Press Meet 15.10.2010

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Then it was PAID NEWS, Now it is a mad run for TRP!

Stage managed attacks, Invasion of Privacy, Paid news/ Advertorials, Glorification of crime news, selective blindness, merchants of fear, Judgemental writeups, Moral panic in the media, Actors in Politically sponsored dramas, Spreading panic and going scot free, False allegations ....

all these describe one section of the present day TRP hungry media...says this article from HosaDiganta

At last one writeup on this in the English Media...

Moral Policing?

Does the attack on a restaurant in Indiranagar by residents amount to "Moral Policing"?

Please express our views...comment!

ಈ ಘಟನೆ ಮಂಗಳೂರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಆಗುತ್ತಿದ್ದರೆ ಬುದ್ದಿ ಜೀವಿಗಳು, ಸ್ವಘೋಷಿತ ಮಾನವ ಹಕ್ಕು ಗುತ್ತಿಗೆದಾರರು, ಎಡ ಕ್ಕೆ ಒಲುವ ಮಾಧ್ಯಮ ಮಿತ್ರರು ಇದಕ್ಕೆ ಅಂತಾರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಸ್ಟೇಟಸ್ ನೀಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದರೆನೋ. ಒಂದು ದೃಶ್ಯ ಮಾಧ್ಯಮದ ತಂಡಈ ಧಾಳಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾಗಿಯಾದದ್ದು ಇನ್ನೊಂದು ವಿಶೇಷ!

Media Scan! Selection from the press/ net on this issue

Kannada newspapers report: Vulgar dance was in progress during the attack

English Media:Blame Kannada Organizations! "local Kannada organisation were behind the attack. They demand Rs 20,000 during Rajyotsava and Ganesha festivals. This time we flatly refused", Parking, loud music and the perennial clogging of the narrow lane by partygoers was a major issue. Police complaint had been filed in 2006 about the loud music and obscene behaviour of guests, Attack led by women!, Karnataka safe for women travellers, but beware of the media

The Final Word: The food is bad, parking not available, expensive...how come the place is still crowded?

ಕುಂಬಳ ಕಾಯಿ ಕಳ್ಳನಂತೆ ಹೆಗಲು ಮುಟ್ಟಿ ನೋಡಿಕೊಂಡ ಟಿ ವಿ ಚಾನಲ್!

???

ಇಡಿಯ ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಜನತೆಯನ್ನು "ಬಕ್ರಾ" ಮಾಡಿದ ಖಾಸಗಿ ಸುದ್ದಿ ಚಾನಲ್ ಒಂದು ತಾನು ಮಾಡಿದ ತಪ್ಪಿನ ಅರಿವಾಗಿ ಈಗ ತನ್ನ ಕುಕೃತ್ಯ ಮುಚ್ಚಿ ಹಾಕಲು, ಗೃಹ ಸಚಿವರನ್ನು ಲೇವಡಿ ಮಾಡಲು ಹೊರಟಿದೆ! ಗೃಹ ಸಚಿವರು ಯಾರ ಹೆಸರು ಹೇಳದಿದ್ದರೂ ತಾನೆ ಹೆಗಲು ಮುಟ್ಟಿ ನೋಡಿಕೊಂಡಿದೆ! ಅಷ್ಟಕ್ಕೂ ಈ ಸುದ್ದಿ ಚಾನಲ್ ಅನ್ನು ನಂಬುತ್ತಾರೆ ಯಾರು?

