Playing A Blame Game, The Politics In Reporting »

Posted By shalmank 10 months, 1 week ago in Arts & Entertainment

It’s official! Smt. Pratibha Patil is the first woman president of India. Simple.<br />But politics unfortunately is hardly about being a ‘mere’ people’s representative. It is never that simple. A complex web of intertwined motives and strategies, it is difficult for any politician to come out clean, what with endless media diggings and searches into the candidates past, present and even future. The obvious reaction of any politician to any news story centered on him/her is to go into the defensive and play the blame game. Often, they end up making sweeping statements or unsavory comments, which are exaggerated by journalists preferring yellow journalism to an accurate reporting of facts.

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