RE: My Rant About The State of Media in India
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They have certainly lost any Credibility in my opinion.
No. I would say they did not have the credibility from the get-go.
Neutral/Unbiased media is a myth, and they have been imposed upon us as something like sacrosanct or 4th pillar of democracy....when I say so....please do consider that I am talking about the role of media since genesis.
And this is equally true on the global front.
Mainstream media and their poster boys are all loyal to money and power and the same is disguised as ideological left or center or right leanings or communist/socialist/capitalist....so on and so forth.
It really is hard to just watch the news and then constantly debate with myself whether the news that they reported on is true or just a false propaganda.
I am furious on another level as once there was a severe earthquake and all the electric and telephone lines were broken and in the midst of all that the media decided to Air the fact that the town I was staying in had severe casualties around 85%.
My parents were just lost once they heard the news as they were unable to contact me and could only rely on the media
Thanks to the age of social media and parallel alternatives, at least we have options to figure out what is the truth albeit a lengthy process.