Media Commentary

Mischievous Views, Not News!

Ensures2 Comments

Apparently, the media is still smarting after the resounding success of World Culture Festival 2016 and the relentless attack and misrepresentation against continues.

Check this report from Asian Age & Deccan Chronicle attributing some quotes to Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar ji after his Latur Drought relief work inspection.

Sri Sri Will never accept Nobel Peace Prize, rejected it in past Deccan Chronicle

Won’t accept nobel peace prize Sri Sri Ravi Shankar – The Asian Age

Contrast this with the same presser reported here by The Economic Times

Sri Sri Ravishankar questions Malala Yousufzai’s Nobel Peace Prize – The Economic Times

SriSri-NobelPrize-AsianAgeScreenshots of both reports above. Compare them and it is clear Deccan Chronicle group’s Asian Age is upto some Mischief.

Since seeing and hearing is believing. Here is the ABP Mazha’s Video of the Presser. (I am sharing link to the backed up video since I don’t trust a Media to retain something one from their fraternity is uncomfortable with)

You can view the Original of the video above (ABP Mazha link) here 

My reason for their incessant attack: The Deccan Chronicle group always nursed a grudge against Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the Founder of The Art of Living Foundation, ever since they were rebuffed in their attempt to be the Official Media Partner of the Silver Jubilee Celebrations 2006 held in Bengaluru. They were told in no uncertain terms that there are no official Media partner concept with AOL and everyone is free to cover the event and unhindered access as applicable to media would be provided. Read an article of their here. For the first time in newspaper History (probably), this was the Newspaper where a “motivated” book review appeared, hold your breath, on front page – Yes! on the front page. Here is the piece written in September 2006 on this fiasco from Deccan Chronicle (Apparently they have not even archived it for reasons they know.

Why credibility of the media is at the lowest are for these reasons. Agenda driven views instead of news based on fact and blatant misreporting to mislead – in this age of social media, the bluff are called easily and immediately with proof. Social Media self regulates far better than MSM. Bluffs in SM is called immediately by & in SM.

I sincerely hope Art of Living, takes note of these kind of deliberate misreporting and legally take them to task.

Until then, thank God for Social Media. We will expose these Paid, agenda driven Media

Left not aware of Right – Curious case of Hindustan Times

EnsuresLeave a comment
HT-Front Page
Front Page News!
HT-Front Page-06
Page 6 continuation. Lie big and Truth tucked away

 

These are the First page and Page 6 coverage of The Hindustan Times, the scrawl owned and operated by Shobhna Bhartia, the KK Birla Family heir (the only qualification for the position she has assumed)

Then tucked in Page 3 is a rejoinder from Art of Living, albeit with a picture they use from file (without mentioning it). By the way, all the pictures used are not current as it is made out to be. As is their wont, from the word go, Hindustan Times, at the behest of someone (it is anyone’s guess) have tried to derail the Nation’s show piece World Culture Festival 2016. While we (and the world) focused on the now famous WCF Rainbow, like gutter snipe they focused on the slush and dirt caused by the rain.

HT-Page-05
HT Uses File Pictures & passes it off as current

Here is their piece that was supposedly Art of Living’s statement, but conveniently use some old file picture and not what was shot just before the site was handed over to DDA. You can view the “Dated” pictures in my previous piece – NGT Committee as (Im)Perfect Weapon

Here is the Video that was also viewed by everyone in the media including Hindustan Times

What is the real agenda of Hindustan Times? Who are their backers? Why are they and their motley bunch of journalists incessantly attacking (and peddling lies). Time for Art of Living to really investigate their interests.

Everyone has a Story… and it is Important!!!

Ensures1 Comment

The Individuality we so revere… is not entirely our own… many have invested in me”… I am the sum total of my ancestors, my parents, my teachers” – the opening lines that Ravinar (popularly known as mediacrooks) spoke during an event, still rings in my ears. He continued – Commies & Fiberal have always debased our Culture,History,Principles & Our Ancestors. Reclaim it. I am merely the “voice”.. the “thought process” was invested in me by sages, forefathers and ancestors… I AM… the reason THEY existed. Tell our Story.

Yours Truly Introducing Mediacrooks
Introducing Ravinar to the Audience (not that he needed it)

It was an event organized under the aegis of “Social Media for Social Good” series. And the venue couldn’t be more apt – at the International Ashram of the The Art of Living founded by Pujya Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar ji. It is almost a week after 28th September 2014 that I heard that but the reverberations haven’t stopped.

So true! It is usually the stars and celebrities or some Publisher targeting authors,  whose story that we often care to listen. And it is almost certain that their story are not real stories at all – A sugar coated, apple polished version of truth (and most often lies peddled as truth). Do we really care to take some time out to listen to the stories that a commoner, like you and me, have to relate? For many, it is what those glamorous News readers have to lie on the Prime time News Channel (and the news maker that they promote) that is a story to be believed. Remember, there are stories that our Maid, our Neighbour, a fellow Passenger in the bus, an unassuming Colleague in office have. The story of their struggles and pains they underwent to get where they are. A first generation school going daughter my maid has, inspires greater than a Half Girl Friend Fiction by someone educated in a premier education can ever inspire. A colleague who was the first in 4 generations to have educated and become an Engineer worth his name, the way he paid his tuition fees, or my own daughter’s story of struggling to keep pace with her studies while pursuing her passion to dance – they all have a great story to tell – If only we care to listen. Story of a successful CEO or a Booker Prize winner are much lesser to count, – their story is almost always aided by a luxiry travel of wealth and comforts. Many exist right around us if only we care to open our eyes and ears with only themselves to rely on, have far better stories to tell – That is my story, That is your story.

And our story has to go beyond Social Media, which Ravinar says is only like an Aerial Attack (mostly) we need to take it to the ground and win the war. We cannot let “Eminent” Distortians (those who distort our history) manufacture an irrelevant and irreverant story and pass it off as Indian History & culture. Those for whom, History of Bharat began with Moghuls and then continued as part of British History and then as we know Nehru and “Fake” Gandhi History.

“Our” Story is important. Our story is not necessarily individually ours. A voice for many others too. There are many voiceless individual who possibly are doing great stuff out there, but unable to leave their Story for their future generations to claim ” I am the reason they existed and they are the reason I “am”

I care for my Culture, I care for my Ancestors, I care for the Society, I care for our Children, I care for our Future Generation. Therefore I CARE TO TELL MY STORY because I believe in how Ravinar signed off the session with – “If you want the future kids to say “”THEY are who YOU WERE”.. then do things for them to say that…” 

To begin with…by telling My story….

PS: You can check Ravinar’s world renowned blog here : http://www.mediacrooks.com/