Saturday 6 September 2008
Friday 5 September 2008
Eye opening journalism
Watching the coverage of the flood in Bihar by CNN IBN tonight
Two moments I would like to highlight
1. They showed various statues of god, submerged in water and the correspondent’s voice rang forth “…even God cannot save them”
Hmmm…. even God cant save them. Even God can’t save us.
Two moments I would like to highlight
1. They showed various statues of god, submerged in water and the correspondent’s voice rang forth “…even God cannot save them”
Hmmm…. even God cant save them. Even God can’t save us.
What does that tell you?
2. Last shot (in which the correspondent proudly says her name and the channel she works for) in this case was a picture of her sailing through the flood waters (for effect of course) while two poor elderly and frail looking male flood victims pushed the makeshift bamboo shoot boat she sat on.
I mean this doesn’t exactly paint the perfect picture of a concerned journalist trying to evoke sympathy in viewers while at the same time projecting an image of herself/ her channel as getting down and dirty by reporting from ground zero, does it?
2. Last shot (in which the correspondent proudly says her name and the channel she works for) in this case was a picture of her sailing through the flood waters (for effect of course) while two poor elderly and frail looking male flood victims pushed the makeshift bamboo shoot boat she sat on.
I mean this doesn’t exactly paint the perfect picture of a concerned journalist trying to evoke sympathy in viewers while at the same time projecting an image of herself/ her channel as getting down and dirty by reporting from ground zero, does it?
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