Some politicians and media houses despise to call a spade a spade. They are going to interpret it as they want to see it. So don’t believe everything you see, hear, or read specifically from politicians owned media houses. Just because people are talking about a certain topic or a certain person doesn’t mean that topic or person is true, even if those talking about it think it is. The bias in media houses goes to an extent that senior journalists like Kommineni Srinivasa Rao are believing a rumor on social media and are publishing the news without fact checking.
To set the context, YSRCP has mocked Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu’s recent trip to Davos as a “publicity stunt” and alleged that he was not an invitee to the event but a paid delegate. Taking it further State Congress vice-president Nadendla Manohar wrote a letter to Chief Minister today demanding an explanation to the people on Davos trip for which the government spent over rupees 7.27 crore.
Responding to the allegations, the State Government’s communications advisor has released the letter of invitation and Naidu’s entire schedule through the week. The letter sent by Philipp Rosler, who is a managing board member of the WEF, ‘invited’ Naidu for the conference dated October 2016.
While the writers of Sakshi failed to realize that on Facebook, Twitter or WhatsApp, anybody can be a publisher. Looks like any news to blame the ruling party has become more important than whether it is based on facts or not. A person of KSR’s stature who has comprehensive understanding of the state politics is now believing fake reports and writing an article mocking the chief minister. A simple request to the government would have clarified the issue, but Sakshi will believe social media chatter more than the ruling party. Anyone who follows the media house cannot fail to recognize their preference to live in their own shell.
Sakshi news has been time and again portraying itself as an advertisement paper of Y.S.Jagan Mohan Reddy. While the motto of the news channel to popularize YSR family remains unchanged ever since its inception, perhaps new targets are set for publishing news based on gossips on social media. Duplicity in their news is nothing new; but the manner in which the media house is now blatantly lying, and the havoc they may wreak by doing so, is concerning. Consequently, giving the government more reasons to block the channel. Social media can be used to make or break a business or a person. If you repeat a lie enough times, it becomes politics, but can never become news unless a reality check is done.
