The ridicule done in Print Journalism against His Divine Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda crossed all possible limits. He is ridiculed with all possible fake news and derogatory language. No news is spared where the possibility to defame and mocking at him is possible. If any media house is covering a potentially scandalous story, it has to first determine if the story is newsworthy, if the public has a need and a right to the information, if the story would seriously harm the people affected, and how readers will react to the information. Who cares if innocent people are hurt in the process? It makes for good readership, afterall.!
Here a news in publicized where a movie is being planned on Paramhamsa Nithyananda, clearly to encash on defamation attack done on Him. The episode of desire to feed people’s hunger for entertainment and instant gratification. No detail is too private, no scandal too horrific for the public. The coverage of public figures has begun to slip into a spiral of sensationalism.
What is the His Divine Holiness Paramhamsa Nithyananda defamation all about? Is he involved in crimes of moral turpitude?
Or was he the target as a part of religious persecution …as other Hindu leaders are of late?
The deadly conspiracy was unleashed. 100 crore rupees was the demand in the extortion. Now the next phase of the attack– release the fabricated video on the largest network of television channels – Sun Network. Being the head of the anti-religious atheist movement in South India, it also served the lethal purpose of denigrating ‘godmen’ and branding them and religious followers as frauds and fools. The physical assets of Paramahamsa Nithyananda’s mission like the properties of the centers and ashrams were physically destroyed by a planned rampage by the hooligans of Sun TV who did not blink twice before burning down the ashrams, with the residents and inside.
What is called ‘the Ethics of Journalism’ was not taken care of in bringing out such a derogatory news. Is anybody listening? Why are regulatory bodies in inaction?