So the mafia is angry. The mafia is frustrated. It is all starting to
show. They want the PMO to be friendlier to the “Editors” mafia and open
up communication lines with them. On any other bright day I would have said it’s
a fair demand but not when it comes to our media mafia. It is not a big secret
that we have some of the most corrupt and incompetent editors in the history of
our media, especially TV. Ever since Narendra Modi formed the new govt
he has kept this crooked bunch of thugs at a safe distance and rightly so. Just
as he has shut down the privilege pipelines of many Babus he has also shut down
some “privileges” of many media crooks. Let’s read what the demand of
the Editors Guild of India is (Report):
“A statement issued by the Guild said that a
"top-down, one-way interaction in a country with limited internet
connectivity and technological awareness cannot be the only answer for large
masses of readers, viewers, surfers and listeners. Debate, dialogue and
discussion are the essential ingredients of a democratic discourse… By delaying
the establishment of a media inter-face in the Prime Minister's Office, in restricting
access to ministers and bureaucrats in offices and in reducing the flow of
information at home and abroad, the government in its early days seems to be on
a path that runs counter to the norms of democratic discourse and
accountability," it said.
Hmm! So our crooked editorialists who crawled all these years as slaves
of a dynasty suddenly talk about democratic discourse and accountability. Let
us ask these people what accountability they have. You know, if there are
riots in Saharanpur or Moradabad they scream Modi is responsible, Modi should
act when it’s the State govt that is in charge of law and order. Take the case
of Barkha Dutt, the alleged group editor of NDTV, and their
recent nonsense (I prefer to stick to the recent instead of going into the
history of NDTV crimes):
Now, NDTV has regularly and consistently trashed Modi and BJP
with fake news and twisted news items. Whenever people point this out to Barkha
she grandly claims she is not in charge of their website or Twitter account. So
what exactly is an editor responsible for? In a newspaper, the editor is
responsible even for the content of advertisements that appear in the paper.
That’s the law. But Modi is responsible for Saharanpur or Pune but SoniaG or
MMS were never responsible for even rapes in Delhi. This political pimping
by “Sickular” editors has not gone unnoticed by people. Under the Sonia-MMS
decay, all these editors had been “Durbaris” who enjoyed all the luxuries
in the world while accusing everyone else of abusing their official positions.
How did MMS operate with the media? Here’s a shameful Durbar he conducted with
only FIVE editors of select newspapers in June 2011 (mostly made up of
Congress cronies like Kumar Ketkar):
Does that look like a formal or regular press meeting or a private “Durbar”?
I remember that because I called it PM's Press Meet - 'Friendly Fire'
and here is what I wrote back then:
“I believe it’s very unfair to call it a ‘press
meet’. It looked like a luncheon meet of the ‘mob’ for a friendly discussion on
the state of affairs of their turf. It’s strange you would think. A Prime
Minister holds a press meet with five select editors from the print media and
then needs to be defended by his own spokespersons. That is precisely what
Manish Tiwari and Ambika Soni were doing on
June 29.
Some of the firm assertions of Manmohan Singh at
this meet were “I am not a lame duck PM” and the media is an “accuser,
prosecutor and judge”. I agree with the media part though. That is their
general approach to all issues. Other than that, the PM generally blamed the
opposition for the lame duck tag. These statements were made when most of the
‘chosen’ editors were ones who are known to be friendly to the Congress.”
Is this the same nonsense that the Editors Guild is demanding now? Don’t
forget, the same MMS held a previous meeting with only TV editors
(in February 2011) as if they are some privileged class of royal durbaris. I am
sure many will remember Harish Khare snubbing Arnab Goswami in
that private meet telling him it is not an “inquisition” of the PM”. Barkha,
who didn’t honour the PM with her presence then, later lamented that none of
the editors talked about Pakistan. iRudali! It should also be remembered
that on both the occasions MMS called editors only under the heavy burden of
scams which he had to whitewash and not as a “routine” interaction.
Unfortunately for the editor-mafia, Modi does not have any scams so far that he
has to wash or defend. And Modi is absolutely right in keeping this mafia at a
good distance. They are known to have twisted every word he has uttered in the
past. Therefore, it is proper for the PM to speak directly speak to the people
or communicate through social media. Some of these editors have also wanted the
same social media dead or regulated.
The editors are demanding that the new PM and the PMO restore the old “coterie”
through which Barkha ate “Golgappas” at PM’s parties and relay to us
when SoniaG was happy or unhappy as advised by Ahmed Patel or through which
juniors like Pallavi Ghosh reported planted gossip from the PMO or
Congress office. Of course, all this is in the interest of “Democracy”
as they dramatically claim. Access Journalism is a curse on journalism
itself. Access Journalism, which is what our editor-mafia is seeking
shuts out genuine reporters and their work and replaces it with bogus
soundbites and “breast-fed” reports. How criminal are these Access Journalism
specialists? Let me replay an old video from 2009 of Jon Stewart and it
should shock you how the “Access”
journos lie to you, don’t care to ask real questions and suck up to criminals
(Video edited to relevant portions – 6-17 mins):
There is nothing that I need to add to the video. All these “Access”
editors do the same thing. They chummy-up and don’t bother verifying any
reports or any information but base their entire reporting on political-swing
and gossip. Every single day they troll Narendra Modi with something or the
other; with fake news and deadly headlines. Take a look at these:
NDTV (Hindi) apologised for their nonsense in the first pic. This is a
routine with NDTV and other channels as they play mischief with headlines
concerning Modi (or BJP). I call it deliberate mischief because I have never seen such a mistake
happening with SoniaG, RahulG or Congress. The motivation is obvious for the
Hate-Modi brigade. And these same editors now beg for a durbar? What about
the second pic above on dates of Modi’s US/UN visit? Why in the world would
morons at CNN-IBN tweet about a forthcoming speech on September 17 on
September 25? Do they have any logical explanation? None! What about the other
three rogues – ABP News, NDTV (again) and TimesNow? All of them uniformly
concocted the date of October 27 and then some engagements on October 28
and 29. How? I tweeted MEA India to seek a clarification and Syed Akbaruddin
tweeted back stating the dates given were very clear:
With all the nonsense that these editors can spin on their own why do
they want “Access” to PM or PMO? They anyway write all the crap in the world
about the PM without any relevance or truth. They have been doing so for over
12 years now. Lies, filth and absolute trash is what they peddled and they are
still doing so with many G-37 morons as accessories. There can be a new
beginning only if they acknowledge and do penance for their crimes (Like
Tarun Tejpal decided he would do). I have a small, modest suggestion. These
editors can start by writing Modi a small letter of penance:
I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking I forgot the infamous “Puppy”
episode with which these same editors spread a mountain of lies implying Modi
wanted Muslims dead. Well, I have saved that in case I have to write a sequel.
Before I leave, I would like you to take a look at the newly constituted Working Committee of the Editors Guild:
“According to Ajay Upadhyay, General Secretary,
Editors Guild of India, the 15-member Working Committee includes Sachidanand
Murthy, Raj Chengappa, Shravan Garg, Barkha Dutt, Coomi Kapoor, Shekhar Gupta,
Jaydeep Bose, Sanjay Narayan, MK Razdan, Vijay Naik, Seema Chishti, Sheela
Bhatt, and Kumar Ketkar, among others”.
Some of these members belong in a rogues-gallery and not in any working
committee of editors. They don’t deserve “Access” but the “Axe”.
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