C'da, My point was that all politician and political parties have their ideologies (or biased ness).
*** I agree.
But the the journalism and journalist should be neutral and we count on them.
*** Can you cite a few examples of that :-)?
I agree with your point that Tehelka did a good work in exposing the defense deals where BJP president and NDA coordinator George Fernandes was involved for which Tarun Tejpal was penalized by the then govt.
*** The penalizing was arbitrary, and politically motivated. The law of the land was misused to hold Tejpal in prison, with political might, and not with due process of justice expected of a functioning democratic state.
Does this case give freeway to Tehelka to be biased?
*** Unfortunately Ganesh, freedom of the press does allow such things. And they are not unique in this regard. Everybody else is like that too. That is why asked you for a few examples of the scrupulously objective or neutral voices of the media that you or I might like to see.
The only recourse to it is that others are just free to rebut or refute what Tehelka alleges or insinuates. But we also know that it is easier said than done. Take for example a letter to the editor. I don't know how many times you have tried that--I mean write letters to the editor and get published. But I certainly had no luck, except once. Why? Because I write about stuff that causes discomfiture to that particular paper's editorial bent, its biases. Why would it give publicity to that?
Or write a biased article against whom they do not like?
*** It is not that simple however. Because if they write pure fabrication, sooner or later it will get exposed. When that happens, they will lose credibility and there will be no buyer of what they sell. I subscribed to Tehelka recently. If I had a perception that they make up sensational stories without any substance, I would not have spent the money, even if its political leanings might fit my own.
The author in the article did not present any investigation findings, only re-affirming that the Maharani belongs to RSS! Is that news!
*** If it were not news or otherwise noticeable, would you be upset?
Tehelka wrote about some of the policies the Maharani is pursuing. They are very corrosive for Indian society. But these are in the public record. Tehelka had the courage and the will to write about them. However there are just as many outlets who would NOT write about them.
In that Tehelka IS indeed providing a service to the people as a watchdog of democracy, which is what a free-press is.
c-da
Ganesh
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> not on legal grounds.Hi Ganesh:
You may be very right about the fact that the personal picture of the Maharani painted by Tehelka is biased and/or one sided. Certainly the latter, because no alternative view was presented.
But, would that make Tehelka's picture unique?
Would that also automatically make some of the retrograde policies that the Maharani has established or is pursuing either unbelievable or in fact wrong or misleading? Are those NOT in the public record, that anyone could distort them and get-away with?
Finally, Tehelka is India's best known Investigative Journalism endeavor. Desi- demokrasy-bhoktos of Assam Net have been advocating more IJ, not less, as an antidote to its dysfunctionality. I don't know what your view is on that, but certainly Tehelka is contributing more than its fair share.If they are biased could their view not be challenged abd rebutted? If they are malicious, could its victims not sue in court? Surely George Fernandes and the BJP had Tarun Tejpal imprisioned for months on the expose' it aired on thye BJP president's bribery case and GF's involvement on questionable military purchases. They almost closed Tehelka down --with political muscle,> > > There has been a spate of communal incidents in
So the BJP is not exactly thye helpless victim of an ideological enemy. Is it?
c-da >
> From: Ganesh C Bora <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2005/05/19 Thu AM 10:05:33 EDT
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED],
assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu
> Subject: Re: [Assam] From the Tehelka
>
> C'da,
> You know the relationship between Tehelka and BJP!
> This article is too much onesided. She refers to
Mani
> Shankar Aiyer, who is typical congressman
(suspeneded,
> joined opposition, returned to party like Pranab,
> Arjun).
>
> On the other hand, she has been a BJP worker for
long
> time and being MP for 4 times (including a being
> minister in the union) before she became the CM.
> Definitely she would have tilt towards RSS/VHP
because
> of her background!
>
> Do you think she will sing Sonia bandana or sing
to
> the tune of communist (What this Tehelka report
does).
>
> Ganesh
>
> --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > SAFFRON CHAMPAGNE
> > A pearls-and-chiffon socialite or a closet
fanatic?
> > Poornima Joshi discovers
> > the real Vasundhara Raje
> >
> >
> > Desert Queen: Vasundhara in Rajasthani costume
> > Photo S. Khan
> > > > For the Davis Cup tie on April 29, Vasundhara
was to
> > deliver the opening
> > address. The match was to start at 9.30am. She
> > sauntered in only at
> > 10.45am. Even the world?s third richest man LN
> > Mittal had to wait for half-
> > an-hour to meet the CM
> > >From the tip of a manicured toe to the
disdainful
> > toss of her lustrous mane,
> > everything about the Maharani of Dholpur aka
> > Rajasthan Chief Minister
> > Vasundhara Raje spells arrogance. She is
> > out-of-bounds and above the
> > mundane world of governance. Her officers
tremble
> > even as they get her to
> > do the most basic of a chief minister?s tasks ?
like
> > clearing files. The only
> > time the maharani switches her regal demeanour
is
> > when she is hobnobbing
> > with astrologers and pandits, and temple-hopping
in
> > ethnic chic, with dollops
> > of sindoor for the benefit of her doting praja.
> >
> > As most of her contemporaries trample their
chances
> > in the battle for the top
> > job in the BJP ? Uma Bharti with her tantrums
and
> > Narendra Modi with his
> > high-handedness ? Vasundhara?s popularity
ratings
> > continue to soar. Even
> > the most vocal of the Sangh adversaries have
only
> > nice things to say about
> > her. ?Vasundhara Raje is not Uma Bharti,? wrote
Mani
> > Shankar Aiyar in his
> > pre-ministerial days, obviously referring to
Raje?s
> > ?liberal? credentials as
> > compared to the rabble-rousing sanyasin.
> >
> > Aiyar is right. Vasundhara is not Uma. The
> > sindoor-wielding maharani is a far
> > more circumspect and shrewd politician than poor
Uma
> > who hurts herself
> > every time she opens her mouth. The two women,
who
> > fought the Assembly
> > elections in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan in the
> > same year, have charted
> > out courses that are similar in ideological
essence
> > but quite different in
> > presentation.
> >
> > So, while Uma prays with sundry sadhus in
> > Amarkantak, Vasundhara has done
> > what would keep RSS satraps happy for a long
time.
> > Take a look at the
> > measures taken to keep the Sangh in good
spirits:
> >
> > She has not appealed against the lower court
order
> > on the Deorala Sati
> > incident acquitting all the accused;
> > The practice of Sati is being glorified. The
state
> > government recently
> > announced the setting up of a township named
?Shri
> > Rani Sati Nagar?. After
> > protests, the government omitted ?Sati? from the
> > name, letting it remain Shri
> > Rani Nagar;
> > The government is encouraging the Vanavasi
Kalyan
> > Ashram, an RSS offshoot,
> > to open more schools in tribal areas. Even the
> > Muslim students have to sport
> > tilaks and recite shlokas in these schools;the > > state, the latest > > erupting in Bhilwara town after the alleged killing > > of an RSS activist; > > In the areas where communal tension resulted in the > > police registering cases > > against VHP and Bajrang Dal activists, counter-firs > > have been filed against the > > victims, mostly Muslims. According to human rights > > groups, there are 150 > > such counter-firs; > > She has lifted the ban on trishul diksha. > > In the areas neighbouring Gujarat, incidents of > > communal violence are on the > > rise. Local activists allege that the RSS, Bajrang > > Dal and VHP are inciting > > tribals to attack the Muslim population in these
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