What do you mean by inappropriate comparisons? You have your views and I have mine! Simple as that. Also, my views were more related to the cartoon in Charlie Hebdo and whether they portrayed the events in the West, the same way they were critical of Indian Gods.
To me, the coverage of the events in the West were definitely not the way events in India were covered. There was a definite bias. It was nothing but vulture journalism. Have you seen all the news clips that I have seen? I don't think so. BBC's Yogita Limaye went to some remote village in India and covered a hospital and then followed the family of a dead person to their home. It was clear to me that she was eliciting responses from the hapless family. Do you know whether or not they were paid? I wrote to the BBC about the coverage and never saw any response. I have seen US reporters elicit responses from the family members that the reporters wanted to hear. To me it was evident that they were approaching people at a vulnerable point in their lives, caring for the sick or cremating a person that has passed away. Yes, some clips of Italians being treated on the streets were shown, but never in the scale and fanfare that was associated with the coverage in India. It was a race among Western networks to show which of them could show more burning pyres. It was sickening. Any unbiased coverage is welcome. I am not condoning the inactions of any politicians. They all need to be held accountable and punished. Naguesh Bhatcar ________________________________ From: Goanet <goanet-boun...@lists.goanet.org> on behalf of Roland Francis <roland.fran...@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, June 4, 2021 6:52 PM To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! <goanet@lists.goanet.org> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Charlie Hebdo... again Inappropriate comparisons Naguesh. Unclaimed bodies in the US in refrigerated trucks does not equal the indignity of bodies thrown furtively into a major river that supports the livelihood of many on its banks. The people being interviewed wanted to talk in anger or disappointment. They were not coerced or bribed. The Indian media covered it more than their Western counterparts did. There was a story to be told and everyone who wanted to, could tell it. I did not see only vulnerable Indians talking to the media in the midst of funeral pyres. I also saw affected family who were vulnerable too, in poorer sections of New York, Toronto and European cities sobbing outside hospitals where their kith and kin were gasping and dying with those scenes being shown on BBC, on CNN, on Al Jazeera, on AP and on Australian Broadcasting. If the Indian press wanted to cover the “sad scenes” in the US, Italy and France, no one would stop them. They probably don’t do it either because they don’t have the resources, the international influence or because press with world reach covers it adequately. If you saw people being treated on the streets in Italy and other ugly sights in rich countries, it was because those scenes were covered too. It was not western versus Indian. It was uncaring and negligent rulers like Trump, Modi, Bolsonaro et al that exacerbated it versus others who tried their best but were overwhelmed. Not fighting a fire is the same as wanting it to spread and kill. There’s no shame in western media exposing negligence in India. Would you rather they ignored it and those responsible escaped accountability. The media does not create the facts or the news, it only photographs it, records it and writes about it. Would you prefer they be selective about who or what they reported. Indians like Islamists seem to be touchy about what is said about them. One minute we want the light of a superpower, the next minute we want the darkness enveloping our deficiencies. Roland. Toronto. > On Jun 4, 2021, at 5:41 PM, Naguesh Bhatcar <sgbhat...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Many supporters for Charlie Hebdo have highlighted a "Freedom of Speech" > defense, when they were attacked after the original cartoon. And now as well. > > What happened with respect to the shortage of oxygen in India, is inexcusable. > Wonder though whether this paper highlighted the plight of Italians, who were > being treated in the streets of their cities or the unclaimed bodies in the > US. > This pandemic has put to test the health infrastructure of every country in > the world, including the rich ones. > I saw a video today of Oxygen laden tankers that have no takers in India and > are being parked on the streets. > In the same light there were 750 unclaimed bodies in refrigerated trucks in > New York, even after year. > The Western press made hay, triumphantly walking through the burning pyres in > the crematoriums/crematoria, or on the banks of the Ganges. Or interviewing > vulnerable Indians while the bodies of their loved ones were being cremated. > It was nothing sort of desecration. > I don't believe anyone in the West would let a Press guy broadcast from their > graveyard/cemetery, while hundreds were being buried. > It was a sickening sight. I don't believe that the Indian press got anywhere > close to telecasting the sad scenes in the US or in Italy or France. > > It is perhaps easy to mock at India, and its people, with no fear of any > retribution. > > https://people.com/health/bodies-of-750-covid-victims-are-still-sitting-in-refrigerated-trucks-in-nyc-a-year-later/ > > Naguesh Bhatcar > ________________________________ >
