| Biswo |
Posted
on 11-Jun-01 11:11 PM
That some papers, including mainly the newspapers of Kamana group,
practice yellow journalism is not necessary to repeat here. They
are the culprit to provoke the sentiments of people, esp in the
lame pretext of nationalism.
When the Nepalse media practiced the pantomime on the murder of
royals, it was Indian media from which I knew alot about KTM: my
dad was there in KTM those days, and I knew about curfew imposed
there, and from time to time, I used to log on the site of aajtak
to know what was happening.I never saw anything wrong with their
reporting. They were honest reporter, most of the time.
Now these same yellow journalists are complaining that:
1. Nepalese leaders speak Hindi in their interview.
I don't see anything wrong if you can speak good Hindi. Sadly
our leaders spoke very bad Hindi. Frankly, by speaking in Hindi,
you can impress more people in India than by speaking in English
or Nepali. Same is applicable for Chinese: if you are speaking in
English in CCTV, Chinese people won't really care to listen to you
but if you speak in Chinese, they will be impressed.
We should be diplomatic, and respect Indians if we want their
respect also.
2. The Indian reporters reported bad news about Kings.
I don't think Indians reported anything different and baseless.
They reported that Gyanendra has utility bills due. I think it was
in papers in Nepal already. The reality is Indian worked very hard
to find out the whereabout of Devyani, the habits of Dipendra and
other princes. If I were reading Nepali papers only, I would be
still confused, and restive like other Nepalese people.
Folks, appreciate others when necessary. Don't become
confrontational all the time. Don't waste your energy in
confrontational reports.
All Nepal needs is good cordial relationship with Indian
journalists so that they can shape public relationship with Indian
people and help us when we need them. When you are speaking with
Indian media, you are speaking with Indian people.
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