Frank did good job as usual....I would like to share swami Vivekananda's quote to a foreigner..."In your country tailor makes a gentleman,in my country character does" ..let's not bother what the westerners and srilankan think of us...v r capable enough introspect and rectify our shortcomings....n if at all any foreigner has doubt about Indian media dn they are suggested to watch rstv for a month at least...
the world remains "fascinated" by India he says. I think one reason the west criticizes India could be because they are still not able to digest the fact that India has not been balkanized in spite of this huge diversity.
john doe valid point there. However we still have miles to go to beat them economically given the fact that China has been giving loans as if its throwing peanuts. Trump today seems more intimidated by China than by us.
I am very eagerly waiting for India's journalists to report the negative news about the European and western countries, only negative news is what news is all about after all. Lets bring the negative side of the west to the huge outward looking Indian population. Lets build a perspective of the west based on criticism lets do it! By the way I feel obliged that I do this every day and hence bringing the true value to the term news. Come on people let us all 1.3 billion Indian population highlight the negatives of the west because indeed we people have some expectations from the west.😉
If it’s about language then briefings can be in both languages Hindi can be easily converted into English like it happens at global platform And most countries give speeches and briefings in their own language so what’s wrong if Indians speak Hindi
Chinese media doesn't use much English.. n their human rights records are known by everyone.. why foreign media doesn't highlight that.. economic and political interest decide image of countries in recent scenario
We should take these criticism in positive way n improve ourselves. No one is perfect but when we have chance to be better we have to take it as opportunity ..🙂
Bhagyashri Balpande but why only criticism about india some times it's frustrated me ....... There must be some positive news. As well which makes us feel good ..
Exactly. Criticism is one way of looking at our fallacies and then working on them to improve ourselves. I still don’t know what makes us lose our brains when somebody criticises us when instead we should be thanking the person validly criticising us so to fix our deficiencies.
This is how propaganda is done ... If you rely on foreigners to dictate agenda, you will always be colonised ... This attitude is what the great Malcolm X called "House Negro" attitude ... And people like Jeferry Gettleman are well-known racist, as has been exposed on Twitter many times ... Do white foreigners EVER EVER take criticism from any other country (especially from us dark ones) ?! That's why they are powerful and we beggars ...
A criticism would loose it's meaning if all you does is criticize someone......there should be some acknowledgement of good things happening in our country.... and they declared INDIA as most dangerous country in world for women without bothering to come to INDIA and conduct a survey......they just asked "548 experts" .....first you feed them all negative news from India and then ask their opinion, how dumb is that....... having said that i agree with you that we should take these criticisms in positive way and should improve ourselves....
English is not our language if Tamil minister wants to speak in his language he is welcomed to address with open arms. They will have to keep translator or local reporters with them and we will hear the translated speech on news.
vijay yadav if th french correspondent sitting in the studio was speaking in french, and said that the studio should use subtitles, would her points be taken with that ease and seriousness? And I believe being understood is important than the language used. And for showcasing it to indians, they can always use hindi.
Yes therefore I am saying this is not matter of language but mistek of government like in China all government work they're doing in Chinese but translators are available in huge number and they translate in different languages
during UPA also, no one asked money from me for doing any kind of official work nor I have seen anyone taking bribe till date. I dont know why people say that UPA was a corrupt govt.
-ve, -ve, -ve ... Were we a great country in 1947 when we were much poorer($439 per capita), illiterate(12% literacy), no roads , no ports, no electricity, no hospitals .. then hell with such development .. I am getting hysterical here.
The debate was good. The NYT guy made some interesting comments like relating the safety of journalists to rule of law etc. The comments of the Lady in the panel about safety issues of journalist who criticise the ruling dispensation were note worthy. The opinion made by srilankan fellow that hindi is a hindrance does not hold water. Hindi can be translated easily if the media person take initiative. And I also think that some of the media groups in the international news space are biased towards India (or may be the party in power today). But we can take steps to do whatever we can do from our side. The govt should really open up itself to the media outlets where ever possible (except national security) India's stance on rule based international order, climate change and Yoga have made news too which uplift India' image. Similar initiatives can be taken to reverse the present biases against India.
