INDIA POLL
Today while watching one of the most viewed English Indian news channel by the Indians which is fairly a new news channel according to a poll conducted by the same channel there is this show called something like India Poll that conducts a poll every night on any hot topic according to them for the day. One of the most reputed journalists in India Mr.RSD conducts the show on the news channel. Basically what happens is the topic is announced several times 1-2 hours before the show where our beloved Journalist –anchor who announces really loud, “ABC is the HOT TOPIC for the day. Please send you votes by SMS to AB space 1 for Yes, AB space 2 for No, AB space 3 for cant say (AB space 4 for my head!) to 3232 by 9:00PM and then we have special guests A, B, C etc… to discuss (pulverize) the topic”
Today I noticed something which none must’ve till today. Our dearly loved journalist-anchor Mr.RSD during the INDIA POLL show said really piercing and clear, “50 percent of you Indians think, YES whatever the hot topic was (I don’t remember that part) while 25% of you Indians think No and the rest, Can’t say”
I was taken aback by his confidence on whatever statement he made. Read again may be even you’ll understand. How can one of the most reformed Indian Journalist say 50 percent of You Indians! By the way polls show the percentages of the total number of people who voted right? How does that make YOU INDIANS or YOU? What makes him think that the entire population of India has voted (which is not possible)? How can he take it for granted that none of them have voted twice? Or if at all anyone votes (You never know to what extent can these news channels go which can be considered as a possibility cause I’ve not come across any INDIAN as Mr.RSD says who votes for these programmes through their mobile phones… let me know if you do)
Lets take for instance, only 3 people voted for the poll. Which means as per the above conclusion concluded by Mr.RSD arithmetically only 1 person said YES, 1 person said NO and the rest (that’s only 1 man) said Cant say. So does that really make You Indians or We Indians for that matter? I never voted… did you? From which we can also infer that these polls need not necessarily depict the opinion of WE INDIANS but only of the Indians who voted for the poll, which can also question the REALISM of the conclusions from the nations point of view, concluded in such programmes. Dont get me wrong; I'm not against polling but against not determining the sample size of a poll conducted. Dont you think that plays a vital roll especially after the illustration above?
Our Indian broadcast Journalists trying to make the politicians, the celebrities and the rest more responsible (using spy cams and other means) have forgotten that they too are somewhere responsible to the Indians. Somewhere its telling me Indian broadcast journalism is lacking what we all can call RESPONSIBLE JOURNALISM.
So all the news broadcasting groups, just be more careful next time cause these Indians can very well ask you for justification on what you do… Just try being more responsible in the statements you make cause WE THE INDIANS are not that ignorant… at least I’m not.
That’s all the news for today; I’m Creation, meandmyfrequency bureau, Mumbai.
posted by Omkar @ 9:04 PM
1 Comments:
Hey I always doubted the authencity of these programmes which generalize issues based on polling result your article has given my doubts a firmer ground…THANKYOU ….All in all the write up is a true eye opener towards the irresponsible journalism practiced by some folks in this sector….rightly said that the manner of addressing is piercing…The anchor must have used terms like THE VOTERS OR PEOPLE WHO TOOK PART IN THE POLLS….He has no right to question the thoughts and ideas of the ENTIRE NATION…GOOD WORK I MUST ADMIT WHOLEHEARTEDLY…These white collared journos also require some soul searching lessons…because nowadays they work more on “news that sells”[and we all know what sells and how it is sold]…that’s why most of the write ups in the newspapers and programmes featuring on these news channels are termed SANSANIKHEJ….. The article is a GREAT BLOW on the genuineness of all such programmes which manipulate the facts and figures or present it wrongly to affect our believes…. Your article gives a red carpet for all those responsible citizens of India who have deeply embedded revolutionary ideas in regard to all such related issues but required a lead….or a start….KEEP IT UP N MOVE AHEAD ON THE PATH OF REALISM…THREE CHEERS TO THE JUSTIFICATION ASKED FOR..nupur
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