Pressing Thoughts

Lalit Modi has been served an email notice of suspension. I am already seeing a calming down of the press unless there is some thing spicy again. For example, some revelation or scoop that some money from D Company perhaps was routed to the kitty through multiple SPVs in multiple countries would surely interest Arnab Goswami. Or Vikram of NDTV would quiz the same four or five guests on the requirement of cheerleaders for post game parties.

Given that, to me IPL 4 is just about starting in a new avatar. There is a new IPL Commisioner from Baroda whose prowess in administrating such games is relatively unknown. But this time we know that the gentleman will be a stooge in the hands of Shashank and Sharad and all the others. They wil all sit around the round table and devise newer ways on how to fool the public, the government and fill up their own coffers. New auctions, new sponsorships, new television rights…all big money tickets for making money on the sly by the dicey cohort.

So while IPL will continue the responsible press will forget to hound Mayavati for her criminal expenses. They have forgotten to talk about the how the Police forces were supposed to be terrorism ready. The press will forget that 3G telecom bids are another equally big scam and why not since they have already forgotten the cellular scams.

Unfortunately, one or two Jessica Lal sort of cases is not able to convince me that we have a very responsible press. The media is still running after glitz and instant popcorn. There is no long haul these days. Perhaps the times are of one-night stands where we are the clients and media is the other partner in crime or pleasure!! Sphere: Related Content