Western Media !!
The topic tells, it must be something like biased nature of media in the west. It is indeed but more about the influce on the people of the world. Three issues in the recent time has taken my attention. First the oil price issue, second the tibet issue and whole olympic drama, third the prisoner swap between Lebanon and Isreal.
Firstly the oil issue. U.S. president held India and China reponsible for rise in oil price and influential media made people believe in that. In U.S. and Europe you can find people critisizing eastern countries while filling their car tank. Well, I am not going to create any opinion here but some points are worth noting.
1. 1 barrel is almost 160 litres
2. With the dollar loosing its strength, stock tumbling all over, the gold prize have shot up in last year. Well, demand has not really increased, I wonder it may have decreased and have been replaced by diamond which are easiy available and are more sought after. But the price continue to show upward trend.
3. The news always says "The OIL price reached a new high". And on reading news in detail you are told its in London or New York. These are the two cities from were per berrel price makes headline in media, none are producer or exporter of oil.
4. Per barrel prices have doubled in last year, I wonder if demand is doubled that much.
Secondly tibet issue which is even more disturbing. U.S. media raised a hue and cry about the issue. Solidiratory towards tibet, bycot olympics, distrubance in olympic relay, etc ,etc. And so called "intelectual" have joined hands for the cause of tibet. But do we really know what is this issue about tibet ? Are Amir Khan, Saif Ali Khan aware of the issue or are just influeced ? I can bet 90% of the people involved in all this tibet solidarity issue, wont be able to talk even 4 lines on the actual issue. How come "intelectual" west, which is very critical about religious pratices in south and middle east asia, be spportive to a religious leader? How come people people support the demand of a state which is completely based on religion. Some news paper thinks its about fashion towards budhism? Well western media influence certainly is at the top specially against "communist" China. Well fashion could have helped to generate so much supports towards so called tibet cause. I have met westners in Sikkim, travelling so far just to visit all the monastry of the state. I wont be surprised if one day a hippy sadhu raise a demand for seperate Pushkar or Varanasi and half of the west would rise in support of him. The stand of Indian government is appreciable on this issue.
Third recent event, very important one, in the middle, the prisoner swap between Hezbollah and Isreal. I read BBC and the headline says "Isreal mourns two dead soldiers", whose bodies were returned by Hizbollah. And the news followed with a photo of crying widows and the whole lot of sympathy towards them. You are influenced against hezbollah and made to think how Isreal is troubled by all his neighbours. I turned to aljazeera and the headline says "Lebanon mourns 200 soldiers"...
“Whoever controls the media, controls the mind”: Jim Morrison
Firstly the oil issue. U.S. president held India and China reponsible for rise in oil price and influential media made people believe in that. In U.S. and Europe you can find people critisizing eastern countries while filling their car tank. Well, I am not going to create any opinion here but some points are worth noting.
1. 1 barrel is almost 160 litres
2. With the dollar loosing its strength, stock tumbling all over, the gold prize have shot up in last year. Well, demand has not really increased, I wonder it may have decreased and have been replaced by diamond which are easiy available and are more sought after. But the price continue to show upward trend.
3. The news always says "The OIL price reached a new high". And on reading news in detail you are told its in London or New York. These are the two cities from were per berrel price makes headline in media, none are producer or exporter of oil.
4. Per barrel prices have doubled in last year, I wonder if demand is doubled that much.
Secondly tibet issue which is even more disturbing. U.S. media raised a hue and cry about the issue. Solidiratory towards tibet, bycot olympics, distrubance in olympic relay, etc ,etc. And so called "intelectual" have joined hands for the cause of tibet. But do we really know what is this issue about tibet ? Are Amir Khan, Saif Ali Khan aware of the issue or are just influeced ? I can bet 90% of the people involved in all this tibet solidarity issue, wont be able to talk even 4 lines on the actual issue. How come "intelectual" west, which is very critical about religious pratices in south and middle east asia, be spportive to a religious leader? How come people people support the demand of a state which is completely based on religion. Some news paper thinks its about fashion towards budhism? Well western media influence certainly is at the top specially against "communist" China. Well fashion could have helped to generate so much supports towards so called tibet cause. I have met westners in Sikkim, travelling so far just to visit all the monastry of the state. I wont be surprised if one day a hippy sadhu raise a demand for seperate Pushkar or Varanasi and half of the west would rise in support of him. The stand of Indian government is appreciable on this issue.
Third recent event, very important one, in the middle, the prisoner swap between Hezbollah and Isreal. I read BBC and the headline says "Isreal mourns two dead soldiers", whose bodies were returned by Hizbollah. And the news followed with a photo of crying widows and the whole lot of sympathy towards them. You are influenced against hezbollah and made to think how Isreal is troubled by all his neighbours. I turned to aljazeera and the headline says "Lebanon mourns 200 soldiers"...
“Whoever controls the media, controls the mind”: Jim Morrison
posted by Tanuj at 11:05 PM
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