India and Indians disgusted at CNN coverage

[saregamapa]

Whenever any Westerner is involved it becomes a big news. When a Businessman or Rich person or Politician dies it becomes news. No one cares about common man.

Three day 24 hour coverage for Five Americans? If all Indians were killed the news would have been broadcasr in “World news in a Minute” …

Television coverage of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai exposed the weakness of the broadcast and cable networks in responding to major events over aU.S. national holiday, several media critics have maintained. They were particularly critical of reports suggesting that the cadre of attackers hadtargeted U.S. and British citizens. In fact, of 183 known dead as of Monday evening only 18 were foreign nationals, five of whom were American (three ofthem killed at Nariman House, a Jewish center operated by the Brooklyn-basedChabad organization) and one British.

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Ray Wadia, a media consultant andformer CNN International executive producer said in a webcast from Mumbaithat local residents who watched CNN coverage were disgusted by the emphasison Western casualties. “This is an attack on India and Indians first and foremost,” he said, On the website of the South Asian Journalists Assn., one writer said that the news media ignored the horrific attacks on the VT train station (Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus), where the slaughter began and 90 Indians were killed . "A lot of innocent commuters frommiddle- and lower-income families were gunned down in cold blood, but I guess the news companies did not find it news worthy enough when compared tothe high profile Taj [luxury hotel].

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[vroom]

Re: India and Indians disgusted at CNN coverage

saregamapa, wait till you find out who the hindutva is friends with

you guys are screwed, you'll either be another iraq or you'll be nuked in fighting other peoples wars. you have strategic importance now

no joke

[vineshvk]

:no:. Height of optimism.

[vroom]

@vineshvk

:no:. Height of optimism.

can you control the terrorism?

are you willing to fight harder, against pakistan, if these incidents continue?

[Captain1]

Re: India and Indians disgusted at CNN coverage

and we thought only Muslims/Pakistanis were whiners.

[Decent_6Chora]

@saregamapa

Whenever any Westerner is involved it becomes a big news. When a Businessman or Rich person or Politician dies it becomes news. No one cares about common man.

Three day 24 hour coverage for Five Americans? If all Indians were killed the news would have been broadcasr in "World news in a Minute" ...

Television coverage of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai exposed the weakness of the broadcast and cable networks in responding to major events over aU.S. national holiday, several media critics have maintained. They were particularly critical of reports suggesting that the cadre of attackers hadtargeted U.S. and British citizens. In fact, of 183 known dead as of Monday evening only 18 were foreign nationals, five of whom were American (three ofthem killed at Nariman House, a Jewish center operated by the Brooklyn-basedChabad organization) and one British.

I did not see a "SINGLE LINE OF NEWS" about 400 people killed in Nigeria or scores in Thailand on any Indian Channel. Yes there was a break in 60 hours coverage of Mumbai event but that was filled in by cricket and bollywood news .... what should we think of Indian media then?

[smooth_guy]

Re: India and Indians disgusted at CNN coverage

The world is going to see its worst if not end in this century. The bloodshed of innocent people across the globe will show us the days never seen or heard of before.

The human life had never been this cheap before.

As for the news coverage, its same everywhere. When it happens to us, only then we feel pain. Rest is just every day news.

A country's news outlet only covers foreign news for formality or takes it seriously only if their own stakes are on risk. This is the cruelty the man has fallen to.

[vigoratus]

Re: India and Indians disgusted at CNN coverage

lol Indians should be disgusted. Their Govt. didn’t do their homework before blaming others. And their media was no less biased. Here, read what the surviving cop who went on a ride with the terrorists had to say:

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                     MUMBAI, India – The militants waited in the shadows for the police van to pass, and when it slowed down in the narrow road, they sprayed it with gunfire.
                     The gunmen opened the doors and dumped five slumped officers' bodies into the streets, then piled into the van to continue their siege.
                     What they did not know was that two officers, including constable Arun Jadhav, were in the backseat, alive.
                     Jadhav was taken on a chilling 10-minute ride through the dark streets of Mumbai with some of the gunmen who had launched a siege that would last for 60 more hours and leave at least 174 people dead.
                     While one of the men drove the van, another pointed his rifle out the window and fired on a crowd milling outside a cinema. Later, he threw a grenade outside a state government building.
                     **The young gunmen said little during the harrowing drive, but spoke Hindi with a strong Punjabi, north-Indian accent.**
                     They scoffed when they saw that the police officers they had killed had been wearing bulletproof vests.
                     "One of them laughed and said, 'Look, they're wearing jackets,'" Jadhav said.
                     He was in the backseat, with an officer who was unconscious, both left for dead. Jadhav had been hit by three bullets, two of which left his hands nearly paralyzed.
                     At one point, a cell phone trilled from the pocket of Jadhav's colleague. The gunman in the front seat turned around and fired.
                     "He didn't even look back properly, he just fired," Jadhav said. "I think my colleague had been still alive. He died with those bullets."
                     Before the carjacking, Jadhav and his colleagues — including Hemant Karkare, head of the Anti-Terror Squad — were racing to respond to emergency calls of a shooting inside Mumbai's main railway station, the attack that began the siege. Then a report came in that a car was seen speeding away from the terminal, and Jadhav's van rushed to follow it.
                     While they were searching for the gunmen, the gunmen found them.
                     From the backseat, Jadhav could not reach his weapon.
                     "I kept trying to lift my gun, but I couldn't reach it," he said.
                     Finally, one of the van's tires went flat, and the gunmen abandoned the vehicle.
                     They stopped another car, pulled out the driver and drove away, he said.
                     Jadhav climbed forward and used the police radio to call for backup and tell the authorities what direction the gunmen had gone. 

Minutes later, a team of officers blockaded a road lining the coast, and opened fire at the hijacked car. One gunman was killed and another arrested — the only militant to be captured during the entire two-and-a-half day ordeal.
Jadhav is now recuperating from his injuries at a city hospital, and replaying the episode again and again in his mind.
“I wish I could have lifted my gun,” he said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081130/ap_on_re_as/as_india_left_for_dead

[Salahuddin_Ayyubi]

@saregamapa

Whenever any Westerner is involved it becomes a big news. When a Businessman or Rich person or Politician dies it becomes news. No one cares about common man.

Three day 24 hour coverage for Five Americans? If all Indians were killed the news would have been broadcasr in "World news in a Minute" ...

Television coverage of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai exposed the weakness of the broadcast and cable networks in responding to major events over aU.S. national holiday, several media critics have maintained. They were particularly critical of reports suggesting that the cadre of attackers hadtargeted U.S. and British citizens. In fact, of 183 known dead as of Monday evening only 18 were foreign nationals, five of whom were American (three ofthem killed at Nariman House, a Jewish center operated by the Brooklyn-basedChabad organization) and one British.

Ray Wadia, a media consultant andformer CNN International executive producer said in a webcast from Mumbaithat local residents who watched CNN coverage were disgusted by the emphasison Western casualties. "This is an attack on India and Indians first and foremost," he said, On the website of the South Asian Journalists Assn., one writer said that the news media ignored the horrific attacks on the VT train station (Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus), where the slaughter began and 90 Indians were killed . "A lot of innocent commuters frommiddle- and lower-income families were gunned down in cold blood, but I guess the news companies did not find it news worthy enough when compared tothe high profile Taj [luxury hotel].

hehehe welcome, join the crowd....

[vineshvk]

@vigoratus

lol Indians should be disgusted. Their Govt. didn’t do their homework before blaming others. And their media was no less biased. Here, read what the surviving cop who went on a ride with the terrorists had to say:

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MUMBAI, India – The militants waited in the shadows for the police van to pass, and when it slowed down in the narrow road, they sprayed it with gunfire.
The gunmen opened the doors and dumped five slumped officers’ bodies into the streets, then piled into the van to continue their siege.
What they did not know was that two officers, including constable Arun Jadhav, were in the backseat, alive.
Jadhav was taken on a chilling 10-minute ride through the dark streets of Mumbai with some of the gunmen who had launched a siege that would last for 60 more hours and leave at least 174 people dead.
While one of the men drove the van, another pointed his rifle out the window and fired on a crowd milling outside a cinema. Later, he threw a grenade outside a state government building.
The young gunmen said little during the harrowing drive, but spoke Hindi with a strong Punjabi, north-Indian accent.
They scoffed when they saw that the police officers they had killed had been wearing bulletproof vests.
“One of them laughed and said, ‘Look, they’re wearing jackets,’” Jadhav said.
He was in the backseat, with an officer who was unconscious, both left for dead. Jadhav had been hit by three bullets, two of which left his hands nearly paralyzed.
At one point, a cell phone trilled from the pocket of Jadhav’s colleague. The gunman in the front seat turned around and fired.
“He didn’t even look back properly, he just fired,” Jadhav said. “I think my colleague had been still alive. He died with those bullets.”
Before the carjacking, Jadhav and his colleagues — including Hemant Karkare, head of the Anti-Terror Squad — were racing to respond to emergency calls of a shooting inside Mumbai’s main railway station, the attack that began the siege. Then a report came in that a car was seen speeding away from the terminal, and Jadhav’s van rushed to follow it.
While they were searching for the gunmen, the gunmen found them.
From the backseat, Jadhav could not reach his weapon.
“I kept trying to lift my gun, but I couldn’t reach it,” he said.
Finally, one of the van’s tires went flat, and the gunmen abandoned the vehicle.
They stopped another car, pulled out the driver and drove away, he said.
Jadhav climbed forward and used the police radio to call for backup and tell the authorities what direction the gunmen had gone.
Minutes later, a team of officers blockaded a road lining the coast, and opened fire at the hijacked car. One gunman was killed and another arrested — the only militant to be captured during the entire two-and-a-half day ordeal.
Jadhav is now recuperating from his injuries at a city hospital, and replaying the episode again and again in his mind.
“I wish I could have lifted my gun,” he said.
Mumbai cop, left for dead, rides with gunmen - Yahoo! News

