Opposition Outing: Faking Fake; Mascot Maker
Opinion Watch
Opposition Outing
Patna is hosting a grand show of 18-party Opposition camp on Friday, and The Asian Age has opined in its Editorial that the onus is on the Congress to let the show going. The daily has argued that it’s incumbent on the Congress to offer compelling offers to regional parties to stick together.
The daily claimed that Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao after first mooting a non-Congress Opposition camp may veer around to the BJP-led NDA. It also stated that the Congress will need to take a stand on Delhi Ordinance, which the AAP is making a test case for the Opposition unity.
The principal aim of forcing a one-on-one contest against the BJP by the Opposition parties is visibly out of question. But a UPA-I shape is indeed taking shape, and the gambit clearly is to hold the BJP below the half way mark in the Lok Sabha elections.
Faking Fake
The Economic Times in its Editorial has warned that the plan of the Karnataka government to bust fake news by creating a unit could only harm freedom of press and a handle to beat the political opponents. The daily has said that the state chief minister, Siddaramaiah, has called for measures to counter fake news, while underlining that the challenge lies at the source and dissemination of misinformation on the social media platforms.
The business daily advised that the intent to curb fake news will better be served with agile policy, media self-regulation, media literacy, and adoption of AI tools. The daily stressed that the move of the Karnataka government may be aimed at political opponents.
Some ailments are highly infectious, and the Karnataka government is only following the example of Narendra Modi-led dispensation which create a Fake News Checking Unit in the PIB, which has been denounced by the press bodies, and found to be calling investigative reports fake in the past.
Mascot Maker
The old world charm is enchanting and irreplaceable. R. K. Luxman has no successor. The 90s’ songs are most sought after in FM. And, the Amul Girl, created by Sylvestor daCunha, still creates magic from the headlines and big events of the day.
The Indian Express in its Editorial paid rich tribute to daCunha, who passed away, and hailed the signature “utterly, butterly, delicious” of the icon creator, who conceived Amul Girl in 1966. The daily recalled Amul Girl employing satire on Rahul Gandhi forcing an embrace to Modi in the Lok Sabha, sterilization drive during the Emergency, and so on.
Creativity is at low now in times of high technology. Sylvestor daCunha and his tribe who worked without the aid of technology are immortal.
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