Bodo vs Bangladeshi

[G.Subramaniam]

Nobody on TV wanted to talk about the reasons and the people behind the violence. And we may never know who these people were because everyone is shying away from naming them. Why hadn’t we heard from Barkha Dutt or Rajdeep Sardesai? Only on Arnab’s show did anyone come close to naming the Maulana who had been making the inflammatory speech accusing the media of not reporting atrocities committed on Muslims in India.

According to Kanchan Gupta, Editorial Director-Niti Digital: “There are some fundamental problems about the media’s coverage of the issue. The sequence of events was never reflected in the coverage. Who is this mullah who was brought in from UP who made inflammatory speeches? Why is that not being questioned? There are photographic images of all those who were rioting. Why have they still not been arrested?

However, there are some local channels in Maharashtra who initially reported it well before they started getting the calls. A local channel was the first one to show the footage of the Commissioner scolding the DCP for arresting a rioter. The media are not covering this incident, they are covering it up. They feel liable for protecting the minority community, but not all Muslims are rioters. Then why?”

Why wasn’t anyone in the media willing to step on any political toes or name the people who were involved? Were they being “communally” sensitive? Not naming those who were responsible. And definitely not naming any religion. No mention from most channels that it was a Muslim mob that started attacking the media and the police. Had it been the other way round though, wouldn’t the media have gone to town with the fact that a Hindu mob had gone on a rampage? - above url