A recent example:
Wife beats up minister hubby, lover in MumbaiMUMBAI: Besides the ongoing elections, another issue is being discussed with equal fervour in Maharashtra political circles -- a minister allegedly being beaten up by his wife after she found him in company of another woman.
The incident occurred at the Manora MLA hostel in South Mumbai, according to a source in the hostel. The minister and his woman guest were in one of the rooms on the first floor of the hostel when his wife barged in. [link]
So, a minister of an unknown political party was relaxing in his hostel room. Nothing new here. Also, this is an issue being discussed, The Times of India has no means of corroborating the episode, see?
A couple of paragraphs below we learn that the "the minister, hailing from Vidarbha, is a new entrant to the Cong-NCP ministry in the state".
Mid-day has more on the issue, including names and picture.
As you can see, the price of secularism is eternal editorial vigilance.
3 comments:
And the reward of secularism is eternal power over the ignorant.
Well done! The country needs your vigilance.
Imagine the medias reaction, if 6 guys had raped a western student in Bangalore.
Just yesterday, three men gangraped a woman in Haryana to get even with her husband. Her husband was a business partner of the three rapists.
I believe the media became hysterical when some folks protested sleeveless blouses in Bangalore.
In the short term, there is really nothing wrong with pick and choose coverage. The problem is people see all this and in the long term will not believe anything.
The solution is to completely go back to the socialist era, in which the news of Mumbai and Haryana would not have been reported AT ALL. This way bloggers like us will not write comments like this.
Well, the tangible reward hasn't been all that insignificant either.
rc,
Agree with the short term asymmetric coverage. Actually, the hysterical coverage surrounding the tragic death of two girls in Delhi was such a waste. Imagine if the political leadership was exactly the reverse of what it is now.
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