Do we all have amnesia?

[vigneshram]

Its sickening to observe the trend of media nowadays. Everything is made sensational by the media. When a new sensational news surfaces, all the current news are forgotten and not updated.
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[pavalamani pragasam]

Media is highly irresponsible in its duties of keeping people informed, correctly, impartially, immediately. Sensationalising for better circulation is a condemnable commercial trend when its ethics is buried deep down!

[Punnaimaran]

Dear Vigneshram,

Nowadays the media does not give news, rather it interprets them to its own advantage.

Here is an example :

Situation 1 : Tendulkar scores a duck and India loses the match.

Headline : Should Sachin give way for the youngsters? Do our players deserve such huge amounts for the ads?

A month later : Tendulkar scores a century and India wins.

Headline : Master Blaster silences his critics. Should Sachin be awarded the Bharath Ratna?

The fault does not lie entirely with the media. The media plays according to the prevailing mood of the viewers.

After all, everything is for the sake of TRPs....


Punnaimaran

[pavalamani pragasam]

But is it not media's duty to give correct information, control unhealthy, unethical trends, indirectly setting a sane environment?

[vigneshram]

Dear Vigneshram,

Nowadays the media does not give news, rather it interprets them to its own advantage.

Here is an example :

Situation 1 : Tendulkar scores a duck and India loses the match.

Headline : Should Sachin give way for the youngsters? Do our players deserve such huge amounts for the ads?

A month later : Tendulkar scores a century and India wins.

Headline : Master Blaster silences his critics. Should Sachin be awarded the Bharath Ratna?

The fault does not lie entirely with the media. The media plays according to the prevailing mood of the viewers.

After all, everything is for the sake of TRPs....


Punnaimaran

Exactly...

Thats what irritates me...
Not to forget the news shows in satellite channels, especially Jaya & Kalaignar TV

[app_engine]

There are so many such sensationalised news (especially from TN) that got forgotten after a while - Adhikesavan (loan fraud), Bishop Yobu Saravanan (contractor cheating), Liyakath Ali Khan (matrimony fraud).

It's a very long list (reflecting the society's level of corruption). The public definitely need to know what are the punishments to such alleged criminals.

Unfortunately, while such individual cases lose their focus (which itself is deplorable as the guilty should be punished and the affected system corrected), there are even bigger situations affecting a larger group of people that too suffer a similar fate e.g. kAviri, mullaipperiyAr, Hogenakkal, Sethu kAlvai. Some of these may be resurrected every now and then for political purposes and buried after the intended gains for the concerned are reaped.

Interestingly, Detroit seems to be no different. (The mayor's case).

[bingleguy]

But is it not media's duty to give correct information, control unhealthy, unethical trends, indirectly setting a sane environment?

[ajithfederer]

Superb This particular example applies to many gentlemen in our sports section as well

Dear Vigneshram,

Nowadays the media does not give news, rather it interprets them to its own advantage.

Here is an example :

Situation 1 : Tendulkar scores a duck and India loses the match.

Headline : Should Sachin give way for the youngsters? Do our players deserve such huge amounts for the ads?

A month later : Tendulkar scores a century and India wins.

Headline : Master Blaster silences his critics. Should Sachin be awarded the Bharath Ratna?

The fault does not lie entirely with the media. The media plays according to the prevailing mood of the viewers.

After all, everything is for the sake of TRPs....


Punnaimaran

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[wrap07]

This is quite an important and relevant topic for the current days.
Media makes mountain out of a molehil and concentrates only on sensationalising things without ever bothering about the resultant impact on the society. For the sake of higher viewership or get a hyped up name, they are even prepared showcase gruesome incidents blatantly without any botheration.

Truthful reporting is hard to find. Actually, they invent or create issues when there is none. At times, it is amazing to see them coming out with a different perspective of the same issue on day to day basis.