similar thought i meant when i said the fake news will rescue the 'true' news from being manifested as 'fiction' and will further authonticate them as 'real' and 'objective'.
both go hand in hand. so, no need to worry about fake news as renu ramanath did. On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 1:27 PM, ranju radha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > could NEWS be 'real' and 'objective'? > news for me is not less than a fiction > after all it s construction/representation of the"real" > > > > > On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 1:08 PM, salimtk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> some 'fake' news at times may do good that they will authonticate the >> other news 'real' and 'objective' :D >> >> >> On 7/7/08, renu ramanath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> Hey, >>> did anyone in greenyouth notice the media scam that broke out on july 1 >>> in the national newspapers following a report on 'arrest of a former top >>> Nazi colonel in Goa'? >>> >>> it is quite intersting. the details are here, in these blogs and sites - >>> i first came to know of it from this blog Going Anon and >>> Anon<http://anonandon.wordpress.com/2008/07/02/printers-devil/>. >>> The press note that arrived in the major newspaper offices in India on last >>> Monday evenng had announced the capture of a former Nazi who was hiding in >>> Goa. The press note was from 'Perus Narkp,' 'the intelligence wing of the >>> German Chancellor's Core.' >>> >>> Some 24 hours after the story was splashed by Goan and the national >>> press, doubts began to circulate about the authencity of the news. It was a >>> fake news created by Pen Pricks <http://penpricks.blogspot.com/>, a >>> group who works as a media watch-dog mainly in Goa, as a test dose to the >>> journalistic practice of the mainstream mediahouses of India ! The next day, >>> they came out with the truth, giving in detail how they had 'created' the >>> news and how the media lapped up it with relish, without fail. >>> >>> While some of the newspapers have taken the item off the web, it is still >>> there for 'Deccan >>> Herald,'<http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Jun292008/scroll2008062976017.asp?section=frontpagenews> >>> 'Times of >>> India<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Bangalore/Cops_stunned_over_Nazi_mans_capture/articleshow/3178643.cms>,' >>> 'The New Indian >>> Express<http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEK20080629000956&Page=K&Title=Southern+News+-+Karnataka&Topic=0>,' >>> 'The Indian >>> Express<http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Nazi-war-criminal-arrested-near-Goa-airlifted-to-Berlin/329280/>.' >>> 'Asian Age,' 'Telegraph,' (Calcatta), and 'Deccan Chronicle,' have taken the >>> item off. 'The Hindu,' is not seen on the list. May be, they 'missed' the >>> story and the concerned editor may have raised storm over the editorial >>> meeting over 'the miss,' true to 'The Hindu,' fashion ! >>> >>> In this context, I remember a news story that appeared in Malayala >>> Manorama some time back. A NRI business man from Kerala, who had set up an >>> animation company (forgot the name), died due to cardiac arrest while flying >>> from Australia to USA. The Manorama story opened with a sentimental note, >>> the rough translation goes something like this - 'when the plane took off >>> from the airport, (the son's name), did not think his father, sitting in the >>> next seat, was slipping off to the final sleep...' The next day, alongwith >>> the reports on the funeral, there was a correction from the family that the >>> son was not accompanying the deceased man ! Flights of Fantasy from the >>> editorial desk !!! >>> >>> So, please pause for a second before lapping up our morning newspaper ! >>> >>> Renu. >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> Windows Live Messenger just got better with Messenger TV. Share your >>> favourite videos online with your near and dear ones. Check it >>> out!<http://server1.msn.co.in/sp08/getmessengertv/en-in/index.asp> >>> >>> >>> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
