Old people wary of social media should at least be aware of the fact that what they see on print and visual media alone is not absolutely true and should be ready to embrace any difference in opinion with people active on social media. Television shows these days are predominantly biased on a particular issue and are merely portraying it loud. Unfortunately people judge the legitimacy of the news by the celebrity value of the journalists. And most of who are actually being questioned on their credibility. If I could name a few it would be Karan Thapar, Barkha Dutt, Rajdeep Sardesai, Sagarika Ghose, Shobba De....Now that the terms like "Paid Media" and "Ruling Party's Spokesperson" have come into existence the actual purpose of Journalism has faded into oblivion. And its truly disheartening to see intellectual people speaking absolute nonsense and defending shitty policies.
In a country where "Freedom of speech" is just a figure of speech I guess Karan Thapar has made the most of it. Gone are the days when people blindly trusted print and visual media. And journalists like Karan Thapar would remember those as the Glory Days of their lives. Karan Thapar is a typical example of an Over Confident journalist who puts words into the mouth of the interviewee and then pulls them out. He is in fact a smart Journalist who knows how to play the cards and dominate an Interview. In all his interviews instead of asking questions he projects his perception of things and demands an explanation.
In this Interview with a BJP leader Ravishankar Prasad, Karan Thapar questions the infamous "Puppy analogy" made in a statement by Modi. Karan Thapar claims that it has caused communal issues in the country and has already sparked an outrage among Muslims against Modi. While none of his claims are true he makes an allegation that is far beyond any logical explanations that could be deciphered from the actual incident. The sad thing is certain section of the society who are at peace with everyone, after seeing this piece of interview believe that it has indeed hurt their sentiments and develop hatred against Modi and other fellow beings, meanwhile the purpose of the interview is achieved.
There was a time when we were all awestruck by our dads inference on any political issue in the country. Nowadays its the other way around. While everyone has the right to have an opinion of his own; you can at least make your opinions loud enough to sort out any in-differences within the family.
Be aware, Be rationale.Here is another video in which Sagarika Ghose is left speechless by Ram Jethmalani:
