Posted by: Lokman July 28, 2005
Press Freedom?
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Cryptonite, you seem to have realized that simply by reading through some online contents. You only have to go through their editorials ? they are openly inciting people to take to the streets. The other day ?The Kathmandu Post? ran an editorial where it was like, ?democracy means bla bla bla...? and begging people to support the corrupt netas. Some newspapers are even taking a dig at the public ? dare I say castigating them for their lacklustre participation at the political rallies. Why don?t they just let the people decide for themselves what they would like to do? Suddenly the media is full of praises for Girija P. Koirala, Sher Bahadur, Prakash Man, Chiranjivi Wagle, Bijay Kumar Gacchadar et al. portraying them as ?Messiahs?. Do people really have a very short memory or what? To make a mistake is only human but to repeat the mistake over and over again is sheer stupidity. Where is the lesson learnt? You know, sometimes, I think to myself ?Nepal is just doomed? let us just reign to our fate.. look at the people around you?they?re like the proverbial monkey who neither makes his house nor lets other make their.. and I should stop getting all worked up by the events taking place is the country? tara k garne? Being a conscious citizen of this country, I can?t remain detached. I have been less than impressed by the way our media has been conducting itself. Sure, the media can and must be allowed to put forth/broadcast all sorts of news, but for god?s sake it should stop acting as a mouthpiece of the political parties. Sooner or later, people are going to be swayed by their relentless propaganda. I don?t know what this is all about. There seems to be a closet ?hand in glove? collusion between the media and the netas.
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