Originally Posted by ronan_in_Oz (Post 8233823)

I'm not amused. Why blame the Indian media. Lets have a look at the media down under. I'm amazed why cant anybody see the hypocrisy here.

When a young Australian Schapelle Corby was caught in Bali in 2004 with 4.2 kilos of cannabis, look at the coverage she received. Everyone jumped to her defense calling her Innocent. Everyone right from Politicians to the media took special interest in her case.


according to one opinion poll taken just after her arrest, ninety per cent of people here thought her innocent. Unbelievable...

http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2787287.htm

Now replace Corby with an Indian and the media wants this subcontinent nation to show some "restraint".


Can someone spot the difference here?

Originally Posted by WillBlack (Post 8233826)

Perhaps they use a different number base over the rainbow.

Originally Posted by WillBlack (Post 8233833)

Yes, Corby is not Indian?

Originally Posted by mpgrewal (Post 8233846)

For folks in India who are not used to keeping/using weapons and witnessing such voilence everyday, this is a huge count.

Originally Posted by WillBlack (Post 8233849)

I thought they had more nukes than that.

Originally Posted by WillBlack (Post 8233826)

Now innumeracy as well as illiteracy afflicting an Indian news service:

Oz Police recovers scores of weapons in search after Nitin Garg''s murder

Seven people were found carrying 12 weapons in total.

Perhaps they use a different number base over the rainbow.

Originally Posted by mpgrewal (Post 8233846)

For folks in India who are not used to keeping/using weapons and witnessing such voilence everyday, this is a huge count.

Originally Posted by mpgrewal (Post 8233856)

That is a necessity. Not a luxury as in US (1200+ nukes) :p

Originally Posted by mpgrewal (Post 8233846)

For folks in India who are not used to keeping/using weapons and witnessing such voilence everyday, this is a huge count.

Originally Posted by IndieG (Post 8233858)

Ha ha...that definitely appears to be one of the more dodgy online news services.... not really Indian mainstream media. I'd say the media is the same everywhere - print/sensationalize news that creates mass hysteria and that is unfortunately what sells. Oz/UK/US are no different. They're all equally dodgy.

If only people reading them had the intelligence not to believe all that is printed...

Originally Posted by mpgrewal (Post 8233846)

For folks in India who are not used to keeping/using weapons and witnessing such voilence everyday, this is a huge count.

Originally Posted by moneypenny20 (Post 8233874)

Jeez, that one sentence really made my blood boil :curse:

Originally Posted by WillBlack (Post 8233402)

To keep informed of what immigrants are coming to my country and what they get up to when here. I started from curious indifference and am drifting towards mild dislike.

Originally Posted by IndieG (Post 8233818)

Really?


Friends may have killed Indian: Cops

‘I am in touch with Griffith police authorities. We don’t see any racism in this murder, but suspect he was killed by his Indian friends because he went missing after a fight with with them on December 27. The Australian police have questioned all his friends and taken a car in their possession. I’ll go to police station again on Thursday,’’ Sarita told TOI over phone from Griffith, Australia.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/i...ow/5418404.cms

Originally Posted by IndieG (Post 8233858)

Ha ha...that definitely appears to be one of the more dodgy online news services.... not really Indian mainstream media.

Originally Posted by ronan_in_Oz (Post 8233823)

I'm not amused. Why blame the Indian media. Lets have a look at the media down under. I'm amazed why cant anybody see the hypocrisy here.

When a young Australian Schapelle Corby was caught in Bali in 2004 with 4.2 kilos of cannabis, look at the coverage she received. Everyone jumped to her defense calling her Innocent. Everyone right from Politicians to the media took special interest in her case.

according to one opinion poll taken just after her arrest, ninety per cent of people here thought her innocent. Unbelievable...

http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2787287.htm

Now replace Corby with an Indian and the media wants this subcontinent nation to show some "restraint".

Can someone spot the difference here?

Originally Posted by Vash the Stampede (Post 8233969)

It's nice to see the Indian media finally facing the facts instead of deliberately burying them, but you're quoting a completely different story.

My point (relating to the story that I posted) is that the Times of India used the same source material and omitted to mention that the suspects were Indian despite quoting the exact same sentence in which this was clearly stated.



It's the Times of India; a newspaper which has been running since the early 19th Century. Very well established and 100% mainstream. We're not talking about a tabloid here.



Yes, Australia's media goes overboard somestimes too. But the difference with the Corby case is that there were plenty of people in the media who believed that Corby was guilty, and said so very loudly at the time (Janet Albrechtsen, anyone?) The opinion poll is irrelevant unless it was taken by a reputable, independent company (which I am guessing it wasn't). Newspapers are very good at producing public opinion polls which shape public opinion and help to sell newspapers.

Another key point of difference is that public opinion quickly turned against Corby as her dodgy background and repulsive family were slowly dragged into the spotlight. (Personally, I always thought Corby was guilty and I was glad to see her jailed. This is not a minority view). By contrast, I can't imagine the Indian media turning against Indians in Australia. Can you?