covering media

here s an extract from shobha warrier's blog

"Indian media today has absolutely no idea about what real India is. This is exactly what award winning director Girish Kasaravally also told me; that Indian media has become not just urban centric but metro centric! That is why this over emphasis on Sensex, GDP, FII, FDI etc. "


this was in pretence to how the media doesn't know what is happening in the real india, the post itself was a small insight into how bad conditions are in an indian village even i a pretty developed state like tamil nadu and wonderin what must be the case on the norhtern front then, but that is not what i am here to talk about right now. in another post she did not mince words when it came to media bashing, so it is pretty evident when it comes to her views on her field (she s a journo with rediff) now she is one of my favourite writer's on the blogging front and i in a way acknowledge her views on this topic too but i have some reservations about the snubbing that the indian media recieves.

not that i am a blatant admirer of the indian fourth estate (or is it the third? :-s) but i feel it is being victimised by many among us for the kind of crap they come up with. true that they focus a bit too much on the cities, they tag along uninvited behind almost everyone who is someone, wicketkeeper's hair cut is a national headline and a raunchy porn artist is a frontpage mascot for many papers ... but are tehy solely responsible for it...

i guess you would where my thoughts are heading...

the media is but a mirror of what the society wants to know and see... on a personal level i really hate star news i find their content totally stupid especailly the dude who comes in front of tht big grafic like thing with sandeep patil and in other news stories whoever is concerned... yesterday they were showin that slut rakhee sawant's case or something and covering the subject for an amazing 15 to 20 minutes beyond which i didnt care to see.. but ths the point ..i watched it for 15 20 minutes complaining all the while yes but is till watched it...n i have seen it happen many a times, they talk on hours at length at the silliest of subjects and people do sit and watch even when more pressing matter remain uncovered... they somehow strike a chord with the lusts (n i ain talkin bout the libido here but human tendency and wants).. of how we would sit up and take notice if the news item is of a known face, if it brings out the curious cat in us by showing somehtings which should have been best kept private...

the same is the case with print media... one would invariably take a look if theres an article on a shah rukh or an aamir, even if it would just be a glance ..but am there will b at least a glance ..but can we say the same about how a small school was swept aside by rising floods ..not really.. even if most of us of the sane and social mind would the normal run of the mill man wouldn't and that is the harsh truth of the society...

we can keep sliting the media s throat without realising the culprit is someone else... a judas witin us all...