Media, BJP and corporate companies have direct relationship: Magsaysay Awardee P Sainath
Bengaluru, September 2: Magsaysay awardee P Sainath said that as there was a close relationship between the media, BJP and corporation companies, more than 90 per cent of the news appeared in the media were related to BJP.
Speaking at a special lecture on Media and Rural India organized by Suchitra in memory of Dr U.R Ananthamurthy here on Sunday, he said that the BJP has been implementing the laws to support the corporate companies. By privatizing the mining, banking and education, the BJP has encouraged the corporate companies to make huge profits. In gratitude to this, the media houses have been telecasting news in favour of the BJP, he said.
Majority of the media houses were in the hands of corporate companies. So, they telecast the news which suits their interests as the news for the people of the country. So, the farmers suicides, death of hundreds of people and damage due to flood in Kerala would not become the major issues for media, he said.
When there was plague outbreak in the country during 1920s, the media had played a major role in creating awareness among people. But nowadays, the media houses have restricted themselves to the news and stories of industrialists or businessmen, religious institutions and political parties and their leaders. Major leaders and social reformers like Raja Ram Mohan Rai, Gandhi, Dr BR Ambedkar, Bhagat Singh had become the journalists. Besides the social revolution, they had also enhanced the knowledge of people. In view of this, the main characteristic of a journalist was to go hand-in-hand with the social change, he said.
“During 1990, there was no billionaire. But in between 2000, and 2018, hundreds of billionaires were born. Though crores of farmers and labourers worked day and night, they could not live their life and were committing suicide. But what is the reason for increasing the number of billionaires year on year?”
- P Sainath, Senior Journalist
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Abhishek Sharma's massive century guides SRH to 8-wicket win against PBKS
Hyderabad, Apr 12 (PTI): Opener Abhishek Sharma smashed a superb century and shared a 171-run partnership with Travis Head as Sunrisers Hyderabad made a mockery of the massive 245-run chase, registering an eight-wicket win against Punjab Kings here on Saturday.
SRH scored 247 for 2 with nine balls to spare.
Abhishek clobbered 141 off 55 deliveries studded with 14 fours and 10 big hits, while Head made 66 off 37 balls as the duo undid the good work done by Punjab Kings' captain Shreyas Iyer, who hit a 36-ball 82 after electing to bat first.
Abhishek also become the third-highest scorer in IPL history behind Chris Gayle (175 not out) and Brendon McCullum (158 not out).
Earlier, PBKS openers Priyansh Arya (36 off 13 balls) and Prabhsimran Singh (42 off 23) added 66 runs quickly before Iyer carried on the good work along with Nehal Wadhera (27).
Harshal Patel (4/42) emerged as the most successful SRH bowler, while Sri Lankan right-arm quick Eshan Malinga (2/45) took two wickets.
Brief Scores:
Punjab Kings: 245 for 6 in 20 overs (Shreyas Iyer 82, Marcus Stoinis 34 not out, Priyansh Arya 36, Prabhsimran Singh 42; Harshal Patel 4/42, Eshan Malinga 2/45).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 247 for 2 in 18.3 overs (Travis Head 66, Abhishek Sharma 141, Heinrich Klaasen 21 not out).
