Marked with prejudice & ignorance

A lopsided, sensational reporting by the Western media portrays India negatively and ignores her growing prowess violating the foundational principles of journalism; writes Amit Goel

- Amit Goel

Tare loshe tenets of good journalism ing their meaning and relevance in today's fast-mutating world. While a large section of the Indian media today is widely criticised for being partial towards the incumbent government, news and reportage seem to be having a bias, either for or against the government, thereby losing their credibility and integrity. Western media, in this regard, is also not far behind. Their tendency to present a rather lopsided picture of the Indian social and political vistas creates negative biases against India, the issues that affect its people and the events that touch them.

It is also a widely accepted fact that the majority of foreign media does not display any inclination or willingness to engage in objective reporting on Indian issues and political developments. There remains an inherent prejudice in their reporting and a general tendency to exaggerate matters.

More often than not, they use the most derisive and negative words for India in their narrative. Words like hate, violence, mob, protest, and riot find commonplace in most of the articles and reports produced by them. Perhaps a larger market share is what drives these media houses to form half-baked opinions about India. Not to forget the huge revenue generated in the process.