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Wouldn’t the opposition parties, independent media, foreign watchdogs raise the alarm if that was the case (prior to the current strain)? This would’ve been a g
by FlyingSnake 5y ago
Wouldn’t the opposition parties, independent media, foreign watchdogs raise the alarm if that was the case (prior to the current strain)? This would’ve been a golden opportunity to discredit the ruling government.
- kashif 5y agoClearly you know nothing about the Indian media and how it is suppressed by the government. Indian media is NOT FREE to report.
- nmridul 5y agoEven without government control, indian media is generally hesistant to publish (or delay the publication) large scale news that could create public panic. The news on mismanagement will start to come in few months once these things settle down. During the initial weeks of first wave , the media was more supportive of the government lockdown. Later when they realised that all was under control, media started bringing out the lockdown as a blunder.
- murukesh_s 5y agoNot a single day goes without seeing critical piece appearing in one of the listed sites: https://www.ndtv.com https://www.ndtv.com https://scroll.in https://scroll.in https://thewire.in https://thewire.in All of the foreign sites which are often very critical of the government like Aljazeera and BBC are also freely available. Note that scroll and wire are very left oriented and highly critical of the govt. So you need to balance the news with other medias. Even well established news papers like thehindu.com (leftist, run by leftist student leader N.Ram) and hindustantimes.com (run by opposition party) are also very popular and critical of the govt.
- dang 5y agoPlease don't post in the flamewar style to HN. It leads to flamewars, which are tedious and nasty. Instead, you can add solid information in a neutral way; or it's always ok not to post. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Edit: it looks like you've done this repeatedly in recent months. That's not cool; please don't—regardless of how right you are, or feel you are, on the underlying issues.
- navait 5y agoMy (Indian) wife says that the media just print the good things their party does because if they printed dirt about their opponents, those people would print dirt about them.
- itsbits 5y agoBecause no one have correct numbers to be frank. Media sometimes does act responsibly can be one of other reasons as well. But as people pointing here, Indian govt surely not controlling all media outlets. They does manage couple though.
- puranjay 5y agoThe doctors in my family all openly say that the real numbers are at least bigger by a factor of 10.
- bongoman37 5y agoThis is varying a lot by state according to doctors I am connected to. UP and Gujarat are definitely fudging deaths by 5-10x, Karnataka seems to be more or less in line with reported deaths.
- zo1 5y agoIf the any of the "independent media" does this, they get censored for spreading "false covid information". It's painted as a conspiracy theory almost immediately.
- dartharva 5y agoNo, arrests and convictions for spreading "misinformation" and "fake news" are very brutal in India currently (at least for those who aren't on the government's side).