Indian Media Is Worse Than A **

[SambharAppadam]

The latest entrant into this Media Hall of Shame happens to be [i]Asian News International [/i](ANI), whose doctored and heavily editorialized reportage of RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat’s speech at Indore on 6 January 2013 was portrayed as the [i]actual[/i] view of the Sarasanghachalak. In other words: [i]lying.[/i]
Of course, predictable consequences followed. The English media spontaneously erupted in simultaneous multiple orgasms nationwide. Here’s a sample from the [i]uber spinmeister [/i]NDTV, [b]which spun an already-twisted report [/b](by ANI) as follows: [indent]
‘Women meant to do household chores’: [u]another shocker from RSS chief[/u]…right-wing Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has done it again…[/indent]
But [i]what [/i]did Mohan Bhagwat actually say? Thanks to Newslaundry for the loose translation:[indent]
[b][Mohan Bhagwat] was commenting on the Western model of modernity[/b]. And in that context, he was articulating his view of their view. Get it? He said in the “modern” interpretation of marriage (not his), women are bound by contract to serve their husbands. He also said that husbands were bound to look after their wives. Much like women are supposed to look after household chores and keep their husbands satisfied, men are expected to provide for their wives and look after them, as per the modern version of the marriage contract. And if either the wife or husband didn’t manage to do so, the dissatisfied party breaks the contract and contracts a second or third, as per the modern version of the marriage contract. Get it?[/indent]
Notice how it was reported. And how [i]quickly [/i]it went viral in the media. Notice also how RSS spokesperson Ram Madhav’s defence of Mohan Bhagwat was carefully buried under layers of paragraphs by these news-twisters. Typical. Spit and run journalism thrives on this to survive. Moreover, since the RSS chief is himself directly involved, it’s the Golden Chance for journalists and reporters to inject more poison into the already toxic reporting.

[ManOnFire]

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