Do we all have amnesia?

[vigneshram]

Its sickening to observe the trend of media nowadays. Everything is made sensational by the media. When a new sensational news surfaces, all the current news are forgotten and not updated.
Check out my musing at
http://vigneshram.blogspot.com/2008/04/blog-post_17.html

[pavalamani pragasam]

:yes: Media is highly irresponsible in its duties of keeping people informed, correctly, impartially, immediately. Sensationalising for better circulation is a condemnable commercial trend when its ethics is buried deep down!

[Punnaimaran]

Dear Vigneshram,

Nowadays the media does not give news, rather it interprets them to its own advantage.

Here is an example :

Situation 1 : Tendulkar scores a duck and India loses the match.

Headline : Should Sachin give way for the youngsters? Do our players deserve such huge amounts for the ads?

A month later : Tendulkar scores a century and India wins.

Headline : Master Blaster silences his critics. Should Sachin be awarded the Bharath Ratna?

The fault does not lie entirely with the media. The media plays according to the prevailing mood of the viewers.

After all, everything is for the sake of TRPs....


Punnaimaran

[pavalamani pragasam]

:( But is it not media's duty to give correct information, control unhealthy, unethical trends, indirectly setting a sane environment?

[vigneshram]

Dear Vigneshram,

Nowadays the media does not give news, rather it interprets them to its own advantage.

Here is an example :

Situation 1 : Tendulkar scores a duck and India loses the match.

Headline : Should Sachin give way for the youngsters? Do our players deserve such huge amounts for the ads?

A month later : Tendulkar scores a century and India wins.

Headline : Master Blaster silences his critics. Should Sachin be awarded the Bharath Ratna?

The fault does not lie entirely with the media. The media plays according to the prevailing mood of the viewers.

After all, everything is for the sake of TRPs....


Punnaimaran

Exactly...

Thats what irritates me...
Not to forget the news shows in satellite channels, especially Jaya & Kalaignar TV

[app_engine]

There are so many such sensationalised news (especially from TN) that got forgotten after a while - Adhikesavan (loan fraud), Bishop Yobu Saravanan (contractor cheating), Liyakath Ali Khan (matrimony fraud).

It's a very long list (reflecting the society's level of corruption). The public definitely need to know what are the punishments to such alleged criminals.

Unfortunately, while such individual cases lose their focus (which itself is deplorable as the guilty should be punished and the affected system corrected), there are even bigger situations affecting a larger group of people that too suffer a similar fate:-( e.g. kAviri, mullaipperiyAr, Hogenakkal, Sethu kAlvai. Some of these may be resurrected every now and then for political purposes and buried after the intended gains for the concerned are reaped.

Interestingly, Detroit seems to be no different. (The mayor's case).

[bingleguy]

:( But is it not media's duty to give correct information, control unhealthy, unethical trends, indirectly setting a sane environment?
:-)

[ajithfederer]

Superb :thumbsup: This particular example applies to many gentlemen in our sports section as well :lol2:

Dear Vigneshram,

Nowadays the media does not give news, rather it interprets them to its own advantage.

Here is an example :

Situation 1 : Tendulkar scores a duck and India loses the match.

Headline : Should Sachin give way for the youngsters? Do our players deserve such huge amounts for the ads?

A month later : Tendulkar scores a century and India wins.

Headline : Master Blaster silences his critics. Should Sachin be awarded the Bharath Ratna?

The fault does not lie entirely with the media. The media plays according to the prevailing mood of the viewers.

After all, everything is for the sake of TRPs....


Punnaimaran

[sarna_blr]

Yen namma cinemaa actors....arasiyal thalaivargalukkum porndhum.... :cry:

KavEri prachchanaidhaan adhukku sariyaana example....

[wrap07]

This is quite an important and relevant topic for the current days.
Media makes mountain out of a molehil and concentrates only on sensationalising things without ever bothering about the resultant impact on the society. For the sake of higher viewership or get a hyped up name, they are even prepared showcase gruesome incidents blatantly without any botheration.

Truthful reporting is hard to find. Actually, they invent or create issues when there is none. At times, it is amazing to see them coming out with a different perspective of the same issue on day to day basis.

[bingleguy]

Padma Sree Kamal Hassan quoted right in his SPEECH ...

"இங்கிரு ந்து கர்னாடகதுக்கு செல்லும் செய்திகள் திருத்தி சொல்ல படுகின்றன ...அவ்வாரே அங்கிரு ந்து இங்கு வரும் செய்திகலும் திருத்தி சொல்ல படுகின்ட்ரன ...தயவு செய்து திருதி சொல்லும் வெலையை செய்யாதீர்கள் என்ட்ரு ஒரு சில ஊடகங்களுக்கு கரம் கூப்பி கேட்டு கொள்கிறேன்"

[Meera-ssg]

For every product we buy we pay an amount called premium over and above the production, its called PROFIT for the manufacturers.

MEDIA's profit is hype, and publicity. So keep away a percentage of any news, as a premium for the profit and grasp the rest as the real news.

[app_engine]

[tscii:30c71ef970]Look at this link:
http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/30/stories/2008043060391300.htm

Some of the comments in the above report are quite damaging, considering that they come from SC judges. Please note the following:
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“Just for getting a gallantry award, innocent people in Jammu and Kashmir and the northeast are termed terrorists and killed,” Justice Aftab Alam, who was on a Bench, which comprised Justice B.N. Agrawal and Justice G.S. Singhvi, observed orally. “This is a cold-blooded murder but we give them gallantry award.”

Endorsing this observation, Justice Singhvi said, “It is also being done by the police and it is happening throughout the country. In the so-called encounters, the justification offered is if we [police] don’t kill them, they [terrorists] will kill us. Fake encounters are for gallantry awards and for getting an out-of-turn promotion. The whole thing is devilishly planned.”
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This is becoming a news of concern. Recently such 'encounter' deaths are on the rise:-( However, as usual, people will talk about it whenever a rowdy is killed and then forget in a matter of hours. Life has become so cheap:-(
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[thamizhvaanan]

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This is becoming a news of concern. Recently such 'encounter' deaths are on the rise:-( However, as usual, people will talk about it whenever a rowdy is killed and then forget in a matter of hours. Life has become so cheap:-(


Hmm... many of the fake encounters in TN are basically politically motivated murders. Rowdies are backed by politicians, and when the respective party is in power, they are totally uncontrolled and serve the party's purpose in performing several illegal activities. When the power changes, the ruling party eliminates them in fake encounters. For instance as soon as DMK came to power, some of the well known ADMK rowdies were murdered. The same thing happened when ADMK came to power as well. It is all part and parcel of the dirty politics prevailing here :banghead:

And regarding J&K, I dont know whether such human rights violations are taking place. Wherever Military is in command, justice takes a backseat. Sad thing is that, we may not know the complete situation in Kashmir, we rely on this stupid media to get information :banghead: