Friday, May 19, 2006

Media Watch

Generally, the electronic media has shown its totally savarna character. Sahara is the worst, according to me.
But two days ago there was a nice programme in CNN IBN, which i suspect the channel did not intend! The pro-reservationists had taken over the programme. I was really impressed by Mr Raja, the CPI leader's commitment (the way Sagarika Ghosh ran away from him when he said land reforms are the first step towards an egalitarian society in the context of supporting reservations)

3 comments:

Social Justice Today! said...

See, i think both the moderators were actually biased against reservations. But, for some reason, the voice was properly given to the people supporting social justice this time, unlike barkha dutt's programme.

obc voice said...

i tend to agree with we-support-reservations on this.. this time the pro-reservationists got a chance..was it intended? i don't know.

drawingboy said...

Indian media is elitist and generally urban-centric in nature, always failing to touch upon the ground realities. My blood boils to think about the media’s (especially the electronic) over-enthusiastic coverage of anti-reservation protests all over the country.
Just take the brouhaha created by the Arushi murder case by the media. Dalits being burnt alive, their women paraded naked and gang-raped in public and perpetrators go scot-free on a daily basis. Why the murder of a Dalit girl or someone from the lower strata of the society doesn’t get the kind of attention it deserves?