ಪಲ್ಸ್ ಪೋಲಿಯೋ ಟಿವಿ ಅವಾಂತರ:ನಡು ರಾತ್ರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮುಗ್ಧ ಕಂದಮ್ಮಗಳ ಜೀವ ಹಿಂಡಿದ ಟಿವಿ ಚಾನಲ್ ಬೆಂಬಲಕ್ಕೆ "ಕನ್ನಡಪ್ರಭ"?
ಒಂದು ಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಖಾದ್ರಿ ಶಾಮಣ್ಣನಂತಹವರ ಸಾರಥ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಮೆರೆದಿದ್ದ "ಕನ್ನಡಪ್ರಭ" ದಿನಪತ್ರಿಕೆಯ ಇಂದಿನ ಪರಿಸ್ಠಿತಿ ಕಂಡು ಕರುಣೆ ಪಡಬೇಕಾಗಿದೆ.
ಯಾವುದೋ ವಿದೇಶೀ ಔಷದಿ ಕಂಪೆನಿಯ ಚಿತಾವಣೆಯಿಂದ ಸುಳ್ಳು ಸುದ್ದಿ ಪ್ರಸಾರ ಮಾಡಿ ನಡು ರಾತ್ರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮುಗ್ಧ ಕಂದಮ್ಮಗಳನ್ನು, ಹೆತ್ತವರನ್ನು ಬೀದಿಗಿಳಿಸಿದ ಟಿವಿ ಚಾನೆಲ್ ಬೆಂಬಲಕ್ಕಿಂದು "ಕನ್ನಡ ಪ್ರಭ" ನಿಂತಿದೆ.
ಪತ್ರಿಕಾಗೋಷ್ಠಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪಲ್ಸ್ ಪೋಲಿಯೋದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಸತ್ಯವನ್ನು ಹೇಳಿ ಜನರಲ್ಲಿ ಧೈರ್ಯ ತುಂಬಿಸಿದ ತಪ್ಪಿಗಾಗಿ ಸ್ವತಃ ವೈದ್ಯರಾದ ಗೃಹ ಸಚಿವರೇ ಇಂದಿನ "ಕನ್ನಡಪ್ರಭ"ದ ಕಾರ್ಟೂನ್!
ಹಣದ ಆಸೆಗಾಗಿ ಸುಳ್ಳು ಸುದ್ದಿ ಪ್ರಸಾರ ಮಾಡಿ ನಡು ರಾತ್ರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಯಾವುದೇ ತಪ್ಪು ಮಾಡದ ಕಂದಮ್ಮಗಳ ಜೀವ ಹಿಂಡಿ, ಈಗ "ಪತ್ರಿಕಾ ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರ್ಯ"ದ ಹೆಸರಲ್ಲಿ ತಮ್ಮ ಹೀನ ಕೃತ್ಯಗಳನ್ನು ಸಮರ್ಥನೆ ಮಾಡುವ ಮಾಧ್ಯಮಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೇನು ಹೇಳೋಣ?

ಪಲ್ಸ್ ಪೋಲಿಯೋ: ಗೊಂದಲ ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಿದ ಟಿ ವಿ ಚಾನಲ್ ಮೇಲೆ ದೂರು!

(ಸುದ್ದಿ ಸಂಗ್ರಹ)

ಸಮಾಜ ಕಂಟಕ

(click on image for a good writeup in Churumuri)

" Through its conduct , choice of stories, and style of breaking news for the past two years, TV9 has taken television journalism to disgraceful new lows and on Sunday it hit a new depth by its own standard. This latest disgrace of TV9—without ascertaining the veracity—deserves to condemned as nothing short of criminal."

"What do you do when a false and mischievous story administers a deadly blow to a well-intentioned medical initiative that reaches out to large, mostly poor and illiterate, sections of society?"

"should the reporter, who was responsible for filing the story without checking for facts, and the editor, who cleared it without bothering to verify the claim, be hauled up and criminal charges framed against them?"

Rumours on pulse polio spark violence

A wave of mischievous rumours about babies dying after being administered pulse polio drops caused panic in Tamil Nadu including Chennai. It all started with a private television, owing allegiance to an opposition party, running a scroll claiming that a child in Erode district had died after taking the polio drops.

Bangalore report

Hospitals in Bangalore, which saw crowds of people last night following rumours that pulse polio drops were making children sick, are back to normal now. Authorities are making it clear that it was just rumours that had caused the panic and that there was nothing wrong with the vaccine. But it was an anxious time for both parents - and the hospitals - which had to try and calm the people down. Satish Chandra, Medical Superintendent, Bowring Hospital, says: "From the information we have from the police, the rumours started from Tamil Nadu. There was a death in Tamil Nadu. This was a post operative death -- it was not due to Pulse Polio. That kept spreading and came into Karnataka. Basically it was rumours that spread like wildfire and caught on to the hospitals." And the hospitals had a difficult night of trying to calm down frightened parents. Bowring Hospital property was even damaged. A day after the scare, things are quiet again, but it is clear that not all parents are convinced. Lakshmi, a mother, says: "We put the polio drops last night and the child was not well. In the morning we got to know that the stock was not proper so we brought the child in for a check up."The main concern now is to see that the Pulse Polio programme does not get derailed by this panic.Dr Chandra says: "We need to continue with this programme. We are nearing eradication. We need to continue with this programme, continue with this programme and go ahead. There is no looking back."

Corrupt media, greedy pharma lobbies...perfect prescription for unrest and confusion...

Can we trust them at the times of terror attack/ war?

ಯಾರದೋ ಲಾಭಕ್ಕೆ ತಮ್ಮನ್ನು ಮಾರಿಕೊಂಡು ಸುಳ್ಳು ಸುದ್ದಿ ಹರಡಿಸಿದ ಕೆಲ ದೃಶ್ಯ ಮಾಧ್ಯಮಗಳು...ಭಯೋತ್ಪಾದನೆ/ ಕೋಮು ಗಲಭೆಯಂತಹ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಇವರ ಸುದ್ದಿಗಳೂ ಹೀಗೆ!

