Thread by @indscribe

*Local papers played major role for decades in shaping public opinion in states in India
*Within states, a victim can be defamed & passed off as 'culprit', after all, many reporters (more than them paper owners) want good relations with officers. Why go against DM-SP, irk them?

*A reporter generally associated with mass circulated papers in North or Central India, won't pursue with zeal a story about policemen who cane-charge a common man, though it affects everybody
*In fact, he'd generally praise such cops as 'Singham', because it suits him & his Seth

*Reporter supposed to get things done for owner, his other side businesses, take care of interests
*If newspaper group wants to hold a Garba function, he has to ensure police arrangement, get VIPs to reach, avail special permissions, that are possible when officers in good humour

*So if a man is really tortured & the story too big to miss, then there'd be a spin-- 'police sources saying that this man was a gambler or was under influence of alcohol' to create a 'balance'
*Either ways, people fed something that eventually hurts his rights as citizen

*This is such a cleverly crafted system that citizen walk on road towards policies that will eventually hurt him
*But he cheers for it. He is made to believe that this is in his interest, though it is in the interest of a model that has seth, a few beneficiaries #journalism

*Those reporters who try hard, are defamed too, even within fraternity, 'Zyada krantikari ban rahe hain'. To keep job, many learn what to write, ignore
*When humans can be made to believe that human rights (our own) are bad, you just know what hope is there for change #Society