ravishingravi Posted November 15, 2010 Posted November 15, 2010 Although by his own confession he doesn't follow the Sub continental media as much as some of the others, I think he is right to some extent. Our media has become rather provincial in its approach. http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?267553
Mamu Posted November 15, 2010 Posted November 15, 2010 I spent three weeks in India and a week in Pakistan. A friend of mine here, Iqbal Ahmed, told me that I would be surprised to find that the media in Pakistan is more open, free and vibrant than that in India. In Pakistan, I read the English language media which go to a tiny part of the population. Apparently, the government, no matter how repressive it is, is willing to say to them that you have your fun, we are not going to bother you. So they don’t interfere with it. “Liberal media doesn’t discuss attacks on civil rights today, for they are coming from the Obama administration.” The media in India is free, the government doesn’t have the power to control it. But what I saw was that it was pretty restricted, very narrow and provincial and not very informative, leaving out lots of things. What I saw was a small sample. There are very good things in the Indian media, specially the Hindu and a couple of others. But this picture (in India) doesn’t surprise me. In fact, the media situation is not very different in many other countries. The Mexican situation is unusual. La Jornada is the only independent newspaper in the whole hemisphere. Yup the English Media in Pakistan. I am sure the number of people who read English Dailies in Pakistan are less than the number of people who read Urdu Dailies in India. 2nd what is wrong in being provincial? I don't get it. At least they are factual (to a large extent) and I dont even want to compare about representing truth and presenting facts with even the English Dailies of Pakistan (and I am not even going into their Urdu Medium here). The biggest problem with Indian English Media in sensationlization and sometimes mis-representation of facts. And to your bloody friend in Pakistan who claims Paki Media is more free -- One Simple Question --- Where are Ajmal Kasabs parents today? Why and where are they hiding? Why are you not tracking them down? Can you enter his village today and get more information today? Free My Rosy Red *****. Can you imagine some body linked to a high profile international terrorist hiding in India? More so Media restricted from accessing him/her if they could have.
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