AJAYA ARJUNA KHANDAGIRI Carole says that there have never been any case of violence against the journalist in France but what abour Charlie Hebedo case. There have been many such cases, which are never given out in the public. So, much biase shouldn't dwell within a journalist.
I am very eagerly waiting for India's journalists to report the negative news about the European and western countries, only negative news is what news is all about after all. Lets bring the negative side of the west to the huge outward looking Indian population. Lets build a perspective of the west based on criticism lets do it! By the way I feel obliged that I do this every day and hence bringing the true value to the term news. Come on people let us all 1.3 billion Indian population highlight the negatives of the west because indeed we people have some expectations from the west.😉
In this conversation I found that we need to have 1. Easy access to information. 2. If we know many languages then we should speak in which the listner is comfortable. 3. Yes! Journalists ( even our own External Affairs Minister is not safe on Twitter ) are not safe as they are in USA, ( see Stephen Colbert criticising Trump ) we need to value journalists and protect them by making Rule of Law more strong. 3. We need to have a thick skin if someone criticizes us we need to find positive things in that and improve. 4. There are lot of positive things about India but many things need to be improved and it is time that we correct ourselves. Any additional thing can be added below
I don't think hiring a hindi translater is much of a deal for NYT, its the least they can do for a large country like india. I think its hilarious. Also, there is something called leverage of one's power and money to influence the wider audience to further one's motives. Critisism should have the same effect/influence on both sides. Even if india/developing countries start criticizing the US on gun laws, black rights, foreign policies, ecological irresponsibility, i doubt it would effect the west in any way. The perception that is built by reports generally lack the backing of good amount of data. They use a small sample size of influencial people(or local biased media) who have no clue about the realities at ground zero. This perception then hurts India economically (tourism, businesses, foreign investments). Also there is a lot of false news about india, which the journalists should be accountable for, but they don't care coz that's their ultimate motive. How is that fair (with power comes great responsibilities).
Why is venkat Narayan target one language? All us know ,Europe is divide on the basis of language and all speak their regional language in their press conference ,so that mean we cannot hear these countries news and their achievement
We can't judge india through mirror of Western... India has facing some basic issue insecurity ,chaos,poverty, indiscrimination and indian media should highlights those problems with ministers briefing govt. Efforts. At a same time india emerging with people like deepa karmarkar, manushi chillar, we have Our ISRO carrying forgein satelite,ISA, non invading Democratic country..we need to chalk out our problem with individually as well as a community efforts... # frank looking different today....one of the most intelligent anchor ..
I am very eagerly waiting for India's journalists to report the negative news about the European and western countries, only negative news is what news is all about after all. Lets bring the negative side of the west to the huge outward looking Indian population. Lets build a perspective of the west based on criticism lets do it! By the way I feel obliged that I do this every day and hence bringing the true value to the term news. Come on people let us all 1.3 billion Indian population highlight the negatives of the west because indeed we people have some expectations from the west.😉
there was a time when the rajya sabha television was under VP Ansari and a little left leaned ...... but now you guys are doing exceptionally well ,,,,,,, I Love You ...... Pereira ,,,,,,,, the zeal in you against these biased foreign journalists is Nationalistic ......... kudos
We need to acknowledge that there exist a problem with India, western media is not always baised; journalist shot dead, shutting the voice of dissent is not good for democracy it's just making us more polarized.
I am very eagerly waiting for India's journalists to report the negative news about the European and western countries, only negative news is what news is all about after all. Lets bring the negative side of the west to the huge outward looking Indian population. Lets build a perspective of the west based on criticism lets do it! By the way I feel obliged that I do this every day and hence bringing the true value to the term news. Come on people let us all 1.3 billion Indian population highlight the negatives of the west because indeed we people have some expectations from the west.😉
Its good to hear that things are not exaggerated in the foreign media about India. Only the reality is portrayed even though its negative. As Jefferey said, India for outsiders is Dynamic, Home of educated Doctors and techies, place of great culture but also a country facing poverty. We need to enhance our positives and try to remove the negatives.
Aditya Narayan H When was this ever said? He's just asking them to interact personally. To give interviews (Of course they can give interviews in Hindi too. The fact is that, they only want to give scripted interviews). But, there is no need to deviate from the topic.
