Monday, February 28, 2011

Media hypes up Rahul Gandhi Playing the Good Samaritan,

Before we start this, Media Watch appreciates the Rahul Gandhi going out of way to help an injured person. We wish every Indian follow the example.This in no way is intended to show Rahul Gandhis gesture in bad light. Our only objective is the expose the media hype which is distasteful.

This entry into Media Watch is the hype media created on Rahul Gandhi helping a person involved in an accident.

India Today reports melodramatically  Delhi: Rahul Gandhi saves life of man hit by taxi

Kale Ram, a resident of Khichripur in east Delhi, was seriously injured when a taxi rammed his motorbike.

So if India today is to be believed, Rahul Gandhi saved the life of a person who was seriously injured in an accident.

NDTV as always was at the extreme end in their poetry laced report Rahul Gandhi gets out of car, helps accident victim

Rahul ka haath, aam aadmi ke saath. 

Indian Express while reporting Rahul Gandhi spots accident victim, rushes him to RML changes the religion of the person involved in accident. They changed Kale Ram to Kale Khan. We hope this was an innocent mistake.

The incident was reported around Tuesday afternoon from Krishna Menon Marg in Lutyens’ Delhi when a motorcyclist was hit by a taxi. The victim has been identified as Kale Khan, a contractor with the New Delhi Municipal Council. He suffered injuries and was left bleeding on the road

HT in their report Rahul’s good turn ‘shocks’ survivor upgrades Rahul to messiah in white! Which makes one wonder do messiahs have dress code like Thy shall only wear white

When 55-year-old Kale Ram, an NDMC contractor lay injured on the road waiting for help after a taxi hit him on Tuesday, a ‘messiah’ in white walked up to him and saved his life.

Kudos to The Hindu who gave most dispassionate accounts of the incident . According to the report Rahul plays the Good Samaritan

Playing the Good Samaritan, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday helped rush an injured man lying on Krishna Menon Marg here to a hospital in one of his escort vehicles.

Kale Ram lost his balance, fell on the road and sustained shoulder injuries.

Kale Ram dislocated his shoulder in the accident

Only the Media in India will have the audacity to report shoulder dislocation as a life threatening incident and the person help as “messiah in white”. Media Watch is glad Media has found gesture of Rahul Gandhi commendable. Media Watch would like to remind media that they themselves have been found wanting in situations which required them to play good samaritan

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