but i have a different expereince. as a young journalist, i encountered an instance when my village friends asked me wht do u do now. I said; " i work in a newspaper as reporter" they laughed and said; "..dont write lies" i think readers have their own ways of looking at news. that s why some read manorama and others deshabhimani or mathrubhumi we know very well wher to get OUR KIND of NEWS which is TRUE and REAL
On 7/7/08, renu ramanath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > true. but majority of the newspaper readers do not engage themselves in > debates about 'real' or 'fake' or 'fiction' or 'objective.' for them news is > just news and in 99 percent of cases, they just believe what they read. > > renu. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 18:56:46 +0300 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [GreenYouth] Re: THE NAZI-GATE! > CC: [email protected] > > > 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 ! 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