Aditya Narayan H No he didn't insist on anything else than, that ministers and officials are not interacting. I'm just trying to defend just that. Because all across the comment section there is this emphasis on- "so what if Mrs Swaraj spoke in Hindi." And getting all offended. Whereas that wasn't the actual context of the panelist.
Why should the PM talk in English? Mr. Narayan you are ignorant of the fact that we have many languages that are better than English in India. Learn another language mate!
better language? are you talking about sanskrit? why aren't you commenting in those better language bdw? or you are using english coz you are comfortable and want more and more people to understand what you want to say.
I am very eagerly waiting for India's journalists to report the negative news about the European and western countries, only negative news is what news is all about after all. Lets bring the negative side of the west to the huge outward looking Indian population. Lets build a perspective of the west based on criticism lets do it! By the way I feel obliged that I do this every day and hence bringing the true value to the term news. Come on people let us all 1.3 billion Indian population highlight the negatives of the west because indeed we people have some expectations from the west.😉
Journalism is not about enjoyment it is about reporting the truth which he said he has no access to🤣!! Thus it concludes that they "enjoy" spreading lies or atleast unverified claims about India more straightforwardly I can say that they spread rumours! I like hearing truth at face and I heard it right here😂😂😂 I am very eagerly waiting for India's journalists to report the negative news about the European and western countries, only negative news is what news is all about after all. Lets bring the negative side of the west to the huge outward looking Indian population. Lets build a perspective of the west based on criticism lets do it! By the way I feel obliged that I do this every day and hence bringing the true value to the term news. Come on people let us all 1.3 billion Indian population highlight the negatives of the west because indeed we people have some expectations from the west.😉
I am very eagerly waiting for India's journalists to report the negative news about the European and western countries, only negative news is what news is all about after all. Lets bring the negative side of the west to the huge outward looking Indian population. Lets build a perspective of the west based on criticism lets do it! By the way I feel obliged that I do this every day and hence bringing the true value to the term news. Come on people let us all 1.3 billion Indian population highlight the negatives of the west because indeed we people have some expectations from the west.😉
Show started on India's ranking on various platforms (press, women safety and so on... ) and everyone was discussing the how foreign reporters are feeling in India and language barrier...first time I found show was not to the point analysis! Missing important points - why only India's negative side shown in foreign media, why not China, Singapore and other countries? --why foreign media focusing on the reports on which no one believes? (Most of the reports are published by Americans and British agencies... they are lacking the ground reality, using developed countries criteria for developing countries like India!) -- why foreign media covers more news on religious intolerance and concerning about the safety of minority and women in India? ( other countries much more intolerant than India... and woman safety issue is not only related to India its a global issue then why India....) -- Reports on Refugees --When India said It would deport rohingya... it was completely pictured in negative way without showing the facts... and what about the European countries and USA's stand on Refugees?
King of Knights its true! Rohingya themselves created problem... now entangled in it! But it is the half picture... we cannot blame all Rohingya community ( I mean look at the faces of small kids do they look like armed rebels to any neighbouring nations to Myanmar or to Myanmar itself?) when India took decsion on deportation of Rohingya it was in complete dilemma between humanity and threat to the nation's security... which foreign media misinterpreted as inhuman stance of India. Later on India helped Rohingya's in Bangladesh under 'Opration Insaniyat' as usual foreign media never showed this.
Jefrey pointed out a strong point that there should be fair access to information then and only then data will be published on the internet and around the world. And Indian media should be more focused on the issues that matters rather than TRPs. After all there's always been bad and good sides.
I am very eagerly waiting for India's journalists to report the negative news about the European and western countries, only negative news is what news is all about after all. Lets bring the negative side of the west to the huge outward looking Indian population. Lets build a perspective of the west based on criticism lets do it! By the way I feel obliged that I do this every day and hence bringing the true value to the term news. Come on people let us all 1.3 billion Indian population highlight the negatives of the west because indeed we people have some expectations from the west.😉
Substantive debates bring out big and clear picture of any issue.It refined the perception we are holding. Hence, we should be open to the dissents. Bringing the perception of foreign journalists honestly put the BIG PICTURE of this topic.
