Thursday, 8 October 2015

MEDIA's Priority : DOES TRP MATTERS ONLY?


While we were busy with communal debate, we lost four more Army jawans in J&K on 4th Oct 2015(Monday) in a fierce gunbattle with militants in forest area in Kupwara in Kashmir valley while one militant was shot dead. But this  incident failed to make any news as compared to Dadri Lyching.

When Dadri accident happened, politicians from different state visit the village, CM of UP provide heavy financial assistance and media houses still running prime time shows regrading Dadri. But Sacrifice of soldiers hardly make any news?
 
Why?
Is this because news of soldiers does not provide much TRP as compared to Communal accidents?
At the same time two Police men killed by the gangs in UP, but there was no any outrage on news show, social media. Even CM doesn't  provide any financial assistance.
Why?
Is this because killing of Army personnel and Police doesn't serve their agenda?

No journalist from news channel looking like a sombre, but well-fed cat will interview their children.

No a single writer lost in the dungeon of obscurity will make a desperate bid for publicity by offering to return some award she ‘won’ thirty years ago as a protest against terrorism.

No ageing socialite will tweet in solidarity with the family of the martyrs from her centrally air-conditioned penthouse in Colaba.

No fake messiah of honesty will descend from Delhi to offer his sympathy to the bereaved families.

No CM will offer an ex-gratia payment of 45 lakhs to the family of the martyr.

No op-eds will be written, no TV studio discussions will take place, no cameras will capture the tears of his wife from two inches away.


Instead The J&K Assembly was busy erupting over the beef ban. And when the bodies of the four soldiers arrived in Srinagar, not a single neta attended the funeral ceremony. Not one. 

When Dadri accident happened, politicians from different state visit the village, CM of UP provide heavy financial assistance and media houses still running prime time shows regrading Dadri. But Sacrifice of soldiers hardly make any news?


Is it not unfair to ignore those who protect us from external threats.
One should not forget that "FOR OUR TOMORROW THEY SACRIFICE THEIR TODAY".

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