doesn’t mean that the “Indian Journalist” should destroy the facts and go against the journalism ethics…
You are there as the voice of the nation-the true representation of the feeble voice of the common man…the farmer who is committing suicide,the Jessica Lal who is getting murdered in broad daylight,the child of nithari who was killed by the dozen,and also the woman chairman of a humble village who is being harassed by the local MLA just because he has a personal agenda of his own.

I appeal to the journalist community of a wonderful democracy like India to NOT become the yesman of the political bigwigs-but to represent the common man and his plights-truthfully and with full sincerety.

11 comments:

Umair said...

Nice work Buddy. U are really amazing. Plese write more of them soon.

why dont try this for edit page.

possesed by the joker said...

hey sweety...i think its great ur having your own views....uv just begun to see the real face of media...therez still a long way to go...n believe me what u wrote is just the begining.....there will be lot more hillarious...shocking....nerving...endless emotions that ur gonna feel as u get into it....everything has a reason baby....im not discouraging u in anyways....just that u shud expand ur horizon a little more...tc u...n keep goin

Nisha said...

very nice n thought provoking Saman. I'll be visiting ur blog regularly now :)

Unknown said...

Amazing quotes Saman. You have tried to shown the reality of meadia. But to be true every field has its positives and negatives. Why dont you highlight the good things as well. taking Taj Mahal to seven wonders was all done by media. So it totally depends on once perception how you calculate things. Anyways,keep going. Still a long way to go.

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Anirudh Bhatnagar said...

Hey was completely blown away with you writing skills.. Though this is just a tip of the iceberg, You haven't yet seen the true murky face of media these days who are on the same path as blueline buses.. path of cut throat competition with complete disregard to truth, human values, moral obligations and ethics. After all this is a business.. and its really becoming a dark one. Thanks to people like you this field still has some hope.

P.S. I treat every news put by Indian media these days with sceptism. How stupid do they think Indian public is? And there is something you forgot to mention, many of these channels have political parties or personalities as a major stake holder. So how can they be unbiased? (anirudh)

Unknown said...

hmmm.. interesting piece... thought provoking...keep it up...

Rahul said...

hmmm... me too was in media, and can surely connect with most of your thoughts... will wait for more! ;)

Unknown said...

great piece. we have similar interests it seems. regretably what you write is a reality not just in india but other developing and developed nations as well. there are just too many powerful businesses and political interests in mainstream media today. its too atractive an idea to avoid after all. but great job saman and i am looking forward to your next blog. this is but a small prequel to the becoming of a columnist or a journalist...

Unknown said...

it was great reading it saman...can see a great improvement...good work ...keep it up!!!