Genius, half of India cant differentiate Hindi and Urdu unless if you write it. No deccan guys would be able to speak Hindi in a punjabi accent. Its just not possible. They have to come from Punjab and not many muslims live in Punjab I gather. The only other option is Pakistani punjab.

[vigoratus]

@vineshvk

Genius, half of India cant differentiate Hindi and Urdu unless if you write it. No deccan guys would be able to speak Hindi in a punjabi accent. Its just not possible. They have to come from Punjab and not many muslims live in Punjab I gather. The only other option is Pakistani punjab.

Here's a theory: Maybe they weren't muslims and could've been sikhs.

[vineshvk]

Re: India and Indians disgusted at CNN coverage

^now why would they need to impersonate a muslim. Sikh militancy is pretty well known but why would they target foreigners. If it is an inside job, why would they target foreigners again.

[Magic_Stick]

@vroom

saregamapa, wait till you find out who the hindutva is friends with

you guys are screwed, you'll either be another iraq or you'll be nuked in fighting other peoples wars. you have strategic importance now

no joke

open your eyes man :P you can't see !! YOU CANT SEE !!

[vigoratus]

@vineshvk

^now why would they need to impersonate a muslim. Sikh militancy is pretty well known but why would they target foreigners. If it is an inside job, why would they target foreigners again.

Try asking them. They're your countrymen.

[vineshvk]

@vigoratus

Try asking them. They're your countrymen.

Sorry they are not my country men. May be yours not mine. No evidence so far that tells that they are indians.
There were bomb blast in Banglore, Ahmedabad, delhi and these were done by indian muslim terrorist. Indian govt did not blame Pakistan for it. This is out of the league. They targeted foreigners, they targeted our financial capital, they wanted to inflict as much damage to India as possible.

[vigoratus]

@vineshvk

Sorry they are not my country men. May be yours not mine. No evidence so far that tells that they are indians. There were bomb blast in Banglore, Ahmedabad, delhi and these were done by indian muslim terrorist. Indian govt did not blame Pakistan for it. This is out of the league. They targeted foreigners, they targeted our financial capital, they wanted to inflict as much damage to India as possible.

Sure they're Indian. No one does what they did without having internal support. Out of 500 some odd theories your Govt threw out there about how they got to Mumbai, not one is logical or proven thus far.

As far as i'm concerned, they're your countrymen. Real patriots working for the dream of Akhand Bharat. :)

[vineshvk]

well time will decide. How are they working for Akhand Bharat. Honestly you dont make any sense.
We havent seen the last of Indian govt opinion on this. but give my one reason why they are not pakistanies. Wasnt Pakistanies never involved in Indian attack before.

[vigoratus]

For the same reason, Pakistan wasn’t involved in the last or previous attacks. If and when Indian Govt. finds evidence, and i mean SOLID evidence not some cock n bull story about ‘he said, she said’..then present it to Pakistan and World Media. And we’ll go from there.

Till then…I have my beliefs because of the most recent accusation that turned sour for India and it turned out Indian army is infiltrated with radicals. Knowhatimsayin…

So yea, we’ll wait till India present solid evidence (IF any). :k:

[Salahuddin_Ayyubi]

@vigoratus

. finds evidence, and i mean SOLID evidence not some cock n bull story about ‘he said, she said’..then present it to Pakistan and World Media.

:k: Well said,

if there is evidence just hand over to international community and prove the big bad paki lier once and for all.

[vineshvk]

@vigoratus

For the same reason, Pakistan wasn’t involved in the last or previous attacks. If and when Indian Govt. finds evidence, and i mean SOLID evidence not some cock n bull story about ‘he said, she said’..then present it to Pakistan and World Media. And we’ll go from there.

Till then…I have my beliefs because of the most recent accusation that turned sour for India and it turned out Indian army is infiltrated with radicals. Knowhatimsayin…

So yea, we’ll wait till India present solid evidence (IF any). :k:

What evidence. Kabul bombing, or Kargil misadventure, or Parliament attack, all were done by people from Pakistan. None of them your govt claimed responsibility. The whole world knows the truth. Shall I post links to what US thinks about Kabul bombing.