10-06-2007, 12:07 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-acharya+Oct 5 2007, 02:59 AM-->QUOTE(acharya @ Oct 5 2007, 02:59 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin-sankara+Oct 4 2007, 06:07 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(sankara @ Oct 4 2007, 06:07 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Mum on Myanmar, India preaches Gandhism</b>
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I suspect that had Myanmar been a muslim nation, Sonia Gandhi would have made vehement comments on the Myanma situation - just for the benefit of her muslim electorates back in India. If it had been a christian nation, she would have unhesitantly joined forces with the western nations in commenting on the situation. But, being a Buddhist nation, Myanmar is of least interest to the very vote conscious Sonia Gandhi, because her party depends very little on the buddhist votes in India.
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This kind of headline would have come only with western newspaper mocking Indian heritage.
So is IBN a western media entity- or western controlled one?
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IBN is sister network of CNN, America. It receives heavy funding from the US (some reports indicate that they receive massive funding from some Baptist groups in the US), and is highly partial towards christianity and christian news. They are extremely pro-sonia, pro-UPA, and are known for carefully filtering out any information that might paint her and her family in bad light.
THis particular report is thus very rare in IBN - one that seems to question her policy or approach (at least based on the headlines). However, if one reads the entire interview, it becomes apparent that they do show her up, as usual, in a favourable light. That is, this report is supposed come off as 'objective' reporting, but without compromising their company policy of acting as Sonia's PR spin doctors.
Whatever was their intent in publishing the above, there is no doubt that Sonia's whole act in the US, and her track record in Indian politics, are nothing but empty rhetorics.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/mum-on-myanmar...sm/49863-3.html<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I suspect that had Myanmar been a muslim nation, Sonia Gandhi would have made vehement comments on the Myanma situation - just for the benefit of her muslim electorates back in India. If it had been a christian nation, she would have unhesitantly joined forces with the western nations in commenting on the situation. But, being a Buddhist nation, Myanmar is of least interest to the very vote conscious Sonia Gandhi, because her party depends very little on the buddhist votes in India.
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This kind of headline would have come only with western newspaper mocking Indian heritage.
So is IBN a western media entity- or western controlled one?
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IBN is sister network of CNN, America. It receives heavy funding from the US (some reports indicate that they receive massive funding from some Baptist groups in the US), and is highly partial towards christianity and christian news. They are extremely pro-sonia, pro-UPA, and are known for carefully filtering out any information that might paint her and her family in bad light.
THis particular report is thus very rare in IBN - one that seems to question her policy or approach (at least based on the headlines). However, if one reads the entire interview, it becomes apparent that they do show her up, as usual, in a favourable light. That is, this report is supposed come off as 'objective' reporting, but without compromising their company policy of acting as Sonia's PR spin doctors.
Whatever was their intent in publishing the above, there is no doubt that Sonia's whole act in the US, and her track record in Indian politics, are nothing but empty rhetorics.