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How western media is covering India's containment of the coronavirus - get ready to outrage!!


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I know we have some avid western media watchers here, and a few lovely 'NRIs' who are constantly telling the unwashed, lesser educated Indians in India about what their 'motherland' should and shouldn't be doing...

 

so let's see how westerners are actually covering India's containment of the coronavirus.

 

Here is CNN:

 

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New Delhi (CNN)

For two days, Jeetender Mahender, a 36-year-old Dalit sanitation worker, has not dared to leave his family's shanty in the Valmiki slum of northern Mumbai, India, except to go to the toilet.

His situation is desperate. The tiny home has no running water or toilet, his family is low on food -- and when he doesn't go to work, he doesn't get paid.
Mahender is trying to comply with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 21-day nationwide lockdown, intended to help stop coronavirus spreading further among the country's 1.3 billion people. India has recorded 1,024 cases and 27 deaths.
"Social distancing is not just for the sick, but for each and every person, including you and even your family," Modi said in a nationwide address last week.
That might work for India's middle and upper classes, who can hunker down in their condos and houses, preen their terrace gardens, eat from their well-stocked pantries and even work from home, using modern technology.
 
But the chaos unfolding across India in recent days has spelled out that for the 74 million people -- one sixth of the population -- who live cheek by jowl in the country's slums, social distancing is going to be physically and economically impossible.

Not sure how 74 million is 1/6th of 1.3 billion, but OK.

 
BTW, if 74 million out of 1.3 billion are living in slums, then i have to admit, poverty reduction has worked brilliantly in India. i thought the number was much higher!
 
 
Big american businesses shutting down. baaaaaad news! think of all the billionaires potentially losing money!!
 
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Flipkart, which is owned by Walmart (WMT), announced Wednesday that it was suspending services after authorities called for a "complete" lockdown for the entire population of 1.3 billion people, directing most stores, offices and factories to shut down.
 
"We urge you to stay at home to be safe," Flipkart said in a statement. "Our promise is that we will be back to serve you as soon as possible."
People around the world have been relying more on online shopping in an effort to limit physical contact as the virus spreads. Amazon (AMZN) has revealed plans to hire 100,000 distribution workers in the United States, while Chinese firm JD.com (JD) has pledged to open up more than 20,000 new positions.
 
Amazon, Flipkart's main rival in India, on Tuesday moved to limit orders as it responded to increased demand because of the coronavirus outbreak.

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/25/tech/flipkart-amazon-india-coronavirus/index.html

 

 

Democracy is DYING in india. and America - being the "greatest country" in the world - shouldn't allow it to happen!
 
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For decades following World War II, the free world has looked to the United States for democratic and civil guidance. So, when President Trump wrapped up his two-day visit to India in February and praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for India's "religious freedom" following Hindu-Muslim riots in parts of the capital, it didn't just feel like Indian democracy was crumbling further; it felt as though it had got the go ahead from a global superpower.

"We did talk about religious freedom, and I will say that the prime minister was incredible on what he told me," Trump said while announcing a $3 billion trade deal with India at a press conference in New Delhi on February 25. "[Modi] wants people to have religious freedom ... he said that in India they have worked very hard to have great and open religious freedom."
 
This recent violence isn't just an isolated incident. It's part of a disturbing trend in Modi's India. Since the Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came into power 2014, there has been a rise in violent crimes against minorities. The violence has followed a rise in overtly religious nationalism in India's politics; several members of the BJP advocate for "Hindutva," a principle that aims to define Indian culture through Hindu values.
So far, the US has declined to criticize the direction in which India is heading.
 
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/15/opinions/akanksha-singh-trump-modi/index.html

Fun fact - the lobby that insists on "religious freedom" - are....evangelical christians.

 

 

It gets better. Apparently...the "evil hindew nationalists" were too busy starting riots and passing "controversial laws"...when they should have been focused on preventing the pandemic!!...according to our enlightened friends at the atlantic.

