Give us any news, especially a bad one and just watch out for our tendency to react and worst still- to judge!
It does not matter whether we have our facts right or have
any facts at all. All the same we have a sharp and strong reaction to fire off.
Be it matters of national consequences like the coal scandal
and spectrum scams or matters concerning our neighbors dog; the moment we are
in the know- how of any extreme news, we are ready to react and often
negatively at that!
This morning all the news channels have been howling about
the three players of Rajasthan Royals being arrested for spot fixing in IPL and
the world has reacted! Most have a definite take and judgment on the issue. I
wonder how many have the facts!
The most ridiculous part is that some even seem scandalized
by the horrendous nature of the development!!! How naïve is it after 6 years of
IPL to be scandalized by any nefarious development concerning the event? Being surprised by the wrong doings that go
on behind the glamor veil of the IPL is like being surprised on learning
smoking may cause cancer or that our PM is meek!
Albeit, my issue is not as much with the IPL here but it is
with ‘our’ tendency to pass judgment on anything and everything without even
taking a brief moment to reflect and revaluate the truth.
There is nothing that one can expect from the media except
sensationalism and jarring headlines. They pick up scandals, scream about them,
pretend to care until the next scandal
And in the midst of all this noise the truth, I have come to
believe is never revealed to the common man ever! It keeps trickling in over
time and by the time the whole of it is revealed, the interest on the issue is
lost, judgments passed and another “Breaking News” announced!
The truth remains ensconced among the guilty who roam
scot-free and continue to pollute the society with a straight face and
shameless soul.
The onus for sanity thus falls on “us”- the viewers, the
outsiders to hold our reactions and judgments until the facts are known… and
the facts are never known overnight.
Until the next “Breaking News” then…
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