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Post by Dr. Yatri Thor on Mar 9, 2015 22:41:56 GMT 5.5
This is how cheap journalism works:
Step 1. Go to a 3rd world country. Visit their largest jail. Interview the worst criminal in that country. Make a documentary on it. Then conclude that every person in that country thinks like that criminal.
Step 2. When some people from that country protest against this cheap sensationalist journalism, create controversy about this topic. Convince slavish mentality intellectuals from that country that the protest is nothing but a protest against free speech. The topic stays hot for long period of time.
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Post by Lisbeth Salander on Mar 10, 2015 2:49:05 GMT 5.5
This is how cheap journalism works: Step 1. Go to a 3rd world country. Visit their largest jail. Interview the worst criminal in that country. Make a documentary on it. Then conclude that every person in that country thinks like that criminal. Step 2. When some people from that country protest against this cheap sensationalist journalism, create controversy about this topic. Convince slavish mentality intellectuals from that country that the protest is nothing but a protest against free speech. The topic stays hot for long period of time. Another example of exaggerating a social issue to gain limelight. There's a thin line between useful social research and cheap journalism, which has been breached in this case. In a social research, first facts are obtained on any particular issue, and they are presented 'as it is', of course the different aspects are highlighted, but in an unbiased manner. No generalizations are made. It is for the public to derive their own conclusions. In this particular case, subjugation of women is prevalent in the so-called developed nations too. But here they chose to show it as an India specific issue. There are many books by empowered, successful women entrepreneurs of the world, who have confessed to being subjected to sexual abuse, by well-educated men. But these issues were not dealt with by the documentary-maker. I am not in favor of an outright ban on the documentary, but if an effort is being made to awaken the consciousness of people, then the issue should be dealt with in a holistic manner, which means the stand of the rest of the world, and how things fare in the developed nations. Only then it can be said that the documentary has served its purpose. Because after all, we are trying to deal with sexual abuse and violence against women, not malign a nation. Or is that the purpose? |
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Post by Dr. Yatri Thor on Mar 10, 2015 3:16:08 GMT 5.5
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Post by Lisbeth Salander on Mar 10, 2015 4:26:27 GMT 5.5
I am aghast at the narrow-mindedness of people.
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Post by Lisbeth Salander on Mar 10, 2015 23:35:02 GMT 5.5
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