This is a blog for entries on politics, economics, current affairs, religion, history, philosophy and travel. I mostly muse on events concerning India.
Friday, July 01, 2005
How fast is the Indian Media?
Yesterday (June 30th) the Indian media alongwith its counterparts across the world went to town with the "Old Witch" story. I reckon the documents pertaining to the Nixon-Kissinger discussions were declassified by the US State Department at the start of this month. If that is the case, what made the Indian Media to report this so late? I had come to know of these documents and their content ("Indians are bastards anyway!" - Kissinger) almost a week back. Though I don't recollect where I read the story, I find that Thai Magazine, 'Asia Times Online' has carried this story on June 23rd. The only conclusion I can make is that the Indian Media has picked up this story from the American Media which reported it Yesterday or the day before. While I can understand American Media reporting about the documents on South Asia at their Leisure, I cannot fathom why the Indian Media would miss such an interesting story. In a Sonia slave country, her Mother-In-Law being called an "Old Witch" and worse a "bitch" would have been sensational. What a shame that a country which seems to be getting a new News Channel every other day takes close to a month to find out the contents of declassified US documents on South Asia and its most popular Prime Minister yet.
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