 

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By now, the global timeline of the coronavirus’s development has been well established: The first case reportedly appeared in mid-November; in December, the Chinese government was still attributing hospitalizations to a peculiar form of pneumonia; through January and February, the outbreak began spreading around the world; and its epicenter is today firmly in Europe and the United States.

 

Throughout, another set of events were occurring here in India. Late last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu-nationalist government introduced and passed a controversial new law, ostensibly in support of minorities in neighboring countries, that in fact openly discriminated against Muslims and undermined India’s secular foundations. Then, early this year, protests over that new law snowballed into a pogrom in which dozens of people—mostly Muslims—have been killed.

Yet even as India was gripped by demonstrations and violence, the coronavirus was making inroads into society here. The country reported its first case on January 30, but authorities steadfastly insisted that cases were one-offs and no local transmission was taking place. In recent weeks, though, India has seen exponential growth in the number of cases. Today, we are three days into a three-week nationwide lockdown, a heavy restriction on a nation of 1.3 billion people that Modi and his government have insisted will help defeat the virus.

All of that is to say nothing of the medical disaster that may well await India, one I am familiar with—I have covered health care in India for 17 years, and was previously the health editor of The Hindu, one of the country’s biggest newspapers. As the government focused in recent months on passing the controversial anti-Muslim law, stoking protests and eventually communal violence, crucial time to prepare for this pandemic was lost. The World Health Organization warned on February 27 of a coming disruption in global supply chains, advising countries to create their own stockpiles of the personal protective equipment that medical workers would need. The Indian government waited until March 19, however, to finally issue an order prohibiting the export of domestically made PPE, and a further five days to ban the export of respiratory apparatuses. There are more such delays: Only last week did the government finally allow health-care workers treating patients suffering from COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, to be tested; it also only recently began testing those without a travel history, a long-overdue implicit admission that the virus was being transmitted locally; and it has just issued notices to private hospitals to submit tallies of the number of intensive-care beds and ventilators available and to cancel nonessential surgeries, and directed facilities nationwide to ensure those suffering COVID-19 are neither stigmatized nor turned away. Even the measures the authorities have taken have had unintended consequences. The lockdown, for example, bars factory workers from going to work, leading to a shutdown of the medical-device industry, and prevents truckers from transporting materials and stocks to hospitals.

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/03/india-coronavirus-covid19-narendra-modi/608896/

 

For those of you wondering,

"WHY DOES THE WEST COVER INDIA in such a farcical manner?"

 

Here's the simple answer:

Because they think they are superior. And they think Indians are incapable of governing themselves.

 

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5 minutes ago, LordPrabhzy said:

 

 

Every single british media outlet is focusing on the large exodus of labourers. No mention of the actual levels of cases, deaths, recoveries and what India is doing on the area of testing or medications. These feckers have a one track mind and that is to undermine India.

 

You have it the wrong way round. They aren't undermining india, they're making the west look superior. Which is perfectly fine.

 

A westerner reads these articles and feels re-assured. What do you expect western media to report?

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6 minutes ago, Manny_Pacquiao said:

 

You have it the wrong way round. They aren't undermining india, they're making the west look superior. Which is perfectly fine.

 

A westerner reads these articles and feels re-assured. What do you expect western media to report?

well any person with 2 brain cells can tell the difference of the Government intervention for a country with 50 million and 1.3 Billion.. at this time when all nations need to work together to make sure we have measures in place to protect innocents, all they can do is divert the attention from the real work being done by India, the GOI and state governments to the logistical issues arising from this work.

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28 minutes ago, LordPrabhzy said:

well any person with 2 brain cells can tell the difference of the Government intervention for a country with 50 million and 1.3 Billion.. at this time when all nations need to work together to make sure we have measures in place to protect innocents, all they can do is divert the attention from the real work being done by India, the GOI and state governments to the logistical issues arising from this work.

 

No they cannot. most westerners know NOTHING about india. the average american would struggle to find india on the map.

 

and that's the problem. You're looking at this coverage from the perspective of an indian. that's the wrong way to do it.

 

look at these articles from the perspective of a westerner. they are re-assuring.

