nice piece on those "media bombs" that we encounter in press clubs and editorial rooms
On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 6:18 AM, Bobby Kunhu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > encore > > 2008/9/9 damodar prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> Read the write-up, Shahina. The hindu bombs were diffused at the >> newsrooms. >> >> I remember an incident from Trivandrum at the time of, I guess, visit of >> APJ Abdul Kalam, then President. Of some hoax mail or something a young >> muslim boy (from Manakkad, Tvpm If I remember correctly) was arrested by the >> police only because he had with him pellets which he got from his >> neighbhour. TV channels, print - evryone reported. Next day, the story >> completely changed. A Sharma was arrested in this regard. But I remember a >> channel reporter speaking greatly about Sharma's technical prowess. Thats >> Our Media.. Murdoch or Berlusconi.. does it make any difference, if this is >> the case. >> >> If all of us remember rightly, the Pokhran was detonated as a >> Hindu-Masculine bomb in the newsroom. >> >> BTW, I am afraid of reading. the Nuclear debate. People whom we know as >> serene turning hawkish is rather unbelievable. So I stopped it. National >> Patriotism(NP1) or Non-Proliferation(NP0) , my mind tends to shift towards >> the later. NSG/US/imperialism- all are now tied to the string of NP1. >> >> Thank you shahina for sensitizing the reading communities on newsroom >> biases. >> >> Damodar Prasad >> >> On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 5:03 PM, Shahina KK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Friends, >>> Follow the link below to read my piece on the Hindu bombs. >>> >>> Shahina >>> >>> >>> http://www.thehoot.org/web/home/story.php?storyid=3302&mod=1&pg=1§ionId=19&valid=true >> >> > > > > -- > Bobby Kunhu http://community.eldis.org/myshkin/Blog/ > > > > -- Carmel Christy --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
