The Untold Stories of Modern Social Activists
By siliconindia   |   Thursday, 25 August 2011, 03:34 IST   |    28 Comments
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Bangalore: Media goes blind at times, shuts its eyes to things which it conveniently ignores. On the other hand, its radar doesn't leave anything that catches the public, especially those which in someways carries a celebrity aura. Anna Hazare is the focus now and Ramlila Maidan is flooded with crane-mounted cameras keeping the vigil not to miss any snap of the ongoing drama. Leading national television channels and the press media have been busy covering the Anna saga extensively, digging out the history, from the origin to the 9th date of fasting of the Gandhian.
Media hypes the Anna Hazare movement
There isn't any event in the recent past, not anywhere in the reach of our memory since the beginning of modern journalism, where we saw a social activism being covered in this vigor and passion. All is well and said about the Anna movement and the huge amount of hype surrounding, it's not an attempt to judge the rights and wrongs about the present uprising, rather a genuine effort to present those feeble voices and fading images forgotten, unheard and untold by our 'so-called' liberal, unbiased and impartial media.

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