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Excerpts from my blog ‘Media and its abnormalities – Part Ⅲ’ in twitter format.

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Perfectionism:

The job of the media is to gather information; present news and views to all. They also do raise questions to bring out facts. Sometimes by exercising this right, they presume that they are masters, judges, avatars to set right and establish a perfect universe.
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Searching and evolving perfection on any issue or system is a process. It may involve many individuals, groups of people from various sections of society, institutions.

Media also plays a part but do not get any superior knowledge or supernatural powers by questioning people.
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These puritans are pushing perfection everywhere with imperfections galore in their own midst.

What the media could manage over decades of search and push for perfection was to foist jungle raj observing no rule or law; destroying all that was planned and built meticulously.
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Most of these ‘intellectuals’ in media are driven by their own past prejudices, presumptions and predispositions.

They are neither free nor neutral as they are unable to liberate themselves from their mental blocks.

It is their characteristic failing as a group for decades.
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We are never a perfect society that includes the media. We try to move towards a better society removing all hurdles, impediments in between if the right kind of people and situation are available to work towards it.

Our anxieties for quick results may be counterproductive.
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A typical example is of JP, getting restless perhaps with slow pace of Bhoodan of Vinobaji; launched Total revolution; became conscience keeper of Janata experiment.
His disciples gave ‘Conscience Dan’ and divided society. This laid the base for Total destruction in 45 years.
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There is nothing wrong with agitations or revolutions as such. It is a democratic expression or outlet of pent up feelings and emotions.

It should not be an artificial and manufactured build up under ‘Gandhian’ mask leaving out his insistence on the strict moralistic process.
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Jaiprakash Narayan was not equipped with necessary political acumen to carry through the process of a revolution in its natural course.

He believed in a conglomerate of people with contrasting aptitude, mindset, beliefs with a common thread of opportunism, ego and ambition.
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The emergency was a political retort; not an offshoot of a fascist mind but it became a handy tool for media to join the chorus.

But the Janata party soon started pulling in different directions, playing politics within; dividing people into groups; destroying moral values.
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Many of the journalists may contend that they cannot be blamed and what is happening in the country is due to the failures of politicians.

Every pillar of democracy is responsible for it. Media is not an exception.

In fact, the role of the media is immense.
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All sections of the media miserably failed in their role.

It is not that they could not see through the games people played. The media closed its eyes when it suited their thinking and not raised voices when needed.

The failure of everyone should be analysed and presented.
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Such an in-depth analysis, debate, discussion will bring out the truth about everyone’s role and the extent of damage they have done.

We have many retired judges to give a balanced view, judgement considering all angles, arguments in an open all-inclusive discussion.
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This in a way will help to carry out necessary correction and reinforcement needed for all the pillars and it will be a way to go for strengthening our democracy.

If we do not look back and analyse failures, admit, correct mistakes we can never succeed as a true democracy.
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