Am still recovering from all the media hype, hoopla, overreach and overkill surrounding the presidential elections of the United States of America and wondering why our media makes such a hue and cry over an event that has little or no relevance to our daily lives......
While there is no denying the fact that America is the most powerful nation on planet earth and any and every action of the Americans does cast it's shadow on the rest of the world, the Americans do not determine our foreign, economic, domestic or defence related policies and is so are the US presidential elections really worth all that time and airwaves?????
Obama' re-election or otherwise determines the present and future course of 300 plus American citizens lives and may be a few million more worldwide; but I am still not sure as to how this re-election or otherwise determines the future course of 130 crore plus Indian lives and am therefore bewildered and flummoxed by the day long media coverage provided to this rather fruitless exercise.......
Or then have I completely missed the point and am blissfully unaware of our government and media having sold their objectivity, freedom and right to free speech and expression to the office of the American President; the American presidential elections warrants non stop coverage from 5 a.m. till midnight; one wonders why the television news channels do not pay similar attention to minute issues determining the daily existence of crores of Indians........
Currying favour with the American establishment and president may be in the best interests of both our government as well as media houses; but we citizens have still not pledged our sovereignty and freedom to the Americans so kindly refrain from foisting the US presidential elections on us unsuspecting lot........
Self styled foreign policy experts, America watchers and news anchors spewed American propaganda and sang hosannas to America's glory till they had America coming out of one's ears; but I for the hell of me cannot remember a single Indian election or achievement generating such media attention and generating non stop media coverage from 5 a.m. till midnight........
Will our news channel editors who take the greatest umbrage to any suggestions/questions or innuendos about their lack of objectivity and bipartisanship stop being American acolytes and spewing plaudits about all things American or will a sense of objectivity and non partisanship prevail when it comes to the coverage of such events; well my guess is as good as yours in this context and regard.......
Until then, let's all sit back and enjoy the rather sorry spectacle of both our English as well as Hindi news channels being a "BEGAANI SHAADI MAIN ABDULLAH DEEWAANA"...........
While there is no denying the fact that America is the most powerful nation on planet earth and any and every action of the Americans does cast it's shadow on the rest of the world, the Americans do not determine our foreign, economic, domestic or defence related policies and is so are the US presidential elections really worth all that time and airwaves?????
Obama' re-election or otherwise determines the present and future course of 300 plus American citizens lives and may be a few million more worldwide; but I am still not sure as to how this re-election or otherwise determines the future course of 130 crore plus Indian lives and am therefore bewildered and flummoxed by the day long media coverage provided to this rather fruitless exercise.......
Or then have I completely missed the point and am blissfully unaware of our government and media having sold their objectivity, freedom and right to free speech and expression to the office of the American President; the American presidential elections warrants non stop coverage from 5 a.m. till midnight; one wonders why the television news channels do not pay similar attention to minute issues determining the daily existence of crores of Indians........
Currying favour with the American establishment and president may be in the best interests of both our government as well as media houses; but we citizens have still not pledged our sovereignty and freedom to the Americans so kindly refrain from foisting the US presidential elections on us unsuspecting lot........
Self styled foreign policy experts, America watchers and news anchors spewed American propaganda and sang hosannas to America's glory till they had America coming out of one's ears; but I for the hell of me cannot remember a single Indian election or achievement generating such media attention and generating non stop media coverage from 5 a.m. till midnight........
Will our news channel editors who take the greatest umbrage to any suggestions/questions or innuendos about their lack of objectivity and bipartisanship stop being American acolytes and spewing plaudits about all things American or will a sense of objectivity and non partisanship prevail when it comes to the coverage of such events; well my guess is as good as yours in this context and regard.......
Until then, let's all sit back and enjoy the rather sorry spectacle of both our English as well as Hindi news channels being a "BEGAANI SHAADI MAIN ABDULLAH DEEWAANA"...........
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