Analysis: How Mainstream Media operates as a Propaganda Tool
Subsequently, Modi is hailed as someone who can reform Islam in India and save Hindus from Jihad by Muslims, through these news shows. And the common man forgets that the economy is not doing well, GDP is plummeting. Happiness index, democracy index, press freedom index are slipping and hunger index is growing. And all he remembers is a fear that the media propagates. And this maintains Modi’s Position as a Popular leader despite several of his failures.
The need of the hour in this Post-truth era is of Liberal Independent Journalists who can debunk such propaganda and ideological superstructure and bring a real picture of reality in front of the general public and talk about the issues about the real interest of the general public. And one who keeps on making authorities accountable to deliver public the promises of development, they make in their speeches during elections. Independent Journalists as ‘The Fourth Pillar of Democracy’ should challenge the wrong ideas propagated by profit-oriented corporate Media.
