We live in those times where the media is faster than the speed of light. Within few moments we get to know what happened where! Even our lives are so fast that we don’t have time to sit back and give it thought to what’s happening around us. Media heavily influences our opinions, media has got the power to create the revolutions but is the current media creating revolutions? Does anyone guarantee we are getting right and true news? These days media has merely become a puppet in the hands of gangsters and double faced powered politicians and so-called powerful citizens of the country.
Recently I was watching a Journalists’ conclave on a leading News channel of the country where all the senior and respected journalists of the country were present along with some young MPs like Sachin Pilot, Deepender Hooda and Union Minister Kumari Shelja. What they told was completely shocking. They told “During recent Lok Sabha Polls, they were approached by some of the leading newspapers and asked for Rs 50 lacs in which they’ll cover the Candidates’ whole election Campaign and favor them in the elections through their columns”, no doubt these 3 respected MPs refused to pay them to which Mr. Hooda further told that his whole election campaign are spoiled by local media and their columns published articles against him, although he won the elections.
I wish to share one more thing you which haunts me. 2-3 years ago, AAJ TAK news channel aired a video in which many Bollywood personalities were found dancing and singing in Dawood Ibrahim’s Party and this video was about 10-12 years old. Now my question is WHY this news channel did not air that video when it was recorded, WHY its telecast was delayed for 10-12 years?
My purpose of writing this article is to make the readers think over WHAT we see, hear and read. When the audience will be aware and responsible, media will also get responsible and will uncover and unhide the whole scene behind the story.
