In today's polarized atmosphere,it behooves our Press and electronic media to 
raise their standards,not lower it! It is essential to remain neutral and give 
different points of view a level playing field. Talk shows should be controlled 
so the subject is equally balanced between the Hindutva forces and equal number 
of counter arguments on the panel! I am surprised to find that even newspapers 
like TOI give headlines of only VHP pronouncements on attack on Hissar church, 
holding sexual exploitation of nuns a Christian culture and even Haryana CM 
saying the priest of the church that was demolished was luring Hindu youths by 
promising them brides!(TOI 17Mar).  I may state that allowing "anaap shanap" 
statements must stop! You obviously cannot build a temple in a Gurudwara like 
in the Vatican? And plenty of Hindu Godmen are associated with rape corruption 
and other crimes. Good reporting would print incendiary headlines after getting 
a response from the said priest, and if the church was being built illegally. 
Further these statements are communal and no action is taken, neither the Press 
follows up!It is shameful that even someone like Julio Rebeiro who protected 
the RSS from insurgent forces in Punjab feels unsafe in his own country whom he 
has risked his and his family's lives to serve! NO ONE IS PERFECT. How long 
will the BJP live in denial?

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