BBC, Sirasa News, Free media and Terrorism
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If you are looking for Sirasa News first, read this as well. You'll see the whole truth about Sirasa News first.
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Good day every one!
Couple of weeks back, we heard the news that Sri Lankans living in UK organized a huge protest against BBC. They were blaming the UK based media giant for being biased to LTTE, in their reports about Sri Lanka.
Few days later BBC came up with a reply in their website! They, are trying to point that, both GOSL & LTTE is accusing them for being biased to the opponent, and highlighting it as a proof for how impartial they have been through all these years!
When going through all these news feeds, I was thinking about our local media. How they behave in the face of recent set up in the country, specially after the suicide bombing at Army HQ.
I've watched almost all the TV news channels during past few weeks, and read all national news papers, just to grasp some idea about "what's going on in north & east (and whole SL) these days"Apparently what I noticed is, Sirasa news is giving almost "equal" or some times "more" chances to news items promoting the ideology of tigers.For example, they've quoted a TNA MP, to say "recent civilians killings in kytes is done by Navy" as the headline to cover that story (Ofcourse Later they've given a chance for a navy spokesman to deny the charges), while other channels covered the story, starting from Navy's denial statement.And for me it seems, to Sirasa both Keheliya Rambukwella & Thamil Chelvan are equal citizens! One is the spokesman for GOSL, and the other for LTTE.True, a media should be impartial and unbiased.But is this the same way CNN behaved about al quida?Is this the same way BBC behaved about London Tube bombing?Isn't it the duty of a media institution (nationally established) not to telecast news items which demolish the moral of the armed forces, when the country is at edge of war?Is it fair, for Sirasa to give equal coverage to LTTE press releases, and their statements, which could be harmful for the moral of the armed forces and by large of the general public?
Is Sirasa TV news first act as pro LTTE?
Have your say! I'll keep you posted on this in the future too.
1 comment:
We are a tiny body of Tamils (Singhalese, or any other races, are welcome, too) from all over the globe got together because we understood that Sri Lanka is important. It is important to settle our concerns. We want to sort out all the issues related to ethnic minorities in Sri Lanka. But if the country is destroyed by the current war, then there would be no country for us to fight for our future. Tamils.4.Justice do not believe that if Sri Lanka is destroyed, or becomes another Iraq, Sri Lankan Tamils can easily settle in India or a new country, which is no longer Sri Lanka but an outpost of a foreign power. That foreign power may be seemingly friendly, but still...
It is fascinating to note the main point of this blog. It seems that Mr. Wickramasinghe, the opposition leader in Sri Lanka, Sirasa/ Maharajah media system, Tamil Tigers and some of the NGOs functioning in Sri Lanka appear to have just the converse of our ideals. They do not care what happens to Sri Lanka. They are ready to put up with the annihilation of Sri Lanka.
It may not be apparent on the outset, but if you look hard enough, this is the truth.
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