 

if the average westerner is told about, as you put it, 'real work' done by India, GOI and the cheap testing kits, anti-malarial drugs, and the cooperation during lockdown, then don't you think they will immediately put pressure on western politicians and corporations? don't you think they will question their "superiority" and have a lower opinion of their own country? what good does that do? sure, it benefits india and improves india's "image", but it weakens trust within the west.

 

This is why western media is almost dismissive of anything india (or china) does to improve the lives of their citizens. they have to protect their sense of superiority and their interests in the region.

 

i see nothing wrong with this.

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2 hours ago, Manny_Pacquiao said:

 

No they cannot. most westerners know NOTHING about india. the average american would struggle to find india on the map.

 

and that's the problem. You're looking at this coverage from the perspective of an indian. that's the wrong way to do it.

 

look at these articles from the perspective of a westerner. they are re-assuring.

 

if the average westerner is told about, as you put it, 'real work' done by India, GOI and the cheap testing kits, anti-malarial drugs, and the cooperation during lockdown, then don't you think they will immediately put pressure on western politicians and corporations? don't you think they will question their "superiority" and have a lower opinion of their own country? what good does that do? sure, it benefits india and improves india's "image", but it weakens trust within the west.

 

This is why western media is almost dismissive of anything india (or china) does to improve the lives of their citizens. they have to protect their sense of superiority and their interests in the region.

 

i see nothing wrong with this.

About half of the US is outraged by US response to COVID. So I am not sure  about your theory here. Plus Americans have countries like SK, Germany etc. to look for superior response in any case.

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3 hours ago, Manny_Pacquiao said:

 

You have it the wrong way round. They aren't undermining india, they're making the west look superior. Which is perfectly fine.

 

A westerner reads these articles and feels re-assured. What do you expect western media to report?

That's exactly what is going on. We're all bored out of our tiny minds in tje UK with nothing to do but if I had a pound for every time I've heard someone say or post "oh well it could be worse least we're not in India" I would have no worries about the financial crisis this will cause

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18 hours ago, YCCC said:

That's exactly what is going on. We're all bored out of our tiny minds in tje UK with nothing to do but if I had a pound for every time I've heard someone say or post "oh well it could be worse least we're not in India" I would have no worries about the financial crisis this will cause

Well, its a perfectly valid opinion.

 

18 hours ago, punjabi_khota said:

About half of the US is outraged by US response to COVID. So I am not sure  about your theory here. Plus Americans have countries like SK, Germany etc. to look for superior response in any case.

 

True, but my comment was specifically in reference to india and coverage of india. SK & germany are long-time american allies, unlike India.

 

18 hours ago, FischerTal said:

Why do you care what western media says? This is expected. In order to cover up the massive * up that has happened here, these media houses and their readers need to vent to make themselves feel better.

 

Don't ask me, ask the guys who bring up the 'western media' in other threads. i thought it would be better to contain all those reactions into one thread.

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On 3/30/2020 at 6:08 PM, LordPrabhzy said:

this is par course for British media, someone forwarded another article to me from Mudoch media, The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/why-indias-claim-to-be-on-top-of-coronavirus-rings-hollow-n3m9q3hjn - Why India’s claim to be on top of coronavirus rings hollow,

when has India claimed to have everything under-control? :facepalm:

When India announced emergency measures in early March, in the UK they were still allowing flights from China and Italy, football matches were taking place, and not to mention a famous 4 day horse race event with daily attendance of 70,000 went ahead!

 

anyways i agree with some of the other posters, these half-baked articles are produced to reassure/provide masala news for their local readers that things are worse elsewhere...India and Africa have already turned into Zombieland :cantstop:

 

 

 

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The fact that you care about what the western media thinks about India shows that you have an inferiority complex. Do you think Americans give a damn about what any other country thinks about them? No, because they are number 1. Even chinese don't care about what people think of them. 

Eradicate poverty and serious social issues in India then you'll never have anything to 'worry' about.

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On 4/1/2020 at 3:00 AM, Ranvir said:

The fact that you care about what the western media thinks about India shows that you have an inferiority complex. Do you think Americans give a damn about what any other country thinks about them? No, because they are number 1. Even chinese don't care about what people think of them. 

