Liberal media caught in its web

Source : Indian media

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The so-called liberal media in India is caught in its own snare over how to report developments in West Bengal.

The BJP is clearly provocative in Kolkata, in its wild and unruly form of protest (allegedly against the rape and murder of a young doctor). All that has meant is attacking the police and nothing else. These fellows have only vandalism and politics in mind.

However, the Mamata Banerjee government is not exactly a saint. As the Supreme Court, too, has observed, the probe into the case has not been clean. There have been too many questionable acts. So much so, as the social media heat increased, she even did the foolish thing of leading a march against her own government, seeking justice!

It is true that the BJP has lost no opportunity to destroy her government's credibility all these months since the drubbing it got in the general elections.

It is also true that the goondas and scoundrels who form a large part of the TMC support base have not acquitted themselves well. Many instances of violence, vandalism, arson, killing, beating have been attributed to them. There are many videos on social media attesting to this.

The liberal media, which takes the initiative to highlight the BJP wrongs, has been caught being hesitant to call the Mamata spade a spade.

Her party MPs, like once-upon-a-time journalist Sagarika Ghose, defending Mamata is one thing. It is their 'duty', they feel.

But why is the liberal media shying away from questioning Mamata for her deficient actions? Criticising her does not mean supporting BJP -- this is the stupid logic they come up with.

Rajdeep Sardesai also finds himself facing criticism on this count, though much of it is owed to his partner being a TMC MP.

This is called politicising the issue. All the media -- if there still is one in this country -- needs to do is report on how far the victim is from getting justice.

But strangely, all hues of the media are caught in a bloody and stupid political web because that serves their purpose.

They have only one job: not to forget the victim.