Congratulations to Preetu Nair, for her meticulous engagement with the stories she covers, and for this valuable, point-by-point illustration of the consistent misrepresentation and wilful misunderstanding exhibited towards Goa in virtually all media
In this instance, it is the BBC. But one could easily point a similarly damning finger at any number of other news outlets (note Outlook's witless, unbelievably shallow recent cover story on the Russian mafia's alleged operations in Goa). The thing is that these outlets get away with it, and so they are emboldened to continue. Preetu's eminently polite rejoinder is a rare and welcome change to the pattern. VM On 2/12/07, Frederick FN Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: preetu nair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 12-Feb-2007 21:37 Subject: Re: For goajourno To: Frederick FN Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dear Rico, I am sending the posting again. The posting is in the form of a letter and mentions two reports on Goa. Regards Preetu Nair "Live unnoticed" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear forum, I am a journalist working in Goa and would like to bring to your attention two stories which appeared recently one the BBC report which goes like this Goa - new paedophile's paradise? another story which appeared in Times of India , Mumbai edition issue dated 30 November 2006 the title of the story "Paedophilic activities in Goa"
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