C'da Haven't heard from you for a while.
>But surely also, it was nothing like what > the desi-press apparently is making it out to be In India the desi press (and many people) is always agog with news from the West. Its always been 'Go West young man, go West'. Nothing new there. That has always been the case. As for the US press, the lack of coverage (except for papers like NYT), the public is not interested in anything of this nature. What coverage did the Japanese PM or the German Chancellor get during their visits? Karzai of Afganistan actually got more coverage than the Germans or the Japanese. In all probability most of the country doesn't even know they exist (forget about such state visits). The press in Europe may be different, but in the US, cases like Terri Shaivo or Emily the Hurricane are more newsworthy, than mundane affairs of the state. My sense is that the US media devotes very little space to international news, and the public are truly not interested in such things. The author IMHO made the classic error of giving the US media and public more credit than they ought to get for their coverage of international news. Then he compounded that by writing an op-ed based on such faulty assumptions. Bottom line for India is getting into the nuclear club, and the signing of 16 odd pacts with the US, news coverage not withstanding. Thats the big plus as far as India is concerned. --Ram On 7/19/05, Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Totally untrue. > > > > *** I saw the NYT coverage, both days. Read it on the web. Surely it > was front page coverage. But surely also, it was nothing like what > the desi-press apparently is making it out to be. In the fly-over > country , here in St. Louis, it was a one column, 6" long story, on > page 3. > > Here Karl Rove of course is much bigger news than the Indian PM's > visit. That is the crux of what the ToI blogger was saying. In that > he was on the mark. > > > > > > > At 9:26 AM -0500 7/19/05, Ram Sarangapani wrote: > > >Finding this historical visit gleaming across the top headlines > >> of all major Indian papers online, I tried to look for similar shades in > >> the > >> US newspapers. Unfortunately, failing to find any headline even vaguely > >> relevant to this event, > > > >Totally untrue. Yesterday, the Karl Rove factor took over. It was > >during the joint press conference (The PM the Bush) that a question > >about Karl Rove came up > > > >Both NYT and Wash. Post had the visit in headlines today. In the > >Washington Post, this was today's headlines > > > > > >http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/18/AR2005071801646.html > > > >Same with the NYT > >http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/19/politics/19prexy.html?hp&ex=1121832000&en=cbc39e2f9b87cdcc&ei=5094&partner=homepage > > > >Not that it matters, but the author's gripe seems to have hinged on > >the preimise that US media totally ignored the visit. > > > > > > > > > > > >On 7/19/05, Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Take a look at the comments to the blog post. > >> > >> cm > >> > >> > >> > >>http://o3.indiatimes.com/singhdekhyaal/archive/2005/07/19/183144.aspx?Pending=true > >> > >> Same event, but two perspectives > >> Just as the same coin looks completely different depending upon the side > >> you look at it from, seems the present visit of Dr Manmohan Singh to the > >> United States. Whereas on one hand, the Indian press is going gaga on how > >> "seldom one sees foreign flags fluttering in the stiff Washington breeze" > >> and on the "US red carpet for Manmohan," as if it were tucked away in the > >> vaults for years only to be rolled out for this once-in-a-millenium state > >> visit (pardon the exaggeration, though which I have only borrowed from the > >> press), people here in the US don't give a penny about what the Indian > >> chief > >> has to say. Finding this historical visit gleaming across the top > >> headlines > >> of all major Indian papers online, I tried to look for similar shades in > >> the > >> US newspapers. Unfortunately, failing to find any headline even vaguely > >> relevant to this event, I had to employ the search feature to excavate two > >> short stories about the meeting today in the New York Times and the > >> Washington Post. Disappointed, I turned to Google, and typed in the > >> keywords > >> I was confident would bring me substantial non-Indian sponsored coverage > >> of > >> Dr. Singh's visit - "white house, manmohan, bush, india ..." And Lo and > >> Behold! I see the white house website! My falling spirits rejuvinated, I > >> clicked on the link (www.whitehouse.gov), and immediately my pupils > >> dilated > >> - TWO stories covering this visit, and one picture! TWO STORIES - can you > >> beat that! Never mind that the top headline on the site had little to do > >> with this issue ("Press Briefing by Scott McClellan"). With adrenalin > >> gushing through my vessels like the Amazon in flood, I clicked on the link > >> that said - "Play Video." My back riveted to my chair, I devoured each and > >> every word the two heads of states had to say - Bush on how fruitful the > >> discussions were, and Singh rambling on about why India deserves a > >> permanent > >> seat in the UNSC. And right when I had almost convinced myself that I was > >> wrong in believing that this trip meant nothing to the Americans, came the > >> jolt which threw me back towards reality - the Question and Answer round. > >> 4 > >> questions were asked, 2 by American reporters and 2 by the Indian > >> reporters. > >> And whereas the latter, like well behaved professionals, asked two > >> relevant > >> questions to the two leaders respectively, their US counterparts did quite > > > the contrary. Both their questions directed to George Bush were on > > national > >> issues as closely related to the India-US relations as a football match in > >> the US and the festival of Holi in India (apologies for the absurd > >> analogy, > >> but I was at a loss to find two things quite as unrelated). Imagine Bill > >> Clinton and Vajpayee addressing a conference in Delhi, and a reporter > >> asking > >> the latter about what he feels should be done to improve the Indian > >> cricket > >> team! With 3 questions directed at his counterpart, 2 out of which were > >> about issues he possibly hadn't even heard of, Manmohan Singh would've > >> breathed a sigh of relief when an Indian reporter stood up to give this > >> poor > >> man some respect - "Phew! I'm glad I had planted my man amongst these > >> disrespectful Americans!" Manmohan who??? > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Assam mailing list > >> Assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu > >> http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam > >> > >> Mailing list FAQ: > >> http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html > >> To unsubscribe or change options: > >> http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list Assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam Mailing list FAQ: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html To unsubscribe or change options: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam
