ArnabGate-2

Conning The Nation

A couple of nights ago, continuing the agenda-driven debate on Lalit Modi - Vasundhara Raje  (or Lalitgate as Timesnow calls it) there were four panellists plus Arnab Goswami thrashing the lone representative of BJP, GVNL Narasimha Rao.  It’s a typical scenario on TimeNow - 5 or 6 hyenas jumping on a lone panellist from BJP. Rhetoric and nonsensical moralising flow from these five without allowing the defendant to speak. It came to a point where GVNL had to tell Arnab that he was crossing certain limits. To this, the self-righteous Arnab responds claiming “the Constitution sets my limits”. I suppose Constitution also allows peddling of fraudulent agenda under the guise of journalism and asking bogus questions. And with such grand pompous statements our little Arnab tells the nation who the Big Boss is. Let’s look at some of Arnab’s (and other scumbag channels too) on certain misinformation being handed out as if Moses comes in their dreams every night.

Sushma Swaraj episode on LM - So they scream it was not a humanitarian act but had some ulterior motive. Okay. That helping an Indian, who is evading the ED, meet his ailing wife was improper at the very least. There is something neither the media nor the BJP wants to talk about.  Here’s what Subramanian Swamy wrote about the episode:

That incident is shrouded in secrecy. The Hindu wrote about it too. That RahulG had a Colombian girl-friend is also no secret and there have been pics in the public. Why should ABV or BJP have saved a juvenile Rahul? After all, had he been prosecuted in the US he would have rotted away for years. And if there was excess cash and some “white powder” as Swamy says it would have been a major crime in the US. If that hadn’t happened SoniaG would have been wiping her tears for years instead of managing the Congress. And RahulG still holds an Italian passport as far as I know. You decide if this joker should have been saved. And if he should, why not LM be helped?

LM is a Fugitive - This is what they scream. Conveniently so! Some comments on my previous post also ignorantly claim this. Fact is, to be designated a fugitive some arrest warrant has to be there or some court summon. No such thing exists against LM and the ED is not a court. Despite the GOI and many legal experts clearly stating LM is not a fugitive because his alleged FEMA violations do not warrant an arrest or custodial interrogation our media keeps peddling this garbage. To use the term fugitive as a layman is all very fine but using it as a legal term to imply legal consequences is another thing. Anyone who does not understand this difference is truly a moron. Arnab and his gang have been promoting this falsehood to suit his agenda. Let’s move to another of Arnab’s fraudulent nonsense.

Dushyant Singh (son of VR) case is the same as Robert Vadra - Like I said only uneducated idiots like Arnab will peddle such an equivalence. Vadra has many dealings which involve govt clearances where land is concerned. Here’s what the much-harassed whistle-blower Ashok Khemka had to say:

The Vadra-DLF combine had land dealings which had participation by Congress govts in Haryana and Rajasthan. It is alleged to have caused loss to the treasury of the state, it is alleged to have looted public wealth. Is that the case with Dushyant? (Read this DNA report). Regardlesss of how you view the transactions between Dushyant and Lalit Modi they have not involved any govt or any public wealth. How then is Arnab equating it with Vadra? Because he too knows that Vadra is the biggest abusive word where loot of public wealth is concerned owing to political influence. And whether he likes it or not Dushyant-Lalit did not loot public wealth or assets. But keep chanting Vadra Vadra Vadra like a little boy and hope to fool people into thinking Dushyant-Lalit have looted public wealth. Conman excellence!

The critical issue in allegations of corruption (as experts like Congress know very well) is to establish and document or offer evidence that can stand up in a court of law. Some law has to be broken. In case of, say, Pawan Bansal there was clear case of bribery and money being paid - that is breaking the law. The kind of transactions that involve Raje, Dushyant and Modi are transactions that are everyday deal in businesses. I call Arnab uneducated because he cannot tell the difference between a clever financial deal and corruption. What exactly is the TOI group? Sant Sameer or Sant Vineet? The Medianet deals of TOI can also be called corruption but that TOI’s CLEVER arrangement. There are companies and Bollywood actors that TOI will NEVER write negatively about. You wonder why? So Arnab can try to kick and scream but not once has he told us of which law Dushyant, Lalit or VR have broken in these transactions. Such is the wretched hate-mongering at Timesnow that they even concocted a FAKE resolution over Gadkari giving clean chits to VR (Does any State pass such resolutions except the mentally ill state of Timesnow in their office?):

Uneducated moron Arnab gave an analogy of an Orange to GVNL the other day. He tells us he purchases an orange for some 10 rupees and sells it for a million bucks. I can laugh but technically what is the problem? It is my blessed Orange - I can sell it, I can give it free or I can eat it too. Who the hell are you to decide on what I should do with my Orange? And Arnab sarcastically tells GVNL he learned this in Class-6 and is poor in Maths. No moron, it’s about common sense and how businessmen do deals and you’re close to Dalal Street and many big companies. Go have a chat with some people and all deals do not automatically translate to corruption or crime. They have to be unlawful or illegal first.

Unable to get results from his fraudulent campaign Arnab constantly sets his dogs at his targets. Aditya Kaul pickets VR’s residence or office gates and complains he’s not being allowed in. Who are you? And what makes these little dogs of Arnab think they are entitled to enter premises of just about anybody. I have written about this hounding before too. They did so in case of Gadkari, in case of Bansal but cowards stay clear from Vadra or Sonia. Not only these dogs picket and chase VR, when she was in Delhi it seems some media car crashed her convoy car.

I suspect it could be a TNow car. Remember? These same TNow criminals chased Meiyappan of IPL scam from Mumbai airport to a police station posing a threat to everyone on the roads. The media has fallen so low that it wants to pose physical danger to its targets?

              “If I don’t get my chocolate - I will screw you”

That is what TOI and Arnab tell us. They will go any length to even pose physical danger to public figures and others. But they go beyond that. This little boy Arnab who pretends to be a patriot by chastising some worthless jokers from Pakistan often carried a vicious campaign against CWG in tandem with his mother-rag TOI. Why? Because the CWG media contract went to HT and CNN-IBN. Do you know the level these scumbags stooped to? Hitjob after hitjob after hitjob to tarnish the image of India. Nation wants to know? In a one month period from August 1 to September 2, 2010, this TOI combine put out 101 Dalmatians (Yes one hundred one) to tar the CWG effort. That is an average of 3 hitjobs per day. Does that even sound reasonable reporting or journalism? I call it criminal hit jobs. The CWG scam is not really a part of these hitjobs because it came later.

Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein unearthed the greatest political scandal in history - Watergate. They didn’t have spycams and morons picketing houses or blocking or chasing politicians. They, and their editor Ben Bradley, did not wave their reports and paper at Nixon DEMANDING his resignation. They just reported and let the political class do what they have to do. It’s the US Congress, Senate and Supreme Court that finally forced Nixon to resign. Journalists have a job to do to report facts (even LIES like our media does if they want) but arrogant, nonsensical behaviour in demanding resignations of elected officials is not your job Arnab. Learn that quick. And don’t kid yourself in thinking you speak for the nation or nation wants to know through your nonsense. The nation can do without con-men and fraudulent journalism. Nobody has given you that power. Don’t BS the nation about Constitution giving you the limits. The Constitution allows you to report and comment and if you want to be a professional journalist, stick to that.

As for your stupid hashtag journalism, that is no different from 2-minute Maggi which is now banned. Kicking and screaming and threatening panellists cannot pass for journalism. ArnabGate should provide you abundant help in remembering that.