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This is an unbelievably biased story. Reading the title you might assume as if there were widespread protests e.g. the term "begins to bite". In fact on the con
by aub3bhat 10y ago
This is an unbelievably biased story. Reading the title you might assume as if there were widespread protests e.g. the term "begins to bite". In fact on the contrary banks have noticed a decline in use of digital payments due to remonetized currency notes. It appears that NYTimes really wanted a story about large scale panic/riots but not having found any it is now left with bunch of anecdotes while keeping a ridiculously click bait headline.
https://www.google.com/amp/www.livemint.com/Politics/uJnq2fpl9UpMVNCbcfVxcK/Digital-transactions-decline-in-January-as-cash-crunch-eases.html%3Ffacet%3Damp%26utm_source%3Dgoogleamp%26utm_medium%3Dreferral%26utm_campaign%3Dgoogleamp?client=ms-android-att-us https://www.google.com/amp/www.livemint.com/Politics/uJnq2fp...
Edit: Also the image used clearly shows Indian Congress party supporters (identified by numerous flags with the hand symbol) yet they are termed as generic "activists" rather than supporters of a specific political party.
- dvcc 10y agoI think you read a bit too much into that title, it's just saying that the cash shortage is having an impact. It quite often mentions that it's nothing crazy within it, but uses the anecdotes to humanize a story; otherwise, it pretty clearly mentions that 'the pain is hidden for the most part' and underlines that the projected growth only dropped around ~1%.
- leereeves 10y agoIt certainly opens by pulling on the heartstrings. "This man lost his job and his marriage because of the cash shortage."
- exergy 10y agoAlso, I will point out that the NYT never, and I do mean never, has a story on India that is anything but negative. I didn't realise this at first, but now I can't help but notice that every article they have on my country is just how we're all going to hell in a handbasket.
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- dman 10y agoIf you think the NYT is bad, read the BBC coverage on India :)
- vinay427 10y agoI'd rather not, seeing as they couldn't even manage to find a photo of the correct country's currency to air on TV. :) Photo taken by a viewer: https://i.redd.it/sxd9if9qimwx.jpg https://i.redd.it/sxd9if9qimwx.jpg Nepali note: http://www.banknotes.com/NP43.JPG http://www.banknotes.com/NP43.JPG
- walshemj 10y agoI doubt that given that the world service is considered less biased - Mark Tully the BBC India Correspondent for decades was considered one of the most reliable news sources by Indians
- vinay427 10y agoBased on my experience, the world service and some other BBC programs seem to be managed differently than some of their online news, which far too often has basic typographical errors, and especially their social media accounts, which often post Reddit-style clickbait articles. Nothing wrong with that, but I would limit myself to the world service (though I have grown to enjoy NPR as well).
- intopieces 10y agoReducing growth by 1% is huge. The projected growth rate was 7.6% but was revised to 6.6%. That 1% is a percentage of the economy, not a percentage of overall growth.
- dvcc 10y agoMy mistake, I didn't mean to marginalize the 1% decrease, but I don't think even its biggest proponents expected demonetization to help short-term.
- seanmcdirmid 10y ago"Begins to bite" where English is spoken has never implied "widespread protests" or "large scale panic/riots".
- 3minus1 10y agoyeah, it's meant to imply everyday people are starting to feel the negative impact
- seanmcdirmid 10y agoYes.
- thyuiohh 10y agoThis is New York - Hilary for peace, Modi is Hitler - Times we're talking about; so that's not surprising. Interestingly NyT and many alt.right places keep meming the same shit about India.