Before I wrote this post, I wrote and posted a C post about recursive functions.
Not because this post is in anyway related to recursion or to towers of hanoi problem. Because I was slightly apprehensive about the topic of the post.
There was fierce discussion in Republic channel about article 35 A. When there isn't? And the show host and the channel owner was saying 'no, it is not' repeatedly, aggressively and with all the conviction in the world. And his counterpart was explaining something about what happened during accession and how the maharaja put condition before Kashmir became part of India.
I remembered my nephew's remark. He, a typical generation Y kid, was saying all these news channels need to be banned. Because they broadcast biased news.
I agree with him to a large extent. Though the news in most news channels may not be biased, the analysis are biased. And the show hosts of these channels say their analysis with so much courage and conviction.
They tell the nation "ನಿನಗೆ ಗೊತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ. ನಾನ್ ಹೇಳ್ತಿನಿ ಕೇಳು " - " you don't know. I will explain it to you". With the hidden feeling that whatever I say you will believe. So I do not try to get my facts straight. I will tell the facts or unfacts so convincingly that you will believe it. We feel look at that person - look at his courage. "If he is not tellings us truth, won't he be nervous, agitated or meek? So he must be telling us the truth. "
Does that mean we should stop watching news channels and go to social media for getting news?
But social media is famous for its hate mongering, for posting doctored videos.
I feel our good old newspapers are much better. Whatever news they publish, will be facts. They will not be so explicitly biased towards one political party.
And the added advantage is our eyes thank us for giving them few minutes of relief from the screen glare.
Not because this post is in anyway related to recursion or to towers of hanoi problem. Because I was slightly apprehensive about the topic of the post.
There was fierce discussion in Republic channel about article 35 A. When there isn't? And the show host and the channel owner was saying 'no, it is not' repeatedly, aggressively and with all the conviction in the world. And his counterpart was explaining something about what happened during accession and how the maharaja put condition before Kashmir became part of India.
I remembered my nephew's remark. He, a typical generation Y kid, was saying all these news channels need to be banned. Because they broadcast biased news.
I agree with him to a large extent. Though the news in most news channels may not be biased, the analysis are biased. And the show hosts of these channels say their analysis with so much courage and conviction.
They tell the nation "ನಿನಗೆ ಗೊತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ. ನಾನ್ ಹೇಳ್ತಿನಿ ಕೇಳು " - " you don't know. I will explain it to you". With the hidden feeling that whatever I say you will believe. So I do not try to get my facts straight. I will tell the facts or unfacts so convincingly that you will believe it. We feel look at that person - look at his courage. "If he is not tellings us truth, won't he be nervous, agitated or meek? So he must be telling us the truth. "
Does that mean we should stop watching news channels and go to social media for getting news?
But social media is famous for its hate mongering, for posting doctored videos.
I feel our good old newspapers are much better. Whatever news they publish, will be facts. They will not be so explicitly biased towards one political party.
And the added advantage is our eyes thank us for giving them few minutes of relief from the screen glare.
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