(ಈ ನಿಟ್ಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಮುದ್ರಣ ಮಾಧ್ಯಮ ಜನರಿಗೆ ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿಯ ನಿಜ ರೂಪ ತೆರೆದಿತ್ತು ಧೈರ್ಯ ಹೇಳಿದ್ದಕ್ಕೆ ಭೇಷ್ ಅನ್ನಲೇಬೇಕು!)

ಜನರಿಗೆ ತಪ್ಪು ಮಾಹಿತಿ ನೀಡಿ ವದಂತಿ ಹರಡುವುದೂ ಒಂಥರಾ ಭಯೋತ್ಪಾದನೆ!
ಆರೋಗ್ಯ ಸಚಿವರ ಹೇಳಿಕೆ- ಧೈರ್ಯ ತುಂಬುವ ಯತ್ನ...
ವದಂತಿಗಳ ಹರಡುವ ಮಾಧ್ಯಮ...ಇವರಿಗೇನು ಲಾಭ?

ಅಥವಾ ಇದೂ "ಪ್ರಾಯೋಜಿತ " ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮವೇ?

Writeup of the week: The Crime Merchants by Sevanti Ninan, in The Hindu

Please click on the image to read full article in The Hindu If crime and real-life violence are easy ways of increasing the consumer base for news channels today, it is because the demand is there, with new viewers bringing in different expectations. Why this obsession with morbidity?
pic source: from various newspapers of Karnataka;

Related news: Bangalore losing out on Medical Tourism? http://drkiranacharya.blogspot.com/2008/06/medical-tourism-bangalore-on-losing.html

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Dr U R Ananthamurthy criticizes Glorification of Crime News...

ಅಪರಾಧ ಸುದ್ದಿ ವೈಭವೀಕರಣ ಬೇಡ: ಯು.ಆರ್. ಅನಂತಮೂರ್ತಿ
ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು: ಮಾಧ್ಯಮಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಅಪರಾಧ ಸುದ್ದಿಯ ವೈಭವೀಕರಣ ಸಲ್ಲದು ಎಂದು ಜ್ಞಾನಪೀಠ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ ಪುರಸ್ಕೃತ ಸಾಹಿತಿ ಡಾ ಯು.ಆರ್. ಅನಂತಮೂರ್ತಿ ತಿಳಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಶನಿವಾರ ನಗರದ ನಯನ ಸಭಾಂಗಣದಲ್ಲಿ ಏರ್ಪಡಿಸಿದ್ದ ಪೊಲೀಸ್ ಇನ್ಸ್‌ಪೆಕ್ಟರ್ ಡಿ. ಪಾಲಾಕ್ಷಯ್ಯ ಅವರ ’ಶಬ್ದದೊಳಗಣ ನಿಶ್ಯಬ್ದ’ ಪತ್ತೇದಾರಿ ಕಥೆಗಳು ಕೃತಿ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆ ಮಾಡಿ ಮಾತನಾಡಿದ ಅವರು ದೃಶ್ಯ ಮಾಧ್ಯಮಗಳು ಸೇರಿದಂತೆ ಸಿನಿಮಾ ಮತ್ತು ಪೀತ ಪತ್ರಿಕೋದ್ಯಮದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಪರಾಧ ಸುದ್ದಿಗಳೇ ಹೆಚ್ಚಾಗಿವೆ.
ಇಂತಹ ಅಪರಾಧ ಸುದ್ದಿಯನ್ನ ವೈಭವೀಕರಿಸಿ ತೋರಿಸುವುದರಿಂದ ಜನರನ್ನ ದಾರಿ ತಪ್ಪಿಸಿದಂತೆ ಆಗುತ್ತದೆ ಎಂದ ಅವರು, ಉಡುಪಿ ಶಾಸಕ ರಘುಪತಿ ಭಟ್ ಪತ್ನಿ ಪದ್ಮಪ್ರಿಯ ಅತ್ಮಹತ್ಯೆ ಯಲ್ಲಿ ದೃಶ್ಯ ವಾಹಿನಿಗಳು ವರ್ತಿಸಿದ ರೀತಿ ಶೋಚನೀಯ ಎಂದರು. (ಸುದ್ದಿ ಕೃಪೆ : http://www.gulfkannadiga.com/news-9957.html)

