Four female Nalsar Hyderabad students were filmed outside a pub with the footage later edited by local television media into allegedly defamatory broadcasts. A week on, the girls have launched online protest campaigns against voyeuristic journalism, and garnered mainstream media support.
Newslaundry summarised the events so far and spoke to the bureau chief of ABN Andhra Jyoti – one of the involved channels.
Newslaundry: What was the story you had in mind?
Shivaprasad: Of course, the pub was running after 10 o clock. Everything that happened was against the law.
Newslaundry: How was it against the law?
Shivaprasad: It is wrong for them to drink and stand outside. Why should they stand outside? Nothing personal against the girls, but you shouldn’t stand on the road at midnight dressed like that. Our main concern is for safety of the girls.
Newslaundry: Then where should they stand?
Shivaprasad: They should not stand like that. They should go straight into the cab and go home.
Newslaundry: So, you think it was a highly unsafe situation?
Shivaprasad: When the media reached there, the girls are safer, if the media is not there, then it’s a problem.
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by the way, some one's called them as fucking chauvinist pigs, could you please explain how ?
put ur brains to work. look to the prevailing psyche of indian; in particular; the media of andhra.
a saying goes thus: in rome, be like a roman.
now, tailor it to the situation.
i hope, i crystallize my self.
Also, the fact that these girls don't want to live by the prevailing psyche of the andhra regional news media doesn't make them wrong. By that logic, you'll say that if you're a guy living in certain parts of north India you must sexually harass girls (after eating chinese fast food).
Please understand that these girls are the victim of a crime. It is illegal to record people against their will in such circumstances, which is what they've been saying at a later stage. What you're saying is exactly the same as saying that a rape victim asked for it because of the clothes she wore.
And the saying is, when in rome, do as the romans do.
And I'm really curious, how does one crystallize themself? I always thought it involved boiling in hot water and then cooling in the fridge. If yes, why do you hope you do that?
And the fact that they chose to then distort the truth through the editing as well as blatant falsehoods in the covering commentary also disturbs me.
Good on these kids for sticking it to this news channel. Unfortunately, it doesn't look lithe they've learnt their lesson yet. Hopefully they will soon.
And if someone tries to take a video of me, without my consent, even in my own house, my first reaction would be to either cover the camera lens or cover my face.