Television broadcasts are vividly showcasing the harrowing scenes in the aftermath of Cyclone Michaung, emphasizing the severe impact on affected areas. However, there appears to be a disparity in coverage when comparing this visual representation with print media, such as The Hindu. The concern arises as it seems that the print media has overlooked the plight of Chennai, which is currently grappling with the repercussions of the cyclone and subsequent floods.
The front page of The Hindu has news about the Parliament proceedings, what the CJI said, and even news about an honour killing in the state.
Today's front page of @the_hindu in Chennai. What #ChennaiFloods ? pic.twitter.com/iu0SzlNPfI
— Sumanth Raman (@sumanthraman) December 7, 2023
Honour killing was always prevalent in TN despite chest thumping by ev Ramasamy n DMK followers! Now it is making front page news in The Hindu, perhaps social media pressure! pic.twitter.com/YB4GYPexXD
— Natarajan நடરાજन (@NTanjore) December 7, 2023
The centre of the front page has a photo of the “relief” efforts and a statement by the city’s Chief Secretary. However, there is nothing else at least on the front pages. It seems to have pushed the news to the inside pages, pretending to be an ostrich covering its eyes from the devastation. This was the case on 7 December 2023.
The Times of India newspaper was slightly better. It carried a news article on the present situation as the headline article.
Times of India front page https://t.co/con8U4WVlj pic.twitter.com/jYXbDqmI4k
— Venuuuu….. (@eyeofthehoruss) December 7, 2023
If you thought, this was different over the past few days, you are wrong. Here is the front page of The Hindu newspaper from 6 December 2023.
If you read @THChennai The Hindu newspaper in Chennai this morning, you'd think everything is normal in Chennai and that the pressing concern is glaciers! pic.twitter.com/123OWDcfGz
— Chandu Nair (@chandunair) December 6, 2023
There was no publication on 5 December 2023 due to the disastrous effect of the cyclone.
The Hindu is the English version of Murasoli. N. Ram is an enabler. https://t.co/WO0vfwJApQ
— manivannan (@manivan06525420) December 7, 2023
The Hindu’s transformation into a Tamil Murasoli and its descent into irrelevance is complete.. All it took was one woke idiot, N Ram, to make it totally abandon any sense of being independent.. https://t.co/VLV8ecIp7h
— Balaji (@MrSandubaadh) December 7, 2023
It is noteworthy to mention that the published of The Hindu is N. Ram, a vocal supporter of the DMK. His agenda driven partisan reporting in the garb of ‘journalism’ has been called out by multiple personalities.
In the past, The Hindu has been notoriously famous for publishing mischievous reports on the sengol, doctored images especially of the Rafale deal. It is also noteworthy that the sister concern of The Hindu, Frontline, published an “exclusive interview” of Moussa Abu Marzouk who heads Hamas’ international relations office based in Doha, Qatar. They have also been called out for peddling fake news in the past.
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