Very diverse and informative debate, frank did well his job, all the guests give new perspective on India which we needs to improve our image globally by making media more free, making india more inclusive & accessible for women and vulnerable sections
Fantastic debate Frank sir .... It's make feel happy... We all as ratv regular viewer want such a great discussion. & try to make show on global issues with a panel of #foreigners_and_indian as well... Thanks
Well said- govt. should be more willing to share their stories. India has got complex situations and it's Govt. and people's job to explain them to global audience in a manner that builds positive 'Brand India'.
Hi Frank , Your program is really good and you are choosing different topic for discussion that is something impressing . I like the way you report FIFA world-cup specially wearing T-Shirt. About today discussion , it was really good . I want to say thanks to your guest which highlight the issue in positive manner. I am working with french people ,they all are so good and honest in there point of view.
Taking things into perspective - India is world's largest democracy of 1.3 billion people. Today it is transitioning into a developed country. With that said, as a journalist, should I focus on a grand scheme of things or should I focus on an outlier that happened in some corner of the country and provide a selective and a subjective picture about a complex religious and multiple linguistic India? When you do compare, do an apples to apples comparision, please.
I am agree with panel but we cant right this in our answer "Bharat mata ki jai" # reporter safety is real issue # rule of law vs law majority # clearly inform from govt missing. #inter nation interview missing govt point of view, only Arnob goswami able to do same lope whole # not cover in right manner western media unable to understand our culture ( 7pm rule of women, no one above god, log kya kahe ge etc. bajrangdal, cow ) ###### Dear friends if you think republic abp zee news channel are doing journalism then u are right ;)
Frank you placed India"s view in very right way and we hope our lawmakers will learn something from this discussion. Always love RSTV for such a fruitful discussion. Please keep it up.
I am very eagerly waiting for India's journalists to report the negative news about the European and western countries, only negative news is what news is all about after all. Lets bring the negative side of the west to the huge outward looking Indian population. Lets build a perspective of the west based on criticism lets do it! By the way I feel obliged that I do this every day and hence bringing the true value to the term news. Come on people let us all 1.3 billion Indian population highlight the negatives of the west because indeed we people have some expectations from the west.😉
Came to know about the "Real" Frank. The way the foreign journalists managed to respond to Frank's questions itself shows Frank's ability to get the real answers from them. Truly Patriotic Frank...
Too much focus on Hindi is not good. Either allow everyone to speak their mother tongues or brief media in English. Hindi is too over rated. Ideally we should be speaking in Sanaskrit.
It's all about stereotype viewpoint towards India. India is a diverse country where north to south, east to west has immense difference. But we live together. Every country has their own positive negetive things as like India. 1.If women are insecure in India then it's not only in india ,it's all over the world. Carole is also safe here. 2.Coming to hindi language.its our own language. We can't abolish it for foreign media rather we are providing subtitles to understand it in a better way.
A very valid that being an external affairs minister you insist on speaking in hindi even though you know English... It is good domestically but not a clever diplomatic stance... PM too should grant more interviews than speaking unilaterally if India is to benefit at global level.. Diplomacy is an art of subtleness
Ram Ram Jay Siyaram bhajpa party jindabad Shri Modi Kaka jindabad YogiBaba jindabad jindabad Jay Hind vande Mataram Bharat mata ki Jay dipawali ki hardik shubhkamnaen badhai ho sah parivar
Visiting comment section was hard. I'm afraid we have failed to understand the Big picture here. Why u guys only took one point "Hindi". Okay, so do one thing search for states which have only one official language and it's "Hindi" , is there more than 3 states? No! Now search states where English is one of the official languages. What did you find? Most of the states!! Even all top tier exams in our country happened in English. So why praising hindi when it's dying from our society and system. I agree that western media is pretty biased portraying India but India govt should take actions like China did. Ban any foreign media to reach out poor parts of the country. And why our PM doesn't give any open interview, why is he so afraid and we as people have some duties too. Facebook is full of stories with shit about India and we are the one who creating these. We gave them opportunities to talk negative about us. First, learn to respect yourself then expect respect from others. Jai hind.
We will speak Hindi only, get a translator. We are 1.3 Billion people, we know our strengths and weakness, we are united and all this negativity won't bring us down. Jai Hind.
