John Gomes wrote on 5th june: Newspapers censor/suppress public feedback/views or change the heading to emphasise what is insignificant! Criticism of government is diluted in a bid to increase their bread and butter. scribes and Editors sell their souls for 30 pieces of silver to help crucify the land and its citizens,they are a disgrace to their profession. There is no investigative reporting in Goa worth the name! All the Estates, Executive, Legislative, Judiciary, Media ARE TAINTED! Massive public outcry hopefully without resulting Maoists tendencies will be the immediate answer. Mayabhushan Nagvekar had raised these issues on DigitalGoa. On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 augusto pinto, Florian Lobo and Anil Desai wrote: Rajdeep Sardesai - Stooge of the Mining Companies. Last night I watched in disgust as Rajdeep Sardesai, who I thought was the poster boy of the modern Indian media, showed himself to be no more than a stooge of big mining companies.
I had written in response: Rajdeep Sardessai’s low stoop favouring his financers and advertisers. The so called FOURTH ESTATE especially electronic media has forgotten their MANDATE. Time has come that a FIFTH ESTATE is required to harness electronic media. Media is sacrificing their responsibilities at the altar of their business interests. Take for example SMS polls they conduct. SMS are sent only by a few. One person can send any number of votes. They do not cover a sizable population. The voters do not constitute representative sample. Poll results therefore can create a wrong impression in the minds of people who are not fully informed and who are unable to see through the lacunae in the poll and business interests of the TV channel. The Charge for SMS is also higher than normal. Mobile service provider makes money and shares it with TV channel. The government should ban this charge. In fact the SMS should be free to the sender. If at all the mobile service provider has to be paid, it should come from TV channel. This way more people can vote and the polls can be meaningful. Consumer forums should take this up. Rajendra Kakodkar 9822101450
