State of the Indian Press -- a friend laments
[Republished with permission from Karthick Jayaraman]
Sir,
"The Hindu" is known for its unbiased reporting of significant news items amidst Indians world over. Of late, your madurai column contains many news items about Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU). Most of these stories are very insignificant and do not need mention at all.
For instance two stories were blown out of proportion.
1) Job Fair.
55 student out of the 2000 students, who attended the job fair, got selected for a call centre company.
This result is very insignificant compared to the results that Thiagarajar Engineering College and other engineering colleges in madurai have had every year. By highlighting this insignificant statistic, you are sending a wrong message about the employability of students in this area.
2) The vice-chancellor performing archana in the name of the university. This is a very personal story that has no rational value. I am researching in one the leading universities in the USA. If there has been any news story about a us university in a leading daily, such as hindu, it was always about the results of some ground breaking research done.
The highlighting of these insignificant stories is testimony for the bias the "The Hindu" has for the university administration. A reputed national daily such as "The Hindu" cannot stoop this low. Please rectify.
Karthick
Sir,
"The Hindu" is known for its unbiased reporting of significant news items amidst Indians world over. Of late, your madurai column contains many news items about Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU). Most of these stories are very insignificant and do not need mention at all.
For instance two stories were blown out of proportion.
1) Job Fair.
55 student out of the 2000 students, who attended the job fair, got selected for a call centre company.
This result is very insignificant compared to the results that Thiagarajar Engineering College and other engineering colleges in madurai have had every year. By highlighting this insignificant statistic, you are sending a wrong message about the employability of students in this area.
2) The vice-chancellor performing archana in the name of the university. This is a very personal story that has no rational value. I am researching in one the leading universities in the USA. If there has been any news story about a us university in a leading daily, such as hindu, it was always about the results of some ground breaking research done.
The highlighting of these insignificant stories is testimony for the bias the "The Hindu" has for the university administration. A reputed national daily such as "The Hindu" cannot stoop this low. Please rectify.
Karthick
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