12-22-2007, 04:43 PM
<b>Media is far removed from reality</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->After the final polling in Gujarat the swing towards Modi seemed apparent to the Delhi media. Every TV channel came out with their exit poll. The Modi factor was still dominant in Gujarat. Till that morning of the final polling, the media was lambasting Modi and how he would find it so difficult to come back to power.
I am not talking about whether Modi will become the Chief Minister or not. I am trying to point out how irrelevant the Delhi media is in State elections. No one at the grassroot level, either watches it or is influenced by it. Sitting in their drawing rooms, gossiping among the so called 'elite' has no effect on the voter or even the candidate. Luckily the real politician rubbish such gossip from the start.
With due respect to the media, time and again their poll have gone wrong. Why they do it, I do not understand. I am always a bit wary of the cocktail circuit politicians and journalists. The ones go from party to party predicting and pretending they know all. Their information comes from a handful of their own class.
<b>Of course to which side they are inclined is of importance. After all a seat in the Rajya Sabha is their goal. The right comments at the right moment too like "How you met the crown prince over tea, or how madam treated you to pasta, or even how Arun Jaitley or a Kapil Sibal let this slip during some dinner." Who are they trying to impress? Not the 'snobs' of Delhi. If any VVIP by chance happens to be at a gathering you should see the way the poor person is not given any space to even breathe.</b>
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Irrelevant whether the cause suits him or not. <b>And then there are the babus. They are such an integral part of Delhi syndrome. The one's about to retire or retired always make a beeline for the powerful. You never know when they might make you the head of a Commission.</b> Well! This is Delhi. <!--emo&
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She is on dot.
I am not talking about whether Modi will become the Chief Minister or not. I am trying to point out how irrelevant the Delhi media is in State elections. No one at the grassroot level, either watches it or is influenced by it. Sitting in their drawing rooms, gossiping among the so called 'elite' has no effect on the voter or even the candidate. Luckily the real politician rubbish such gossip from the start.
With due respect to the media, time and again their poll have gone wrong. Why they do it, I do not understand. I am always a bit wary of the cocktail circuit politicians and journalists. The ones go from party to party predicting and pretending they know all. Their information comes from a handful of their own class.
<b>Of course to which side they are inclined is of importance. After all a seat in the Rajya Sabha is their goal. The right comments at the right moment too like "How you met the crown prince over tea, or how madam treated you to pasta, or even how Arun Jaitley or a Kapil Sibal let this slip during some dinner." Who are they trying to impress? Not the 'snobs' of Delhi. If any VVIP by chance happens to be at a gathering you should see the way the poor person is not given any space to even breathe.</b>
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Irrelevant whether the cause suits him or not. <b>And then there are the babus. They are such an integral part of Delhi syndrome. The one's about to retire or retired always make a beeline for the powerful. You never know when they might make you the head of a Commission.</b> Well! This is Delhi. <!--emo&
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She is on dot.