Well first thankfully I do not live in Bengal for I could land up in Jail for criticizing something which CM of Bengal does not agree to. However I also wonder why is the media so against Mamata Banerjee . Are the days of Neutral media dead and buried with the Cable revolution?
I did see the episode of Mamata Walking out on Sagarika Ghose on CNN-IBN. In the first place someone of this position must know what to expect on a show like this. Did she expect to be garlanded and the whole office painted White and Blue? One has to either have the knack of making diplomatic statements or not agree to give interviews in hostile environment. I believe she is too straight forward (Am I praising her?!!) to hide facts or cannot think twice before letting her mind out.
The people who attended the discussion seemed genuinely interested in Bengal's well being and they asked questions which were natural to expect on such shows. Either she was totally unprepared or childish. It was totally unprofessional ( preofession?!!) to just claim the people who asked tough questions as Maoists and CPM supporters and not answer the questions. Questions were tough and it was a great opportunity for her to earn some brownie points given the Media throwing thrash at every opportunity. Well she did give them yet another chance. Now itself people are thinking of next elections.
On the other hand she did ask why college students were all from one particular university which supports CPM. That was a fair question I felt maybe she felt cornered. In the end I can only say she squandered a great opportunity.
The other point ofcourse is why is media so damn against her. Every opportunity is used to tarnish the image of Bengal government and the CM. I am not trying to justify some statements made but media is no longer media that reports facts. Generating news and negative publicity have become the need of the hour, rather every hour if you run 24hours a day . TRP matters (TRP = Trillions of RuPees).
I did see the episode of Mamata Walking out on Sagarika Ghose on CNN-IBN. In the first place someone of this position must know what to expect on a show like this. Did she expect to be garlanded and the whole office painted White and Blue? One has to either have the knack of making diplomatic statements or not agree to give interviews in hostile environment. I believe she is too straight forward (Am I praising her?!!) to hide facts or cannot think twice before letting her mind out.
The people who attended the discussion seemed genuinely interested in Bengal's well being and they asked questions which were natural to expect on such shows. Either she was totally unprepared or childish. It was totally unprofessional ( preofession?!!) to just claim the people who asked tough questions as Maoists and CPM supporters and not answer the questions. Questions were tough and it was a great opportunity for her to earn some brownie points given the Media throwing thrash at every opportunity. Well she did give them yet another chance. Now itself people are thinking of next elections.
On the other hand she did ask why college students were all from one particular university which supports CPM. That was a fair question I felt maybe she felt cornered. In the end I can only say she squandered a great opportunity.
The other point ofcourse is why is media so damn against her. Every opportunity is used to tarnish the image of Bengal government and the CM. I am not trying to justify some statements made but media is no longer media that reports facts. Generating news and negative publicity have become the need of the hour, rather every hour if you run 24hours a day . TRP matters (TRP = Trillions of RuPees).
where is the like button ?? Enjoyed the post.
ReplyDeleteand yes, i do think you are praising her and she is too immature to be CM !!