In today's scenario, anything can be presented as the BREAKING NEWS. A boy falling in the well shall be covered Live and telecasted throughout the world. A son of a film star is getting married and this shall be on the TV for us to see, any petty incident that can rage anger against the Govt. shall be presented as a Chaat/Bhelpuri for us to cherish. Anyone on strike and once they see cameras rolling, they get an divine energy to burn buses and create havoc. The question is that is this we call media? or NEWS or the very Purpose of seeing News.
Select any News channel and on at least one of them you will have something going for the filmstars/criketers and their girl friends/ criminals/ terriorists etc. Something about corruption/ failed sessions of the Parliament/ serial killers etc.. Watching this all stuff one might start feeling that is there anything good happening in my country? Or for that matter is this the only thing that is ON in my nation?
Just two days back I was watching a show on a very popular Hindi News Channel and they were showing a great detail of information of D… and his D company. The anchor was making us aware of the facts/figures/power etc of that person and his rise to such a level. I was not able to figure out the reason why or what the channel is making us aware of? Are they telling us that we have to be safe from that fellow or actually showing us that how big that fellow is and that we can’t ever fight with him? Or they were establishing his supremacy over the underworld. Sure! The information must be sensitive and may be only Govt. must have it. But they were telecasting it right into my home with no fear at all! Is that the channel has become more powerful than the Govt. itself who (Govt.) is finding it difficult to prosecute him from at least a decade? Is this done just to create a artificial supremacy within/among the NEWS channels race? Or to increase the TRPs. Since jo chalta hai woh bikta hai or jo bikta hai wohi to chalta hai……
The point that I want to put forward is WHAT IS THE PURPOSE? Why is the media getting so much involved in crime that they can’t find anything good in the Society or some good policies of the GOVT? Anything that might bring a revolution or at least an information that might help voters to decide the next Govt.
The effect of media is such that the person you had never even known before, reaches your dinning room and then in your head. HE becomes bigger and you smaller. Just see what has happened to the 26/11 accused. He is in a great hype these days and media wants every single bite out that issue. The hype is making him even bigger and more established. Ten years back when we used to see only Doordarshan, we hardly knew any terrorist orgs. But now, we know many of them and know them everyday. But what is the benefit of knowing them at all? You see, they (T orgs) do any brutal attacks and try to claim their responsibility and once they are in the media they have achieved a milestone! Since the it’s covered Live, they also get valuable updates. On the same lines, 26/11 massacre was telecasted LIVE. Someone is killing, someone is dying and you are recording it and telecasting it. And to add to it you are also transferring the updates to the people who are actually responsible for doing this act! Pity!
Friends, I would like to know your take on the above issue. Do you think that the media is becoming irresponsible or its just a business for them --- the race to become the NO.1 @ the cost of country’s integrity. I am not blaming the channels or pointing them down, but want to know that is their a check required or the direction need to checked…….
Let me know your take on this........