{"id":3968,"date":"2022-01-15T13:43:25","date_gmt":"2022-01-15T08:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viewsonnewsonline.com\/?p=3968"},"modified":"2022-01-24T13:44:04","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T08:14:04","slug":"the-media-is-losing-its-credibility-with-the-govt-and-the-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/viewsonnewsonline.com\/the-media-is-losing-its-credibility-with-the-govt-and-the-people\/","title":{"rendered":"The media is losing its credibility with the govt and the people"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The coronavirus third wave surge has been tremendous across the country. It is immaterial if the Omicron virus is milder or not, or if the Delta variant has lost its teeth. It is immaterial if ICU beds are filling up or not. It remains imperative that we should take growing infections seriously, because mutations in this are happening too frequently, and who is to tell if the next variant is as dangerous as the Delta or worse?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Within this, elections have been announced, the Makar Sankranti Ganga Sagar mela has been held, the Kenduli mela, also in West Bengal, has also been okayed. There is a possibility that the highly popular Kolkata Book Fair might also be held. These definitely pose as super-spreaders. We can only recall the perils of the Kumbh mela last year and what happened to the country afterwards.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Now there has been a rift of a different kind, pointing to a complete distance being created between the media and the legislative, as well as the executive. The media in Bengal especially the largest network out there, ABP Ananda has been campaigning hotly against the government\u2019s decision to allow the mela and how the government has ignored Covid norms and warnings for apparent political gains. The Bengali news channel, which had been supporting Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of late, has now become a hardcore critic of the administration. Mamata, however, has paid no heed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n