An official associated with the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting says that from time to time such reports of BBC come to the fore, which are suspected. Instead of Indian soldiers being martyred, BBC has used ‘killed’ several times. What kind of sensitivity is this?
The Indian Ministry of External Affairs has expressed strong objection to the BBC documentary.
BBC i.e. British Broadcasting Service has prepared a documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi called The Modi Question, on which a controversy has erupted. India has raised strong objections, Rishi Sunak, Prime Minister of BBC’s home country Britain, has rejected the documentary. It was first released on YouTube on January 17 and preparations were on to release the second episode on January 24. Even before this, the central government removed it from YouTube, calling it propaganda against India and PM Modi.
This is not the first time that BBC has been accused of spreading propaganda against India. Although the BBC claims on its website, “We adhere to editorial standards. We also publish the evidence and research on which our editorial decisions are based.
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Why are there allegations of spreading propaganda?
An official associated with the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, says that from time to time, such reports of BBC come to the fore, which are suspected. They claim that news like glorifying the Mughals who ruled India, giving prominence to anarchic elements or incidents against the government will appear on the BBC website. They say that instead of Indian soldiers being martyred, BBC has used ‘killed’ several times. What kind of sensitivity is this?
Even at the time of Corona, there were allegations of publishing anti-India news on BBC. It was shown in these news that the condition of Corona in India is more frightening than the limit. Writer and policy commentator Shantanu Gupta analyzed 550 articles from Western media including BBC and reported. According to him, 50 percent of the news in this was aired only by the BBC.
BBC on top of disinformation!
According to Shantanu Gupta, who did a research study on Western media during the Corona period, BBC, New York Times and Washington Post had repeatedly mentioned the large number of COVID infections and deaths in India in their news. Through this, he wanted to present such a picture of India in the world that India is the most affected by the epidemic. Whereas the western country should have looked in its backyard.
They say that then the condition of India was very good if we look at the figure of infected and deaths per 10 lakh population in India. Later, the whole world saw how fast India recovered from Covid. He had told in his study that BBC remained on top in the matter of propaganda against India regarding the Corona epidemic.
Dr. Niranjan Kumar, media teacher at IIMT, Noida, believes that BBC reports on India have been negative on many occasions. And not only India, BBC’s attitude towards third world countries has shown as if it is controlling these countries. However, he also says that BBC has set an example with its many reports and has also won awards. But propaganda should be avoided.
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