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Raghava Reddy Chandri
May 25, 2011, 10:56:22 PM5/25/11
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It is time all of us stand against the atrocious manner in which The Hindu is misrepresenting facts on Telangana issue.
Please find the news item attached that came today i.e. 26-05-2011 and my letter to the editor, which I am sure, will not be published.
Letter to the editor
Dear Sir,
I strongly denounce the way your paper has been carrying out news on Telangana agitation. It pains even liberal Telangana supporters like me to read your biased news which even undermines the ethics of journalism. Time and again your paper has been misrepresenting facts on Telangana agitation. Your paper is acting as a stooge to the imperialist forces that want to thwart any attempt at carving out a separate state. If you have views, express them in editorials or in special articles. But don’t misrepresent facts.
The news that you have carried on the main page today i.e. 26-05-2011 needs explanation from you. The title suggests that the meeting was successful. What is meant by success? How do you arrive at success of a meeting? I’m sure one parameter must be the crowd that attend the meeting. The next could be the anticipated crowd. On these both counts the meeting was far below success mark. The meeting was held in an area which can accommodate nearly 25000 people. The people attended were not beyond 5000, which has been reported by many news channels, including the ones owned by Seemandhra. Moreover, it was disrupted several times. Do you see in any meeting the main mike on the dais being snatched away? When you have seen this, in all public and electronic media gage, you still call this as successful.
What do you mean by ‘impressive turnout’? Does a ground filled only to its quarter showcase impressive crowd? Please ensure unbiased reporting on Telangana agitation and keep your paper’s credibility . I have been a devout reader of your paper for the past 20 years. But the way you have been allowing some corrupt elements in your news team would definitely dent the image of the paper.
I believe the media owned by persons from seemandhra and employees from seemndhra in the news organizations like yours always try to portray the TRS as villain. In the news that I’m referring to, you have all through mentioning TRS activists as those who obstructed the meeting. For your kind information there were scores of people who do not belong to TRS but working under different JACs also participated whole hearted. How can you ignore such facts.
I am sure that you don’t publish this. But I want to register my objection to such cheap journalistic tactics.
C R Reddy
D. D. Colony
Hyderabad
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C. Raghava Reddy
Reader
Department of Sociology
University of Hyderabad
Dear Sir,
I strongly denounce the way your paper has been carrying out news on Telangana agitation. It pains even liberal Telangana supporters like me to read your biased news which even undermines the ethics of journalism. Time and again your paper has been misrepresenting facts on Telangana agitation. Your paper is acting as a stooge to the imperialist forces that want to thwart any attempt at carving out a separate state. If you have views, express them in editorials or in special articles. But don’t misrepresent facts.
The news that you have carried on the main page today i.e. 26-05-2011 needs explanation from you. The title suggests that the meeting was successful. What is meant by success? How do you arrive at success of a meeting? I’m sure one parameter must be the crowd that attend the meeting. The next could be the anticipated crowd. On these both counts the meeting was far below success mark. The meeting was held in an area which can accommodate nearly 25000 people. The people attended were not beyond 5000, which has been reported by many news channels, including the ones owned by Seemandhra. Moreover, it was disrupted several times. Do you see in any meeting the main mike on the dais being snatched away? When you have seen this, in all public and electronic media gage, you still call this as successful.
What do you mean by ‘impressive turnout’? Does a ground filled only to its quarter showcase impressive crowd? Please ensure unbiased reporting on Telangana agitation and keep your paper’s credibility . I have been a devout reader of your paper for the past 20 years. But the way you have been allowing some corrupt elements in your news team would definitely dent the image of the paper.
I believe the media owned by persons from seemandhra and employees from seemndhra in the news organizations like yours always try to portray the TRS as villain. In the news that I’m referring to, you have all through mentioning TRS activists as those who obstructed the meeting. For your kind information there were scores of people who do not belong to TRS but working under different JACs also participated whole hearted. How can you ignore such facts.
I am sure that you don’t publish this. But I want to register my objection to such cheap journalistic tactics.
C R Reddy
D. D. Colony
Hyderabad
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C. Raghava Reddy
Reader
Department of Sociology
University of Hyderabad
LokendeRao kashojhala
May 25, 2011, 11:24:30 PM5/25/11
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Dear Dr. Reddy.
I have been receiving your mails on the misrepresentations of Telangana news in the HINDU.
I AM HAPPY THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN UP THE CAUSE AND EXPOSING THE PAPER'S BIASED approach. Only when all of us make a concerted effort in our respective fields we will be able to reach the goal.
good luck
Dr. KLRao
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Raghava Reddy Chandri
May 26, 2011, 3:03:20 AM5/26/11
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Thank you Sir, for sharing your feelings. My reactions to The Hindu is based on the feedback I receive from non-Telugu readers of Hindu located in Hyderabad, who appear to have non-chalant and for worse, a negative attitude towards Telangana movement. I believe we have to check this at an appopriate platform through a right forum.
Once, when a discussion came with a colleague in the university I observed that all his impressions were based on the Hindu reporting. It is not just an isolated incident. There are many such cases.
The Hindu's attitude towards the movement is not just based on CPI(M) stand. But I believe it is the local reporters and news editors who are basically from non-Telangana regions of Andhra Pradesh who influence the news on Telangana.
I have made my representation to the readers editor of Hindu on Today's news. Let me wait for the response and we all may take up the issue with the Press Council of India.
With regards
Raghava Reddy
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