The ghost of Mangalore attack does not seem to die. Week has been passed since then but it looks like media is determined not to let it die down so easily and unnoticed. What an aggressive marketing has it been for any secular party in Indian politics except BJP and organizations like RSS. News channels NDTV, CNN-IBN, TIMESNOW are few of the prominent one who have been covering the entire episode round the clock in such a fashion which they done during 26/11 attack on India! Looked like Ram Sena has waged a war against the secular India and the India is in front of clear danger like it was on 26 November.
I saw whole Indian print and visual media united on a common cause on Mumbai attack. Despite few of the irresponsible, misadventurous reporting (significantly by NDTV) due to which one NSG commando had to pay for his life, the role of media has been really appreciable in those terrorist attacks. Since indian media is now in adolescent state hence on such improper reporting, chances must be given to them to grow up as to be developed as a complete pillar of strength of India. Truly a better picture of Indian media suddenly seemed to take shape in front of my eyes; hoping it will be expectedly perform well beyond party, religion or creed. Kind of mature media which could report us actual facts and figures without being biased.
Then as expected the “josh” of media on the said subject died down and I found our media battling again the war for TRP in which the coverage for the subject has crossed the limits quite often. In the influences of big names these so called news channel are doing childish; not bothered about the dignity of journalism and their responsibility for a fair reporting because as a viewer I expect them to put the news, not their own views. Please do leave that for my part!
The latest example has been the Mangalore pub attack. The media has damaged the subject to such limit that now I doubt every concerned news being telecasted with so many doubts. Just after that incident one MLA’s daughter and her friend has been beaten and IBN puts this news as an attack on society by Ram Sena’s attempt of ‘kidnapping’; and 'communalism' since her friend was a Muslim! I do not know, had he been a Hindu do these channels had portrait him as a ‘Hindu’ citizen beaten? Even if all the news been true was it necessary to report the faith of the girl’s friend?
I do not know which party these channels are dedicated to? Without investigating the incident properly, almost all the channel went on air that it was once again masterminded by Ram Sena. Now when it is clear that it was not done by Ram sena will they apologize to Ram Sena?
If you look precisely into the matter it seems that it is one kind of propaganda being spread by media to save congress for forthcoming Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka. As everyone knows that Congress is lacking of in depth leadership to revive the party with on option left; it is hence better move to drown the emerging opponent along with it. Such kind of hyping the useless issues can create a negative image of BJP among masses as they think it.
I feel attacking the girls in the pub is not such a big issue which could be kept for more than a week as a breaking news on your channel. Clearly media is sympathetic for congress thereby defeating the very purpose of foremost principle of unbiased journalism! By involving the name of Ram Sena with BJP, here the media is trying to help congress in upcoming elections.
As a common citizen of India I don’t approve the attacks by Ram Sena but same time I want to convey that so far the media has been terribly failed in invoking the nation despite it’s partial reporting on the subject. I am no supporter of BJP but this much I (and people too, I think ) also understand that by unnecessarily publicizing this, not that much important incident, you are just putting shame on pure journalism.
