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Obama and the End of Other Dreams?

Sun, 2009-04-12 23:33 | NISSIM MANNATHUKKAREN

"The euphoria of Obama’s ascension to the presidency of the United States slowly ebbs down to its logical culmination. But its glow has been such that it has drowned many other euphorias and the reality. For sometime now, since last year the world has been living in the bubble of the arrival of Barack, the “blessed” one so much so that it has prevented us from asking important questions" Writes Nissim Mannathukkaren for Pragoti.

Whose media? Which people?

Tue, 2008-12-23 08:55 | NISSIM MANNATHUKKAREN
Media

The coverage of the terror attacks showed that when the media becomes a purely business enterprise, news becomes a commodity, serving the interests of the few. It ceases to be the guardian of democracy or the protector of public interest.

NISSIM MANNATHUKKAREN's incisive article on corporate media.The article rightly identifies the role of corporate media in whipping up emotions after the Mumbai terror strike,by airing non-stop outbursts and insensible chants like “enough is enough”.The article also asserts the fact that the same media didn't come up with a similar emotional outcry for the 1.5 lakh farmers who committed suicide in a period of mere eight years and for the travail of many crores of ordinary Indians who still live like worms.

Source: 
The Hindu