Why did the press treat him with kid gloves after the Babri Masjid demolition, and has done so since, right till yesterday? JYOTI PUNWANI on why it is a good thing the Advani era is over.
Winning the match against his enemies in the cricket board may have come as a relief to Srinivasan, but the war of attrition against him by the media is far from over feels EUGENE CORREIA.
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The UPA government's Bharat Nirman ad campaign bears an uncanny resemblance to the NDA's 'India Shining'. MELWYN PINTO warns that this too may boomerang, as they peddle half-truths.
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Conflict of interest and crude language in its T2 supplement raise questions about whether this section is outside editorial purview says MANJIRA MAJUMDAR
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A panel discussion on NDTV brushed aside a Mumbai corporator's concerns about lingerie displays. PRIVAT GIRI says media should realise that the elite view is often at variance with conservative India.
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The media boosted IPL's popularity with lavish coverage, giving BCCI a legitimacy which it turned out not to deserve. MADABHUSHI SRIDHAR says it has every right to demand accountability now.
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Fawning media coverage of actor Sanjay Dutt's conviction gave the sense of a man wronged. Such news treatment dilutes the severity of his crime, says ARCHANA VENKAT
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Media pulled out all the stops to cover the Karnataka Assembly elections, the first state poll in 2013. TV channels predicting and analysing the results were entertaining too, says NUPUR BASU. PIX: Karnataka CM designate K Siddaramaiah.
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Asked about the reason for the JD (S) defeat in Karnataka, HD Kumaraswamy angrily blamed the media. MELWYN PINTO says TV channels played a crucial part in dethroning the BJP in the state, even if they did not particularly promote the Congress. PIX: Janata Dal (S) President H D Kumaraswamy
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TV channels jingoistically raised the pitch against Pakistan after Sarabjit Singh's death. UGEN BHUTIA says media should instead have appreciated the government's pro-dialogue stance and advocated peace.
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MEDIA JOB OF THE WEEK
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