Television finishing Indian democracy, says Ravish Kumar

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POSTED BY MINHAJ ADNAN UPDATED: FEBRUARY 03, 2020, 6:49 PM IST

 

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Award-winning TV journalist Ravish Kumar said, “TV is finishing democracy. For 24 hours, they [TV anchors] are only talking regarding Muslims and nothing else.”

 

Speaking to author and critic Nilanjana S. Roy at the 2020 Jaipur Literature Festival during a session, “Bolna Hi Hai: What Must Be Said,” Ravish Kumar had some interesting words about his medium of television.

Acknowledging that alongside the endemicsocial and economic inequality that pervades India, he stressed that these two gave way to information inequality as well.

 

 

He specifically decried the fact that WhatsApp was filling this knowledge gap and thereby deliberately misleading people and inciting violence.

Unfortunately, in recent times WhatsApp has been filling those gaps with misinformation about history. Commenting on Television’s equally dubious role in this, Kumar said, “For 24 hours, they are only talking about Muslims and nothing else.”

The Ramon Magsaysay award winning journalist also elaborated upon the ways in which mainstream media channels mislead their viewers. Kumar singled out TV shows with erroneous statistic-ridden surveys or analyses sprinkled with English words that lend false authenticity to their reporting.

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[aragorn]

him n kunal kamra are only the journalist who r speaking the truth. 

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28 minutes ago, aragorn said:

him n kunal kamra are only the journalist who r speaking the truth. 

Anti national spotted.

 

randra kottandi eedni

[tom brady]

56 minutes ago, aragorn said:

him n kunal kamra are only the journalist who r speaking the truth. 

Kunal kamra lyt le ravish toh compare chesthe....the quality of news his newshour produces is top notch n need of the hour. Unfortunately most people doesnt get it