All done and sealed in 90minutes every evening by the only Kangaroo court in India!!!!!!

Last morning Rajdeep Sardesai of CNN IBN was early on Twitter which is abnormal, Tweeted about this at 9.48AM soon he was followed by Sagarika Ghose and then came Pallavi Ghose with her profound Tweet on BJP and Nitin Gadkari. 

Expectedly jigsaw pieces started to fall in place and the picture began to emerge. This 

cacophony about Nitin Gadkari's scam and corruption started by Anjali Damania picked up by Arvind Kejriwal had become TV favorite NDTV had done some programme on it. 

However by early evening 5.07PM Pallavi Ghose again Tweeted, diametrically opposite 

to what she had stated in the morning. 

It was therefore safe to assume channel had been instructed by political paymasters to ease off on Nitin Gadkari lest the boomerang effect claims some unsuspecting and 

important functionary from their stable. 

The story does not end here, the interesting part was to follow at 9PM, yes where else 

but the noisiest, most abrasive and of course least logical of all channels you guessed it right Timesnow. Lynch mob was there Kangaroo court with the attendent jury, hysterical, prosecutor, judge and executioner in the shape and form of Arnab Goswami. 

Watching Arnab Goswami's Evangelic zeal against corruption one cannot blame those who may think that Thenewshour is not about NEWS but about judging and convicting 

the corrupt and scamsters. The minor shortcoming one does detects, there is no scope for a plea of Non Guilty. Justice is instant, verdict is predetermined, facts and evidence 

are not required. The accused should not belong to Congress party. 

Those who would like a repeat dose of this so called Thenewshour may click on the 

links below for Video.

Part #1. http://www.timesnow.tv/videoshow/4413134.cms

Part #2. http://www.timesnow.tv/videoshow/4413135.cms

I wonder if people still recall when this channel and this hysterical anchor targeted B.S. 

Yedduruppa democratically elected Chief Minister of State of Karnataka who was 

hounded while on vacation in Mauritius. The said Chief Minister was made to resign 

because of witch hunt launched by this channel and anchor. All charges leveled against 

BSY are failing the test of Law. Then there was the so called Porngate in Karnataka. An 

IPS officer killed in Madhaya Pradesh this anchor and channel again went ballistic, only 

to find out it was a case of accident more than a premeditated murder.

If this was not sufficient, this channel without investigating went overboard yet again 

involving Madhaya Pradesh in a case of Stayagrah that was not.

This is not all, the list is long in case of Gujarat, and it's Chief Minister Mr. Narendra Modi the very mention of this name, make this channel salivate at the prospect of high TRPs 

to ensure that it gathers together all the rabid anti-Modi individuals who can rant 

endlessly for hours if not days.

Let us revert back to present case of Mr. Nitin Gadkari, this manically hysterical anchor 

(don't know if he should be called an anchor) gathered a set of people including Anajali 

Damania who herself stand accused of wrong doing, but that is immaterial for his 

crusade to nail Gadkari. Phrase repeatedly used was "Packup Time for Gadkari" when 

Mr. K.G Suresh attempts to bring the issue into proper perspective by asking for a probe be conducted, Arnab summarily dismisses that as unacceptable, when the same point 

is made by Mr. Majid Memon again the response from Arnab is one of disbelief. His 

cameramen have been to some locations a few pictures are flashed across TV screen 

in his estimate that is enough evidence to hang Gadkari for his crime of corruption.

Now let look at the way, he and his channel have handled the scams of unprecedented 

scale which involve such humongous sums that we do not even know the number of 

Zeros needed to reach there. What has this channel uncovered in the last 3years other 

than Queen's baton relay in which some overcharging and authorized payments were 

made by Suresh Kalmadi. Yes this channel went after him with the same zeal, that was more on account of not being awarded any contract for CWG than anything else.

Arnab and Timesnow have not shown any interest in following through in the CWG 

scam which involved Rs 80,000crores. Kalmadi was not the only one involved, yet this 

channel did not ever demand or make an expose against those who were involved. We did not hear "Pack up time" for any Minister or CM of Delhi. Similarly take the case of 2G there has been no expose nor the phrase "Pack up time for so and so". Coal scam no 

expose by this channel other than on Subodh Kant Sahay but we still did not hear "Pack up time for so and so."

