What they hide

Media houses should be known more by what they hide than what they publish. They get paid on the basis of time and eyeballs. They try to get more eyeballs. They keep the item on display till eyeballs thin out. Some augment their income to a varying degree by charging for providing publicity to those who are seeking it (politicians, aspiring artists and so on). Most rarely tell you whether a program is paid for by any party. Some also make a good amount of money by NOT PUBLISHING things some parties don't want people to know. Some individuals associated with media take this idea further. They get money by locating information that a party might not like to be published, and then charge the party for not publishing it! That has to be a very lucrative business.

Now, scan the Indian media sites for G20 news. How many are discussing the secret tax havens? Is anyone making money by keeping the item folded?

Just in case this gets you thinking that mediamen are bad and that Indian mediamen are worst, let me add that they are party-neutral in this matter. Just as Congress would not like some things publicised, BJP must also be working towards hiding some facts from the public eye. It is easy to guess what each party tries to hide if you stop to think about it. For example, the owner of the blog with a Hindu Nationalist perspective censors most comments that really try to expose the fact that BJP merely talks about Hindus, it rarely does anything for Hindus . TOOTBHAWNP is an expert in editing. It is a good example how power corrupts, and how Indian followers rarely question someone who has power. So, don't blame the mediamen. The buck stops at us. Till we don't force fair and just editing, and transparent media accounting, we will never have a fair and just society.