On 31st Dec '09 Times of India's first page main story has claimed that India is building her two war front strategy against her neighbours, China and Pakistan.I really cant digest the need of publishing such news, and the irony was on the next day, when the newspaper came with cover of campaign called, Aman ki asha! If you really hopped for peace then why have you published the "two front war" article, which was almost claiming that we are already in a war situation with our neighbours. I believe such sensitive news shouldn't be published until its really an emergency. Such news promote rumors and also build an unnecessarily feeling of insecurity in to the citizens. And publishing such news on the front page was too much of drama than a sensible journalism. Because once you published something so serious and scary at such a big platform, you really cant control its responses then. So forth the biggest strength of democracy becomes its biggest flaw, freedom of speech. We know how we response to just a cricket match results, sometimes it turns up into communal dialogues or even riot. I was really clueless to read that but the name TOI was much enough for me to judge its seriousness. Either you talk about war or the peace, dont confuse the citizens with an insensible marketing strategies.
I remember my friend who had a habit of saying something new and exciting to his parents. One day he said to his parents that I am shifting to his building, I was clueless to heard that, it was very unnecessary and stupid of him but then I realized his urge of seeking attention. He was never trusted and taken seriously in our friend circle.
Here I am not questioning the truth behind the news but the necessity of the news, at a given date.
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