Tuesday, April 7, 2009

[prpoint] Re: Shoe thrown on Indian Home Minister during Press Conference



An unwarranted action of the journalist.All his pent up emotions were released.Now all the channels are constantly showing this ..both in slow motion and fast forward motion with appropriate music added! the reporting of the brand of the shoe and the size will follow.....

--- In prpoint@yahoogroups.com, Prime Point Srinivasan <prpoint@...> wrote:
>
> dear friends
>
> Few minutes back today (7th april 2009), when Indian Home Minister P
> Chidambaram was addressing a Press Conference at Congress HQ at Delhi, a
> question was asked by one Jarnail Singh representing Dainik Jagran on the
> issue of 'clean chit' given to Jagadish Tytlar by CBI. The journalist was
> not convinced of the response given by the Home Minister and he started
> arguing in the Press Conference. Chidambaram was telling the journo not to
> argue, but only ask questions. Irked by the response of the Home Minister,
> the journalist threw the shoes on him. Fortunately, it did not fall on him,
> but fell slightly away. The journalist was taken away by the Security
> authorities for investigation.
>
> Members may recall that similar incident happened during the visit of
> President Bush to Iraq. It is very sad that a new trend is showing up
> amongst the media. The jounalist covering the event may differ from the view
> of the authorities. His job is only to report the statement and to ask
> questions.
>
> A communist oriented media person may cover the BJP or vice versa. The
> professional dharma is only to report as it is, even if they differ. The
> media can review the policies of ruling or opposition parties in their
> editorial columns or articles.
>
> When I saw this incident live in the TV, i got really shocked. An Indian
> journalist throwing shoes on Indian Home Minister. In the Bush incident,
> Iraqi media person threw shoes on Bush.
>
> In one of the ealier issues of our ezine PR-e-Sense, we published a cartoon
> drawn by Triambak Sharma. In that cartoon, the organisers were asking all
> media persons to remove the shoes and keep outside the press room. Though,
> it was meant for fun after Bush incident, i am afraid, the fun should not
> become reality.
>
> I invite members to share the views.
>
> Srinivasan
> Moderator
>

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