There are many other instances, where this anchor and his channel are busy pretending allz well when Congress is involved. This post would be incomplete without any refence to the common ploy used by this anchor, to dilute and divert attention, when ever 

Congress is on a sticky wicket. He is a virtual archive digger, despite knowing fully well 

that inflation figure of 10years ago are not going mitigate the current price rise, yet he 

does bring those out so that the escape hatch for Congress is opened. He invariably 

employs 19982004 soap bar to wash away the stains of Congress corruption. Ah 1998-2004 is the time when NDA had formed the government at the center. So every misdeed of Congress, is canceled by a similar deed from that period without forgetting to remind us Two wrongs don't make a right. Yet he does it evening after evening. If in case he 

can't find 19982004 soap bar then he does have the liberty of using 2002 Gujarat riots 

cottage industry to justify. 

In conclusion he does rub salt into our wound by claiming "Your Channel" excuse me if itwas my channel I would either eject you or close down this so called news channel and not even miss it.

This Article appread today in DNA.

India Against Corruption (IAC) activist Anjali Damania, who allegedly grabbed 60 acres oftribal land at throwaway prices by claiming to be a farmer, has now been accused of blocking the passage to the only crematorium in Kondivade village, 12km from Karjat tehshil.

  

Similarly this set of Tweets should also make you think.

Click the link to read Mishraji's tweets on Nitin Gadkari

  

Latest update on 08th Dec 2012 

NEW DELHI: A former chief of the Central Bureau of Investigation has contested 

 Bahujan Samaj Party leader Mayawati's allegation that the NDA government had misused the agency to put pressure on her. 
Former CBI director Uma Shankar Mishra told ET on Friday that there was no pressure from the then government to pursue cases filed against Mayawati between 

2003 and 2005 and that it had acted on the orders of the Supreme Court.{ LINK }  

From The Dizzy Heights of Kargil to Despairing Depths of Oblivion

I grew up in a time when we had black & white transmission and limited duration of Television broadcast. Colour transmission was introduced in 1982. Post liberalization a host of new Channel beaming an unending fare of programs 24 X 7. News channels competing for our attention, sitcoms etc!

The new high came in 1999 Kargil War. Channels brought this war right into our living rooms. While the men in uniform covered themselves with glory in the battlefield, a hero was born or should one say a Heroine of the small screen no not the glamorous kind. A news reporter who became the visible face of the 24 x 7 News Channels!

She won our hearts and ruled our minds. We became her slaves believed every word she uttered as gospel truth. Then came a minor shift in 2002, became a little more slanted in 2004, gradually the slant became more steep, which compelled me to scrutinize what was being said on the channel and compare it with others in electronic media and also with the print.

I was now convinced that all was not as it should be; I felt cheated, what recourse did I have? None other than move away from watching news on NDTV; I did precisely that. No not even once did I miss the channel, though I continued to watch programs like Big Fight, We the people and Buck Stops Here, used to post comments regularly on these show, also signed on NDTV Social which is their website.

I did e-mail and share a few tweets with Barkha Dutt around early to mid 2009. By now even the programs hosted by her had started to lose their sheen, it was becoming increasingly apparent that there was more than that met the eye. Slowly but surely I was losing interest in this News Channel which I had watched for almost 2 decades.

The on 2^nd Dec 2009 an incident took place on the NDTV social site. Nidhi Razdan employed foul language towards a visitor, which I felt was reason enough for me to move away from following her. I enquired with her if she could block me since that option was not available at my end. The response from her is most forgettable. That sealed my dealing with NDTV. I stopped watching this channel completely 07^th Dec 2009. Excerpt of the exchange of tweets with Nidhi Razdan on 2nd Dec 2009 and tweets posted Mr.Pannoy Roy on NDTV (cont)

I progressed from feeling cheated to now a position where there was disgust for this channel and its personnel. Since I did not watch the channel anymore it did not matter what they broadcasted or promoted. On the net post Ayodhaya verdict there were blogs which had specific references to Barkha Dutt excerpt of the conversations and the way she had conduct her show. Finally I ended up signing an online petition to NDTV in protest for what they were transmitting as being unacceptable.

