27 Indian media houses have been caught with their pants down by #Cobrapost’s sting #Operation136, which shows many of them willing to lower their garments even further to promote a partisan political agenda, for a few rupees more.
But a near-total blackout has greeted the hidden-camera investigation in the media.
Al Jazeera’s consistently superb media show #TheListeningPost has a segment on the #Cobrapost in this week’s episode. The presenter Richard Gizbert introduces it with these telling words:
“For their part, some of the media outlets which have been implicated say the videos have been doctored, that #Cobrapost is untrustworthy.
“However many Indian news outlets have credibility problems, and it will take more than taking a few potshots at the messenger to make this story go away.”
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What credibility problems? We always knew that most of the mainstream media is a paid shop. There is zero doubt. As usual, everyone feigns surprise when such a “sting” is shown but if someone was surprised, they really have been living under a rock.
Who is responsible for this? We the viewers and the readers. Who pay for sensationalism. Who can’t tell the difference between Ekta Kapoor serials and news.
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