Number Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 (edited) Lets report their good bad and worse here. Would like to start with Outlook's recent campaign against Smriti Irani. I have never been a fan of Outlook since they got Arundhati Roy to spread fictitious lies about 2002. I came across this article written by Saba Naqvi on Smriti Irani as it got a lot of flak from people who I think have been mostly neutral in their views. Quote SUHEL SETH @suhelseth · Apr 16 Just read a disgusting vitriolic piece by one Saba NAQVI on @smritiirani in the latest Outlook. Where are all the woman activists now? SUHEL SETH @suhelseth · Apr 16 If a man had written the piece laced with innuendoes on @smritiirani as Saba NAQVI has done, there'd be women activists pouncing on him. SUHEL SETH @suhelseth · Apr 16 There's a difference between character analysis and character assassination. Saba Naqvi's piece on @smritiirani is an example of the latter. SUHEL SETH @suhelseth · Apr 16 The tragedy is that some in the media can't distinguish between crass and elegance. The piece by Saba NAQVI is reflective of the former. SUHEL SETH @suhelseth · Apr 16 And some joker MIHIR whoever in that same article on @smritiirani says as an actress she should be used to cameras pointing at her? Dolt. SUHEL SETH @suhelseth · Apr 16 What makes matters worse is that Saba NAQVI comes from a legacy of great journalism qua her father Saeed NAQVI. But then she isn't the same. SUHEL SETH @suhelseth · Apr 16 Sometimes I sit back and wonder since when did journalists lose their basic ethics and injected hatred rather than objectivity? SUHEL SETH @suhelseth · Apr 16 Outlook should be worried. First they lost an editor. Now they are about to lose the last vestiges of elegant journalism. Sad. Isheta Salgaocar @IshetaS · Apr 16 @suhelseth absolutely detested the use of the "cat-fight" to describe a disagreement between two women. Why be just tussle or discord?! Here is the link to the article http://www.outlookindia.com/article/Smriti-A-Fading-Memory/293990 Absolutely distasteful and reeks of brazen bias. The worst part is that in the same series they have allowed someone called Mihir Srivastava to write one op-ed and in that he writes (:facepalm:) http://www.outlookindia.com/article/No-Jottings-The-Babu-Has-Left-The-Building/293991 If we see twitter profile of this nut https://twitter.com/mihirmihirmihir comes across as a retarded nude artist. Thats Outlook who some people still consider an informative magazine. Edited March 27, 2017 by BeautifulGame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeautifulGame Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 This issue Outlook articles on Smiti Irani were pretty good . The point about trying to create unnecessary controversy in Goa during BJP national meet in Bangalore after being dumped was pretty valid.Quoting anything out of context is pointless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amiret Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 It is a harsh opinion piece on the HRD minister and opinions are rarely unbiased. I don't see how it is distasteful or indulging in character assassination. Yes , the the write-up cites anonymous sources , unnamed "well-placed sources in the BJP" to paint an uncharitable picture . You may disagree with the practice of using anonymous sources but in the wheeler dealer secretive world of Indian politics , sometimes that is the only way for the public to gather any facts at all. Should the media avoid publishing stories when sources do not want to come on record ? Is the practice of using anonymous sources capable of being misused ? Of course. Is it possible that journalists can fabricate anonymous sources to make up stories ? yes. Other overlooked examples character assasination : It is widely accepted that Mrs.Sonia Gandhi is corrupt and has looted the country of billions of dollars even though she has not been convicted in any court of law . She has even been accused of conspiring to murder her own husband by loony rabble- rousers of the ruling party. Is she a victim of character assasination ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sachin=GOD Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 The Saba Naqvi article is fairly accurate though the writing is quite disgusting at times. Smriti Irani got a very important portfolio quite early in her career and that has made her arrogant. Also, she just isn't good enough for this ministry and has been having altercations with people from IIT/IIM and other big institutes who actually know their job. Since she is favored by Modi, she treats other leaders with disrespect and is not one to take advise from anyone. Should be sacked or moved to a smaller ministry as she needs a lesson in humility and also needs to learn how to get work done from IAS officers (she has been known to show a 'know it all' attitude without actually knowing the issues - this is causing problems with the HRD ministry Babus). Also, she keeps making mistakes and when the media shows them, she blames the PR officials at the ministry (3 of them have been removed since she became minister). And she has obviously given in to the diktats of RSS and bodies like ICHR have been filled with RSS people with the Chairman of ICHR being grossly under qualified for the job. So when the media covers all this negatively, its not exactly taking vengeance or anything - most of what is reported about her is happening and its no secret in Delhi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amiret Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Seems like honorable Minister of HRD and Mrs.Lekhi do not get along. Here are some comments from President of All India Modi CheerGirls association Madhu Kishwar in an interview : You have been the founder-editor of Man*ushi. What’s your reaction to the contro*versy about the CCTV camera in Goa? " She could have handled it better and been more discreet rather than create a scene. There is a BJP government in the state and they could have discreetly taken action without the attendant publicity, which has done no good to her. On the contrary, it lowered her esteem in the eyes of others. When Sharad Yadav told her in the Rajya Sabha that he knew what she was, did you see a single BJP MP come to her rescue? Did one of them walk out? Instead, they were all smirking. That is the kind of respect she enjoys even among BJP MPs." What kind of reactions do you get to your criticism of her? Every time I tweet about her ‘incompetence’, not one person comes forward to defend her record. (There are) those who do ask whether she is my ‘soutan’, “itna jalte kyun hain” etc. Shows the level of support she has. The prime minister, you had said, had the knack of picking up the right person for the right job. Why then did he choose her? " Find one person in the BJP who can find an answer. It is because nobody can find an answer that all kinds of rumours have been doing the rounds. It does no good to the PM and certainly not to her. It is a free-for-all out there. " " Can anyone showcase one great initiative taken by her to change the course of education? One positive? On the other hand, it is shameful the way she is hounding the Delhi University vice-chancellor. Whatever little autonomy that IITs and IIMs enjoy is being trampled upon; at least 10 IAS officers to the best of my knowledge have opted to quit the ministry. VCs, IIT directors complain of interference, key bodies remain headless...." