Is the Media deliberately dividing People?
By siliconindia   |   Monday, 31 October 2011, 22:53 IST   |    35 Comments
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Apart from this, the media has created a false image in the minds of people. In a country where 80 percent of the people live in chronic poverty, facing inflation and other serious issues like unemployment, media has been portraying a different India, the "Shining India", which is only a partial reality. Instead of focusing on developmental issues, the media is seen to be increasingly projecting film stars, cricketers and fashion parades. In lines of the slogan of Roman emperors, "If you cannot give them bread, give them circuses," in India, cricket seems to have replaced circuses, as many of the leading channels have caught the IPL cricket fever, and people are getting the same illness, which is hardly going to solve the problems of this country.

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