The Amanda Knox trial and appeal highlights the importance of citizen journalism to a global democracy. Once the mainstream media decides on how a story will be marketed, then dissenting voices are drowned out. Early on, the mainstream media decided that Amanda Knox should be guilty and took the prosecution’s version of the events at […]
JK Minister appeals youth to join mainstream, shun voilence
Tangmarg/Srinagar, March 19 (Scoop News) – Minister for Agriculture, Ghulam Hassan Mir has appealed the youth to join national mainstream and shun the path of violence. The Minister was addressing a public meeting at Khaipora Raishipora in Tangmarg here today. He appealed the youth to come forward in a big way to participate in ensuing […]
‘Corporate Forces Infiltrated To Indian Mainstream’
Interview with The Pioneer reporter J Gopikrishnan J Gopikrishnan has a crystal clear perception on what Journalism really stands for. That too is the reason for why he is different from Neera Radia sponsored corporate journalists of mainstream Indian media. As a reporter of the Pioneer newspaper, New Delhi, he turned light into the dark […]
WHY THE SRI LANKAN REGIME DETESTS THE MAINSTREAM DIASPORE – A REJOINDER
WHY THE SRI LANKAN REGIME DETESTS THE MAINSTREAN DIASPORE-A REJOINDER This appeared in groundreport.com on July 17, 2010. There was one comment on the article and this called for a response given below. The commentator’s ‘why are we still doing this’? response to the article on the diaspora urging UN war crimes […]
WHY THE SRI LANKAN REGIME DETESTS THE MAINSTREAM TAMIL DIASPORE
WHY THE SRI LANKAN REGIME DETESTS THE MAINSTREAM TAMIL DIASPORE The massacres of tens of thousands and mass internment of hundreds of thousands, almost all civilians, were atrocities ruthless enough that the international community/UN would not any more ignore. Sri Lankan regimes committed atrocities of varying degrees of brutality on the Tamils for over […]
WHY THE SRI LANKAN REGIME DETESTS THE MAINSTREAM TAMIL DIASPORE
WHY THE SRI LANKAN REGIME DETESTS THE MAINSTREAM TAMIL DIASPORE The massacres of tens of thousands and mass internment of hundreds of thousands, almost all civilians, were atrocities ruthless enough that the international community/UN would not any more ignore. Sri Lankan regimes committed atrocities of varying degrees of brutality on the Tamils for over […]