It's hard as it is to write on such a controversial topic, which shakes our very belief in everything. It's like your girlfriend/wife on your marriage/anniversary/valentine's day tying you to a bed and submitting you to become a helpless cuckold as she enjoys the love of another person. It's only upto you whether you support it or absolutely hate it. Okay so maybe I've gone too far with that bit, but then again it's close enough.
A few days back a friend of mine made some defamatory remarks against one of the highest respected journalists in India on twitter. Outraged by this, I asked him to come clean on it. It was then that he sent me the link to a conversation tape of Barkha Dutt with a journalist where she openly talked about her involvement in scam. Shocked and awed by this and not knowing what to say, I never realised I was just at the doorsteps of the museum of Black Journalism, as the things unfolded everything became only clearer. Hoping the media would take this matter to task. Surely, if a waldrobe malfunction or Pamela Anderson on Bigg Boss can make headlines this is something that can go on for days.
I was in for a rude shock once again as even after days of this incident by the open mag coming to light, there was not even as much as a stir in the mainstream media. This could only mean one thing that there are more than one journalist in such scam and history proves it too. Many politicians in the Legislative and the Parliament have listed journalism as their profession. The perks available to top journalist from companies and politicians are unending. that go from luxury holidays to blackberry's and the girls(who can forget about them, ahh the pervs will like this)
My only Solace is that a small group of twitterapis are alive and kicking and trying all they can to bring this into the mainstream media. Though I guess the freedom of press is being misused in this case as it's using everything possible. Shameful.
Never would've thought I would be writing about the media openly taking money from politicians to be their agents or keep their scandals a secret under the garb of foolish journalism such as that portrayed by India TV with their stories on a guy getting bitten by a dog or animal fights not worth even showing on the Animal Planet.
I end this blog with the hope that justice finds it's way one way or the other, and if she is really innocent then she should come out and prove herself. And finally the media needs to come clean too, as they're the one to whom the "aam aadmi" went when the govt failed to deliver. This leaves a question to be answered- who do we trust now????? POP comes the answer 'Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey' creators of Facebook and twitter for giving us a platform to spread it faster than wildfire. Thanks to both of you. BUT THEN DOES THE BUCK STOP HERE
The author is of the belief that the media deserves a sharp kick in the ass for hiding the truth and for their belief that Karma never bites. And for those who don't know about it listen to the below 4 audio tapes of their tapped conversation [Courtesy: Open Magazine,Samadrita Kuiti and Anil Sawan on Twitter!]
http://goo.gl/69oQA [1]
http://goo.gl/OswRz [2]
http://goo.gl/BhN4d [3]
http://goo.gl/tNzrN [4]
2 comments:
Well, I honestly do have a lot to say about it. But its not really any use. Words to unread and unheard... they figure in the category of under-rated objects!
No matter what we say about any of this, its not really going to change, its all just going to remain the same way.
Everyone is really someone else in disguise. I'm sure there are a lot of stories and scams that we're unaware of about a lot of ppl out there whom me idolize and respect but its all brushed under the couch with a lump-some amount of money.
The buck never stops anywhere.
brilliantly written.. so it took u a journalist scam to write...and write u did !! nice !
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