The gibberish media

It has become a habit for me these days to just browse through the channels ( God bless the person who invented remote control for televisions) before either ending up in Pogo or cartoon channel. J There was a time when we didn’t have the luxury of so many channels and it was still a pleasing experience to watch the national television programs. There were a few couple of serials (I don’t dare to compare them with the soaps which are going on air for decades now) which were meaningful and had a message to convey. Just wonder what is the message the currents soaps pass on these days. All I can see is the same old stories in new place with new actors (You have to believe they can act… they proclaim so!)

Things are not different in even news channels. The only thing I can see is that they make us realize that the world is dominated by human failure, crime, catastrophe, corruption, and tragedy. If sting operation against a member of parliament was the hot cake for the Medias for sometime, then there was some celebrity flamboyant wedding bonanza. Just don’t get the idea of all the prime channels showing live feeds of the marriage function of celebrities. Its not just the visual media, even the newspapers are getting their part played to the perfection in this. Thank God, newspapers are less hit and some of them still retain their original flavor and believes in constructive journalism. Most newspaper companies still have their heads in the sand, but other media companies are aggressive.

Its not just the local media, even big timers like BBC might not give you the clear picture and I don’t even want to mention CNN J Most of the western channels shows us half cooked facts and would try to protect their clandestine interests. Half of their tasks forces are now settled in Middle east and Asia pacific, and a few occasional visits to Africa… who cares about Africa anyway?

I agree there are Medias who are into serious business and believes in making a difference to the people who read it. However, most of the time, their reach is very limited or just are bulldozed by the giants. Finally, they succumb to the pressure and follow the herd of majority. Even the UN did give up for pressures … forget about a newspaper or a channel then!

Our ancestors realized the value and power of words and for few it even cost their life. Nowadays’s its just a tool for political parties or individuals to circulate their propaganda or has just become a commercial commodity to fetch some glory and revenue. It has more become something like “not that what we want to see, instead what they want you to see”.