It’s been a while since Shilpa Shetty won the Celebrity Big brother title. I hoped ‘Thank God! Finally it’s come to an end’. But no! The media is relentless! It’s sincerely following it up!
Would you MSM guys give me a break?
You were kind enough to get into the nitty gritty of the whole Shilpa racism issue (a blown up hogwash), whereas it took you full 3 months to report the Kherlanji massacre, which happens to be a reflection of the worst form of racism: casteism in India. Had it not been for blogs, the story would have never been told. It finally did get reported, but the story is now lost in oblivion.
Why didn’t you media guys follow-up on this, with the same zeal that you had for the Shilpa story? Is a hot-tempered argument more newsworthy than a massacre?
I guess I’m expecting too much from these guys. Bunch of idiots!
Hiren 8:56 am on February 2, 2007 Permalink |
Its not a hot tempered argument its Shilpa who is hot. Many times irrelevant news of celebrities get reproted on front pages of leadeing newspapers that one wonders.
To some extent media is also like the law- only for the rich and the powerful.
You are right about follow-up. They just report and move on to the next story wihtout bothering to follow up any of the previous stories.
I Me My 2:50 pm on February 2, 2007 Permalink |
It’s finally got to do with money. Whatever brings in money (in this case readers/ viewers) is what’s ‘newsworthy’. Integrity, honesty, compassion have long made their exit from the media world.
nandini 10:57 am on February 3, 2007 Permalink |
[Kherlanji massacre]-that is fucking insane!
nandini 11:01 am on February 3, 2007 Permalink |
Kunbi[1] caste (classified as Other Backward Castes[2] by Government of India)–is this for real? then the whole problem even lies in the head because when the government even recognizes caste, how in hell do they propose to put an end to bullshit like this? WTF!
Raja 11:47 pm on February 7, 2007 Permalink |
Shilpa increases sell. Whatever sells is newsworthy.
You may just ignore these news. I do.