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

Hi there,

For years, irrespective of the any ruling party heading govt. make CBI a convenient tool to suit their needs. No party is exception. Same holds good for useing (or misuse) govt. owned media.

The same thing has now happened in case of Tytler, who instigated people to 'butcher' a particular caste, after assasination ofLate Indira Gandhi - resulting in communal riots and deaths of innocent people.

All thse years, there were hopes that justice willbe done. Now withCBI giving a 'clean chit', a'instigator of mass murders' got scot free.

Though public memory is short, those who suffered badly, will never forget. That too a 'journalist' - may be his family too might have suffered ?

This clearly shows up the pent-up frustrations of people, who clammer for justice.

s.n.surkund

--- On Tue, 4/7/09, Prime Point Srinivasan <prpoint@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Prime Point Srinivasan <prpoint@gmail.com>
Subject: [prpoint] Shoe thrown on Indian Home Minister during Press Conference
To: "Prpoint Group" <prpoint@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2009, 12:57 AM

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
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