ಚಿಂತನೆ ಯಾ ಚಿಂತೆ? Media criticizes media/ Updated 22.06.2008

ಕೆಲವು ದಿನಗಳಿಂದ ಪತ್ರಿಕಾ ವರದಿಗಳನ್ನು ಹಿರಿಯ ಪತ್ರಕರ್ತರ ಬರಹಗಳನ್ನು ಈ ಬ್ಲಾಗ್ ನಲ್ಲಿ ನಾವು ಪೋಸ್ಟ್ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದೇವೆ. ಬಹಳ ಉತ್ತಮ ಪ್ರತಿಕ್ರಿಯೆ ವ್ಯಕ್ತವಾಗಿದೆ. ಆರೋಗ್ಯಕರ ಸಂವಾದ ನಡೆದಿದೆ. ಆದರೆ ಕೆಲವು ಓದುಗರು ತಪ್ಪಾಗಿ ಅರ್ಥೈಸಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ನಾವು ಓದುಗರಿಗಾಗಿ ಆಯ್ದ ಬರಹಗಳನ್ನು ಪ್ರಸ್ತುತ ಮಾಡುವ ಉದ್ದೇಶ ಬುದ್ದಿವಂತ ಓದುಗರನ್ನು ಚಿಂತನೆಗೆ ಒಡ್ಡುವುದು. ಇದರಿಂದ ಯಾರಿಗಾದರೂ ಚಿಂತೆ ಆಗಿದ್ದರೆ ಅದು ನಮ್ಮ ತಪ್ಪಲ್ಲ! (ಅಂತಹವರ ಸಮಾಧಾನಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಅವರದೇ ಆದ ಪತ್ರಿಕೆಗಳೂ ಇವೆಯಲ್ಲ ?)

(In the recent past, we have posted many excerpts from the media, regarding the behaviour of present day media. These articles have been reproduced in this blog, to enable a healthy discussion. Many have expressed thier consensus with such articles. However, if someone is offfended by these, we are not responsible for the same- Please contact the respective authors/ newspapers and vent your displeasure)

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ಕೃಪೆ : ಸಂಯುಕ್ತ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ

============================heard somewhere in the blogosphere..." in visual media, they are always late for editing and early for reporting ===========

TV Yalli Hoda Maana...

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In spite of all the outrage on speculative writing in the media, some newspapers/ websites/ visual media continue to write/ air rumours, write articles in bad taste. One such example is a cartoon in Prajavani today. It criticizes the honourable CM of a state. Sick minds in blogging world too fall prey to the recent trend...and reproduce it in their blogs...if the media does it for TRP, bloggers do it for Hits...and ultimately revenue from ads...We do not want to publish the abovementioned cartoon, but click the link to see what we are referring to...

http://churumuri.wordpress.com/2008/06/19/home-is-where-the-chief-ministers-heart-is/#comments
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A NARAYANA ANALYSES THE NEWSREPORTS RELATED TO PADMAPRIYA EPISODE...
(COURTESY: http://churumuri.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/how-media-went-overboard-in-padmapriya-case/ )
# “He has got an MA in sociology but what has he chosen to do?” questioned a headline in the Manipal edition of Udayavani, referring to Atul Rao, the aide of Udupi MLA Raghupati Bhat, even when no one knew the facts behind his role in her death.
And Udayavani wrote as if it was an established case of ‘Kidnap’ even after home minister V.S. Acharya’s own admission that it was a ‘half-kidnap’ case. He is yet to clarify what that ‘half’ really is. What was Udayavani’s source or motive in pronouncing prematurely that it was a case of kidnap?
# A Kannada Prabha report summarily suggested that it was a murder. On what basis?
#Vijaya Karnataka’s reporter questioned Padmapriya’s decision to discard “a life in which she had wealth and prestige”. “Idella bekitte (was all this required?)” he asks. How did the reporter know that the woman was happy in her marriage?
# The Hindu, of all the newspapers, found it fit to publish every word that Padmapriya’s mother uttered while grieving in front of her young daughter’s body, that too with the wrong translation from Tulu. These are the words every bereaved parent in such a situation would utter. Should they be published verbatim? Et tu, Hindu?
# Deccan Herald and Praja Vani are sister publications produced in the same building but while the English paper said Atul was an engineering diploma holder who resigned from his government job and did civil contracts, the Kannada paper report said Atul did his MA, continued in his government job and did contracts in his wife’s name. (However, it is also a fact the best matter-of-fact reports were filed by the Delhi bureau of these two newspapers.)
# All Kannada newspapers in their esteemed judgment started addressing Atul in the singular from day one while the police still maintained that he was only a witness and not an accused.
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RELATED ARTICLE: Role of Politicians and Media in Padmapriya Tragedy, Posted on June 16th, 2008, by naavi in All News, India News
READ LINK: http://www.bloggernews.net/116264
"Police need a thorough training in handling media relations.. how to keep the paparazies (News vultures) at bay without derailing their investigations and embarrassing their bosses…It is time for action for media training of the Police."
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Also read a Tulu Writeup...
http://mangalorean.com/kannada/ksangama.php?kid=592&ltype=KSangama