Media vs Public Opinion
Posted on March 4th, 2010 by daniel robinson
At the time of writing this news 63 people have died so far in the temple stampede in Uttar Pradesh. I learnt this news from BBC. In order to get more information i logged on to Indian news channels IBNLive.com, i was shocked to see MF Hussain as the main news and 63 people lives lost as another news item. Then checked with NDTV.com and realised they were celebrating Hockey goals.
BBC South Asia had this in the prime news and was the Top 10 read items on BBC Worldwide. I was surprised to see that this was not the most important news, so does our media feel. But like it is said, the media reflects peoples sentiments. And if this was indeed an indication! Where are we heading. Below are the clips
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