MUMBAI BLASTS, THE MEDIA, THE BLOGS
If some of the electronic media coverage on the night of the Mumbai blasts was to be believed -
a) We would have seen a repeat of 1993
b) The Bombay Stock Exchange's benchmark Sensex index would have crashed
c) The worst is yet to come
I switched on CNN first and knew they didn't know their M from their N's, the minute the anchor Fionnuala Sweeney, referred to Brahma Chellaney as 'SHE'. No apologies followed even after the phoner recut rolled out a distinctly male voice. Come on, he's one of India'a better known analysts, how does one of the world's leading network get that wrong?
What followed was inane questions like:
- What could be the motivation of such attacks?
- Why would Mumbai be an attractive target for militants?
And the guest (can't remembered who it was) went....
"Mumbai once considered one of the wretched cities of the world, is now a shining economic miracle" .... if only it were that simplistic.
That blabber was enough for me to swtich to the BBC, who did a far better job covering the blasts. No over the top, jumping beyond the desk kind of anchors, no excitable reporters, I got my news just the way I wanted it. Straight, crisp, clear. That's demonstrated in the BEEB's superb web coverage as well. Who needs six screen crosses, if the pictures can't tell the tale.
BBC's MUMBAI BLAST COVERAGE
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/south_asia/2006/mumbai_train_attacks/default.stm
As we have seen, Mumbai hasn't crashed. Muslims queued up to donate blood to Hindus and vice versa. And in the biggest show of Mumbai's famed spirit - the Sensex came nowhere near crashing. Investors defied fears of a sharp sell-off, driving the it up 3%.
Mumbaikars from all walks showed them....
as did these superb blogs - the true 'citizen journalists' of the day....
MUMBAI HELP
http://mumbaihelp.blogspot.com/
MUMBAI TRAIN BLASTS
http://mumbaitrainblasts.wordpress.com/
SEPIA MUTINY
http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/003563.html
INDIA UNCUT
http://indiauncut.blogspot.com/
GLOBAL VOICES
http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2006/07/11/india-bloggers-react-to-the-bomb-blasts-in-mumbai/
a) We would have seen a repeat of 1993
b) The Bombay Stock Exchange's benchmark Sensex index would have crashed
c) The worst is yet to come
I switched on CNN first and knew they didn't know their M from their N's, the minute the anchor Fionnuala Sweeney, referred to Brahma Chellaney as 'SHE'. No apologies followed even after the phoner recut rolled out a distinctly male voice. Come on, he's one of India'a better known analysts, how does one of the world's leading network get that wrong?
What followed was inane questions like:
- What could be the motivation of such attacks?
- Why would Mumbai be an attractive target for militants?
And the guest (can't remembered who it was) went....
"Mumbai once considered one of the wretched cities of the world, is now a shining economic miracle" .... if only it were that simplistic.
That blabber was enough for me to swtich to the BBC, who did a far better job covering the blasts. No over the top, jumping beyond the desk kind of anchors, no excitable reporters, I got my news just the way I wanted it. Straight, crisp, clear. That's demonstrated in the BEEB's superb web coverage as well. Who needs six screen crosses, if the pictures can't tell the tale.
BBC's MUMBAI BLAST COVERAGE
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/south_asia/2006/mumbai_train_attacks/default.stm
As we have seen, Mumbai hasn't crashed. Muslims queued up to donate blood to Hindus and vice versa. And in the biggest show of Mumbai's famed spirit - the Sensex came nowhere near crashing. Investors defied fears of a sharp sell-off, driving the it up 3%.
Mumbaikars from all walks showed them....
as did these superb blogs - the true 'citizen journalists' of the day....
MUMBAI HELP
http://mumbaihelp.blogspot.com/
MUMBAI TRAIN BLASTS
http://mumbaitrainblasts.wordpress.com/
SEPIA MUTINY
http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/003563.html
INDIA UNCUT
http://indiauncut.blogspot.com/
GLOBAL VOICES
http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2006/07/11/india-bloggers-react-to-the-bomb-blasts-in-mumbai/
posted by Read@Peace | 12:56 AM
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