Courtesy these tapes (in 5 parts) were posted at Open Magazine. The link for the post is given

Today what we see is that Barkha Dutt is at the receiving end of the same system that she engendered, do I pity her No! Do I empathize with her unfortunately No is the answer. Do I believe what is going around on the net to be true and authentic? I have no independent source for checking the veracity and would go along and accept it as being true. Do I believe Barkha Dutt is guilty of wrong doing?  My answer to that is it is for the courts to decide, I do not have the expertise.

It is due to the reportage and the extreme slant that is visible in the Electronic and Print media that I took to blogging and my main focus has been the role of Media. Today I do feel vindicated that, my suspicions were not unfounded. There is more than what meets the eye. Personnel employed by this industry must realize that they face the camera because of professional compulsions and not because they deserve the attention of those cameras. The sooner arrogance is shed by these individual the better they will be able to connect with the public.

Media is an important interface between the government and the people. This medium needs to be strong, independent, trustworthy and transparent. Any doubts on its credibility will mean demise of that channel for sure and a blow to the industry as whole.  The only advice that I can proffer to Barkha Dutt is how ever hard you may try, you take a million people to court the perception is not going to change. The sooner you move on the less hurtful it will be for you. Your continued presence will start to hurt the channel also and then it will ask you to leave before you reach that point take the tough step your ownself.

Rehabilitation is a slow process, once anyone falls from grace it is difficult to return. Public is not in a frame of mind where forgiveness can be expected or requested. Too many wrong have surfaced simultaneously.  More heads have to roll we need a clean system. You may just be the first of the many victims from the Media that these scams will claim.

Full transcripts of alleged conversations between Niira Radia, Barkha Dutt, Vir Sanghvi and others 

Open magazine responds to NDTV’s statement on the Cover Story: X-Tapes (issue dated: 29 November 2010)


Barkha Dutta fighting back seeking to rehabilitate herself.

 

This is the latest update on Barkha Dutt post the anti corruption fast by Anna Hazare.

Barkha Dutt Case Study goes live.

 Latest update as on 15th Apr 2016

Barkha opened by taking a crack at Ayaan. Even her opening remarks were laying down groundwork for her Islam apology “why are we here to discuss women in Islam, why not women in religion? Aren’t all religions, Christianity and Hinduism included, tilted against women?”  Then she added that according to her, what Donald Trump said about women was so much worse than the Muslim fundamentalists he is seeking to keep out. Really? Worse than those who conduct beheadings and put it on YouTube? She made this statement, since she knew that in a roomful of liberals, her remarks will draw no challenge. But they established her intention of Islam apology firmly at the onset.

 Latest update as on 17th Jan 2013

I had to look three times to make sure I was seeing right. Balanced on one 
knee, in a tiny alley behind the army’s administrative offices, I was peering 

through a hole in a corrugated tin sheet. At first glance, all I could see were some leaves. 

I looked harder and amidst all the green, there was a hint of black—

it looked like a moustache. “Look again,” said the army colonel, 

in a tone that betrayed suppressed excitement. This time, I finally saw. 
It was a head, the disembodied face of a slain soldier nailed onto a tree. 
“The boys got it as a gift for the brigade,”
said the colonel, softly, but proudly.  [Archived at The Hoot]

 The Buck Stops Where?

 Latest update as on 05th FEB 2016

Naval Chief Admiral Suresh Mehta has set the tail of Indian Media on fire. Indian Main Stream Media mostly – Secular, Social, Liberal and Progressive (!) is outraged.

Admiral Mehta while addressing a press conference on the eve of Navy day passed some scathing remarks on the way media covered the recent Mumbai Mayhem and passed some strictures against the ‘reigning queen’ of Indian Media: Ms. Barkha Dutt.

This is what Admiral Mehta said.

 
 

 I welcome a debate and discussion on this…As always, please keep your tone civil, your language polite…no sweeping generalisations please and no personal abuse.  Thank you.