I forgot to add in my last post that Aires is not making a statement but rather asking a question. I am surprised Aires doesn't know the answer to his own question or is he just "fishing"? Unfortunate that the media outlets as private businesses are out of bound for Aires much-use weapon, RTI.
Aires has been given wide space in magazines with interviews and there's hardly a day when his name doesn't appear in the news pages of Goan newspapers. His contributions to Niz Goenkar are comparatively three times more than any other contributor to the site. Some of his contributions are just news bits but come under the "articles" category. For a sample, the piece, CCP COFFERS EMPTY BUT MAYOR WANTS A PLUSH NEW CAR by Adv. Aires Rodrigues is 246-word long, including the headline and his byline. The earlier one, EXTENDING SCHOOL TIMINGS A VERY FAULTY DECISION by Adv. Aires Rodrigues, is 236-word long, including the headline and his byline. Aires, as is his wont, fires with all guns blazing and in every direction. One thing for sure, he doesn't fire away at some of the critical comments against him on the Niz Goenkar or other websites. In a way, I think that's good because it saves him from getting into a confrontational stance with commentators who can be very nasty and insulting, induling often in name-calling. As we know some of them use pseudonyms and when questioned their answers are that that names don't matter what the written stuff. It's a nice escapist route. Wasn't it the main reason why Alina Saldanha was reluctant to give an interview to NG though she agreed later on but the NG team couldn't make it to her office the second time as the car the team was travelling in with an accident, according to Menino Sir. She was right in pointing out her displeasure for the editor to let in insulting words against her and Mathany. Defending as "freedom of expression" doesn't cut it. I moderated list needs to adhere to rules and regulations, as used by moderated sites. Would the site allow insulting words against the editor? If so, let me know and I will get someone to do so. I won't do for personal reasons. The interviews are an "insult" to the art of interviewing and also falls far short of standard in quality of presentation and delivery. In the interview with Aires, Menino Sir is seeing running his nose twice and that too without the use of tissue or handkerchief. In the interview with Florianobab, Menino Sir inserts finger in his ear and then rubs whatever stuff he got from his ear between his two fingers. It shows poor editing. No excuses, please. Florianobab let it pass first time when Menino Sir said Parrikar was RSS man and not a Goan but told his interviewer that one can be RSS and also a Goan. Floriano forcefully insisted that Parrikar is a Goan. Goanetters can judge for themselves. I expect a barrage of criticism on NG. where some use two or maybe more email ids. If those on this forum want to indulge in media criticism, I am game for it. But also take a good look at some of the websites and see if these critics can find how good these sites are. As in the rest of the world, India also has good media watchdog sites. One Goa-based media watchdog site had to close down because of legal threats from some newspaper bosses or their editors. It was unfortunate but that's reality. It's a wrap. Eugene Correia