Monday, 26 October 2015

Why Target Media?

If you are reading my blogs, a logical question can be why pick on media when the whole system is bloody corrupt? The reason is simple: reach. 

People see and hear what media shows them. If they lose trust in it, it would become much easier for demagogues like Arvind Kejriwal to spread rumours and misguide people. With its independence and reach, media has considerable power and is rightly considered one of the key pillars of democracy. Additionally, since it is out of government control, theoretically it should be easier to reform them and use it as a starting point for positive change in the nation. Conversely, any positive change will become double hard if media is either corrupt or simply a tool of government propaganda. 

Key issues are that such a media house would have lukewarm friends and red hot enemies. The very people it tries to save may destroy it. Without a well-resourced, well-connected person determined to change things for good, this is unlikely to happen. This is a paradox as if one is rich and well connected, they are less likely to be motivated to change things. Why not profit from the current situation instead like Kejriwal? Thankfully we now have one such person in India: Narendra Modi. While he is not perfect, he is the best this country has had so far (with exception of Lal Bahadur Shastri) and I am hoping he will make a positive change to the nation. That is if he is able to overcome the stiff resistance both from the left and within his own party. He is the country's best chance in decades, and I hope he delivers. And if he hopes to be successful, he should not ignore the current state of media.

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