Friday, November 28, 2008

The media. Argh!

Is the media right in covering everything that happens?
Aint we giving the terrorist even more info?
Yah right, the cable wires have been cut, but hello these people are terrorist, does the media honestly think they don’t have satellite phones, through which main organization can relay information.

So the media wants their TRPs to go up.

On the other hand the justification offered?! Everybody wants to know what’s happening, so relay it after consultation with the officials on what info can be diverged with!

I mean here the media is relaying live action, commandos breaking on the roofs, rescue operations. WHAT ARE WE DOING??
Supplying first hand info to the terrorist!
Army jawans, police personnel are loosing their lives and who is to be blamed for this?
The terrorist or the media?

What about the people who are trapped in. We all want to know what’s happening to them. All I am saying is do things, in a rational manner.

News should be news, it shouldn’t be relayed in a manner that could prove harmful to the lives of people who are trying to help or the hostages.
I hope the media realizes this, before it is too late.

3 comments:

  1. Anonymous10:46 AM

    The media's misguided enthusiasm to arm terrorists with valuable and potentially harmful information is just ONE of the MANY things that really gall me about the coverage of this senseless tragedy.
    Have you seen the way the events have been sensationalised? Now I understand that the situation is grave and the coverage must reflect apposite gravity but how about showing a little RESPECT folks?
    Innocent people have lost their lives for no fault of their own, and all the media can do is think of clever little captions like “Mumbai Massacre”, “India’s 9/11” etc. The more sensational the name, the more interesting the spin and the more ratings the news channels garner. This vulture-like behaviour sickens me to the core.
    Oh and get this, some news channels have already begun playing the blame game; they’re conducting debates with blowhard celebs trying to determine how ‘WE THE PEOPLE’ are to hold the administration accountable for its failures.
    Listen, I am as pissed off as the next person at this sloppy, lazy administration that allowed this tragedy to occur, but I want to reserve judgment until I have confirmed information. I mean the situation on ground hasn’t even been entirely resolved yet.
    How about we first apprehend the perpetrators, get CONFIRMED information on what motivated these attacks, who is behind them and how this operation went completely unnoticed by intelligence units, before we start pointing fingers.
    The media likes to pretend that it is an uninvolved third party merely reporting events as they happen and having no effect on the outcome whatsoever, but the media needs to wake up and face reality. They are a significant catalyst in the resolution or aggravation of such events than they’d like to admit and they therefore need to be more responsible with their coverage.

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  2. @ tan - amen to that!
    i wish all these channels get slapped with heavy fines for their senses approach.

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  3. Bloody dumb fucks should have been slammed with a 50lakh penalty at least for acting so irresponsibly.

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