Eradicate poverty and serious social issues in India then you'll never have anything to 'worry' about.

Just denying a problem doesn't mean it doesn't exist. We have to build our pro-India team of people worldwide, as currently many of our representatives on these foreign TVs are breaking India types....

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On 4/1/2020 at 12:30 AM, Ranvir said:

The fact that you care about what the western media thinks about India shows that you have an inferiority complex. Do you think Americans give a damn about what any other country thinks about them? No, because they are number 1. Even chinese don't care about what people think of them. 

Eradicate poverty and serious social issues in India then you'll never have anything to 'worry' about.

Exactly. OP is ready to outrage :lol: Over what? They are who they are for a reason. Get over it and think and act constructively

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On 4/1/2020 at 12:30 AM, Ranvir said:

The fact that you care about what the western media thinks about India shows that you have an inferiority complex. Do you think Americans give a damn about what any other country thinks about them? No, because they are number 1. Even chinese don't care about what people think of them. 

Eradicate poverty and serious social issues in India then you'll never have anything to 'worry' about.

Lol. Is that why China has pretty much "bought" over NYT, WaPo, Forbes etc to run Chinese propaganda? Heck the Chinese have even bought over some do kaudi ka Indian media outlets to publish their propaganda. Strategic use of the useful idiots in the media helps in building narrative even in this day and age. The Western thugs know it, the Chinese know it even the phateechars know it. 

 

 

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Biased Broadcasting Corporation at it again:

 

Outrage over Delhi mosque event turns to hate

Outrage over a Muslim congregation - called Tablighi Jamaat - that has sparked a new wave of Covid-19 cases in India has taken a communal turn.

Islamophobic hashtags have been trending since news first broke on Monday.

More more than 300 positive cases across India have been traced to the weeks-long event, which was held in the capital, Delhi, earlier this month.

Hundreds of people also stayed on at the event venue because of a 21-day lockdown.

Officials say they didn't follow social distancing, causing the virus to spread.

The fallout from the event - cases directly linked to it continue to rise - has exposed religious fault lines in a sharply polarised India.

Tweets and memes derogatory to Muslims, and even blaming the community, have been doing the rounds on social media.

"Instead of corona quarantine, we should have hate quarantine," historian Rana Safvi told the BBC.

India has reported 2,088 cases so far and 56 deaths - officials said there has been a clear spike as a result of the congregation in Delhi.

 

 

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8 minutes ago, LordPrabhzy said:

Biased Broadcasting Corporation at it again:

 

Outrage over Delhi mosque event turns to hate

Outrage over a Muslim congregation - called Tablighi Jamaat - that has sparked a new wave of Covid-19 cases in India has taken a communal turn.

Islamophobic hashtags have been trending since news first broke on Monday.

More more than 300 positive cases across India have been traced to the weeks-long event, which was held in the capital, Delhi, earlier this month.

Hundreds of people also stayed on at the event venue because of a 21-day lockdown.

Officials say they didn't follow social distancing, causing the virus to spread.

The fallout from the event - cases directly linked to it continue to rise - has exposed religious fault lines in a sharply polarised India.

Tweets and memes derogatory to Muslims, and even blaming the community, have been doing the rounds on social media.

"Instead of corona quarantine, we should have hate quarantine," historian Rana Safvi told the BBC.

India has reported 2,088 cases so far and 56 deaths - officials said there has been a clear spike as a result of the congregation in Delhi.

 

 

I suspect BBC is filled with people on Soros or his types payroll. The hate filled propaganda against Brexiteers and their leaders on BBC was so blatant that even their HYS section was scrutinised by BBC against people who commented correctly.

 

 

I remember, almost all main pundits went to the extent of crying when BoJo won massive majority. One of them even tried to imply that this government and PM is unacceptable to leftist and anti Brexiteers.

 

IMO, BBC is anti British too. here. Even someone like Tommy Robinson allmost destroys BBC newsnight biggest ever star jeremy Paxman. watch from 4 min onwards

 

 

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