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seedhi Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Other overlooked examples character assasination : It is widely accepted that Mrs.Sonia Gandhi is corrupt and has looted the country of billions of dollars even though she has not been convicted in any court of law . She has even been accused of conspiring to murder her own husband by loony rabble- rousers of the ruling party. Is she a victim of character assasination ?We are talking of mainstream media. No one in the mainstream media has ever written such an innuendo filled cover story on Sonia Gandhi. Only a completely demented editorship can allow garbage such as the following to be written about any female, let alone a union minister: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amiret Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 What those articles in outlook tell us , is that she is disliked by many top leaders of her party and officials of her ministry . " A V-C who is well into his 60s hits the nail on its head. “I thought of her as a bre*ath of fresh air. Her predecessor from NDA-I, Murli Manohar Joshi, a professor of physics in Allahabad University and my contemporary, arguably was the worst HRD minister India has seen. But now I feel Smriti is giving even him tough competition. Ignorance is not always bliss,” he says. In one instance, she is alleged to have thrown a file at an additional secretary-rank officer :omg: at a meeting. Later, she apparently apologised to him, saying it was her wedding anniversary and she was “tense”, even telling him she would “restore his honour” Obviously that bureaucrat ( who had a file thrown at him by Smriti) would not like to come on record . The 2 opinion pieces on Outlook use many anonymous sources ; But nothing in them is as opprobrious and slanderous as "PRESStitues" or "5*activists". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asterix Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 She should'nt be a Cabinet minister and that too of an important portfolio... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seedhi Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 What those articles in outlook tell us , is that she is disliked by many top leaders of her party and officials of her ministry . Obviously that bureaucrat ( who had a file thrown at him by Smriti) would not like to come on record . The 2 opinion pieces on Outlook use many anonymous sources ; But nothing in them is as opprobrious and slanderous as "PRESStitues" or "5*activists".Again, try and wrap your head around the fact that this thread is about the behavior of the mainstream media, not politicians. Otherwise, politicians of every hue are guilty of making slanderous statements: maut ka saudagar, bikau (Kejri), baal-kati etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seedhi Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Sore throats of Sonia Gandhi and Mayawati. Moron's reactions: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seedhi Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 MediaCrooks @mediacrooks · 7m 7 minutes ago LIE BIG... retract small! The FILTH at @TheHindu .. Although @arunjaitley shd know better than talking to scumbags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diga Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 MediaCrooks @mediacrooks · 7m 7 minutes ago LIE BIG... retract small! The FILTH at @TheHindu .. Although @arunjaitley shd know better than talking to scumbags See the actual headline and the correction.. it says "the words were a part of questions posed to him in the interview" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amiret Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 If the question had the term "saffron bullies" and Mr.Jaitley did not object to the phrasing of the question , Then Mr.Jaitley and his supporters have very little to complain about . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seedhi Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 If the question had the term "saffron bullies" and Mr.Jaitley did not object to the phrasing of the question ' date=' Then Mr.Jaitley and his supporters have very little to complain about .[/quote']The newspaper itself has issued a correction (not a clarification), which implies that the headline was incorrect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seedhi Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Just for reference, this a correction that Times of India issued in April for a blatantly false quote of Subramanian Swamy in December. More than 3 months, and that too after Swamy filed a case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khalpat Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 I think yesterday while lecturing the MP's of BJP, PM made two points against media one he started with admiring words for Gen V.K. Singh and secondally just before his concluding statement he said do not get distracted by what some people say and he goes on to tell the story as to how after being elected the PM candidate when he was suppose to give his first speech in Haryana in 2013, one of the TV channel just to confuse the viewers showed Walk the Talk with Modi which was shot during the year 2004. He also in his style said yaar unhe bhi to paise kamana hai , ghar chalana hai, aap apna kaam karo aur unke criticism ki parwaah na karo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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amiret Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 who is this Bhupendra chaubey ? "this version of rahul is great " Are you f****** kidding me ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeautifulGame Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 who is this Bhupendra chaubey ? Are you f****** kidding me ? CNN IBN political correspondent isn't he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number Posted April 20, 2015 Author Share Posted April 20, 2015 who is this Bhupendra chaubey ? Are you f****** kidding me ? CNN-IBN Ambani's channel. :haha: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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