B.P. Singhal, former IPS and ex-Rajya Sabha member, writes this in one of his columns after he was interviewed by Aaj Tak after the recent Narendra Modi expose by Tehelka.
Aaj Tak harped on the same old refrain that ‘Modi did not call the Army until three days had passed’. When the TV channel contacted me on phone to get my response, I told the anchor that the Godhra carnage took place on February 27, 2002, that the Hindu backlash commenced on February 28 and the Army was doing flag march on the forenoon of March 1… He cut me short by saying that ‘This is exactly what we had said, no action was taken by Modi on 29th, 30th and 31st thus giving three clear days to the murderers…’ I had to cut him short by reminding him that the date 28th was 28th of February 2002 and there were no 29th, 30th or 31st in that month. The phone was of course disconnected. LinkDepressing for the Indian media!! Isn't it? Though it certainly suits a news channel like Aaj Tak which makes breaking news out of things like "Abhishek Bachchan didn't say 'Hello Sweetie' to Ash this morning after waking up. Are they taking a divorce?" or even more wackier ones like "Sting on Sonia Gandhi: She has two holes on her left ear but only one on the right."
P.S. This inspires me to write a post on '10 most wackiest breaking news on Indian television'. Coming up soon.
2 comments:
Brilliant find again, and LOL at 'Hello Sweetie!' and ROFL two holes :D
Where where where is that post ? :-)
This is truly a relevant post when TV channels are becoming nightmare with horrific breaking news. In my blog http://logi-call.blogspot.com/2008/11/enigma-called-breaking-news.html, I've also shared my feelings about it. Hope you will go thru it.
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