Double Standards of Electronic Media

After reading Radheshyam's article in the Ahmedabad riot case, it's really very strange that the electronic media should get involved in the incident without verifying the truth. Or maybe the whole matter was stage managed to embarrass the Narendra Modi government, as suspected by many, including Radheshyam. Nothing is unlikely. If a government can throw crores of rupees to purchase votes, to give bail to convicted criminals to earn their vote, anything and everything is possible.
We're living in very strange times, very difficult times. When inflation is increasing day by day, and the prices of all essential items, including vegetables, edible oil, cereals, cooking gas are rocketing beyond the reach of ordinary people, the MPs are squabling amongst themselves and the government has turned a blind eye. It has buried its head in the sand and announces that everything is under control. What a government, my God !
The media also seems to be subdued in this matter. The political parties are engaged in maintaining their position and trying to control infighting. The media is the spokesman of the ordinary masses. It is their duty to reflect the opinion of the masses, their problems and difficulties. But it appears from several incidents the media has always taken the wrong side, the
side of the ruling party. The media is more interested in showing reality shows, fashion shows, marriages of celebreties for days on end. As if the media has no other job. Remember Abhishek Bachhan's marriage. Whatever channel you open, only Bachhan's marriage. Day after day. What the couple wear, who prepared the wardrobe, the places they visit after marriage, what food they eat, etc. etc. Then Sanjay Dutt's trial and jail, then bail. The media must have thought that the masses have nothing else to do but follow the marriage and trial. Sometimes I have a suspicion that the government must have instructed the media to broadcast these petty things and shove them down the masses' throat so that they don't have time to think or discuss the more important inflation and price rise. Serve opium to the masses, just like ICL and IPL. Keep the people happy. Don't give them time to think. Thinking people are dangerous. Do you remember Julius Caesar who said of Cassius, he thinks too much. And thinking people are dangerous.