The Vanitha article about “Mobile phones and Blue Truth”, that contains so called real stories, provoked me to write my previous post
http://www.kenneyjacob.com/2008/04/25/vanitha-internet-and-the-mobile-phone/
Thanks to the readers for pointing out some examples of stinking journalism that the Malayala Manorama group does.
The first one, their sting operation in which they send some girls to provoke men and collect evidence that all men are molesting women in buses and and at night. The girls had some bad experience from a bus depot at night, and they generalised that we are all sex predators.
The same Malayala Manorama group publishes a magazine “The Man”, which deals with topics like Threesome, Erotic Love, India’s hottest bikini girls and lots and lots of pictures of semi nude girls. They publish “The Man” at one hand and on the other they write about women being used as a commodity.
There was a news report in their channel and it said “Bluetooth, the poison tooth”. They were describing bluetooth as technology to transfer blue films. There are millions of people who trust these publications and its really sad to see them giving such idiotic reports.
The same group once described all private buses that run to Bangalore as a place enjoy with your girl friend, where you have one nights total freedom, without having to worry about anyone.
They are successful in their mission. A friend of mine from cochin told me that her mom took away her mobile after reading the Vanitha article. Mom also commented - “Will give you your mobile when you get married”.
Every technology that can be used, can be misused. Not just the internet and the mobile phone, the print media also. And the best example of paper being misused is Vanitha and the Malayala Manorama.
After having said all this, Id like to congratulate every parent who still trusts their children with internet and mobile phones. Your kids will defenitly value your trust and it will give the confidence they need to live in this world.
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