Luckily I was not reading news papers for the last 20+ years, except when friends give me some links to read... Apologies to the journalists ...
On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 8:43 PM, ranju radha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 ! 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> >> >> ------------------------------ >> Take the quiz. Crack your personality type. Get individualized suggestions >> for email ids that suit your personality.Log on to >> www.coolhotmail.com/personality.html Try it >> now!<http://www.coolhotmail.com/personality.html> >> ------------------------------ >> This is your window into tinsel town. Keep abreast with the latest movie >> releases, star shockers and juicy gossip. 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