There was a time when I used to take Western news outlets at face value and believe them. Now I really don't care. I have lost all trust in them. This doesn't mean that I don't understand the problems of my country. But I no longer trust Western news organisations. Interesting show by RSTV. Thanks for the show.
I would call it a very futile discussion because the panelists here were clearly afraid to say anything fearlessly except the Indian journalist..What I understood from what Venkat sir said is that Indian government doesn't care that much about what foreign media/ foreigners are thinking about India which is okay for me if situation in India improves than what it is now..but as usual Frank did a good job..He just asked the question that needed to be asked and tried to take out the truth from the foreign journalists mouths..
Undoubtedly anchor Frank is very well experienced journalist as he know only when to be frank that's the beauty and maturity of Indian Media on other contrast foreign journalist seems good maturity by simply admitting that they don't know loud and clear maybe it's most probably we ever expect from any Indian counterparts whether whatever be the matters of discussion going on they must have to say something and they will so it doesn't matter whether they have adequate knowledge or not....
I consider Mr. Jeffery gettleman 's comments in a positive way, since he seems "sensible " in his perspective. if speaking in our official language is your problem, then no indian media asked POTUS to brief us in hindi.. and finally we should reconsider the relevance of IB ministry and related press nd media governing legislations which are not in consonance to handle "nation wants to know stereotypes "
This is the first time I felt that I am watching the national official channel. India is getting bad ranks because we are at loss. We are not at par with the world index.
I am very eagerly waiting for India's journalists to report the negative news about the European and western countries, only negative news is what news is all about after all. Lets bring the negative side of the west to the huge outward looking Indian population. Lets build a perspective of the west based on criticism lets do it! By the way I feel obliged that I do this every day and hence bringing the true value to the term news. Come on people let us all 1.3 billion Indian population highlight the negatives of the west because indeed we people have some expectations from the west.😉
Good discussion on a nagative Indian Media special country like India . Indian midia are limited in cities only and close Thier eyes in Villegies . My Thanking to all panels .
According to a report, This country is most dangerous place to live for women in world. Rather than acknowledging our short comings people like Frank questioning about rising crime rate in US and UK. Our growth rate is relatively much higher. On why our PM don't face foreign media is what the hell he will tell when they ask about cow vigilantism or women safety issues?!
Some of the points raised by the guests are partly true like lack of access to ministers and government spokespersons. But Mr. Venkat Narayan and Jeffrey must be aware of something like pib, which releases all government communications in English also. Though I&B minister meets press occasionally, It's time to have regular or even daily press briefings by "PMO Communications Secy" on the lines of Whitehouse Communications director. The government should put it's perspective and show what it is doing, not just to foreign media but media in general.
Frank did good job as usual....I would like to share swami Vivekananda's quote to a foreigner..."In your country tailor makes a gentleman,in my country character does" ..let's not bother what the westerners and srilankan think of us...v r capable enough introspect and rectify our shortcomings....n if at all any foreigner has doubt about Indian media dn they are suggested to watch rstv for a month at least...
Yes,I completly agree with you.
S Venkat Narayan is not Sri Lankan my fellow ignorant indian
ଭ୍ରୁଗୁରାଜ ପ୍ରଧାନ thank you for creating awareness....his talk seems anti Indian and anti centre... anyways.. thanks
yes it was anti centre (it's the job of every journalist)... but how was it anti indian ?
ଭ୍ରୁଗୁରାଜ ପ୍ରଧାନ when he said ministers speaks in Hindi.
the world remains "fascinated" by India he says. I think one reason the west criticizes India could be because they are still not able to digest the fact that India has not been balkanized in spite of this huge diversity.
very good point that I didn't think of
john doe valid point there. However we still have miles to go to beat them economically given the fact that China has been giving loans as if its throwing peanuts. Trump today seems more intimidated by China than by us.
I agree with your opinion...
Frank thank you for such an insightful debate!
I am very eagerly waiting for India's journalists to report the negative news about the European and western countries, only negative news is what news is all about after all. Lets bring the negative side of the west to the huge outward looking Indian population. Lets build a perspective of the west based on criticism lets do it! By the way I feel obliged that I do this every day and hence bringing the true value to the term news. Come on people let us all 1.3 billion Indian population highlight the negatives of the west because indeed we people have some expectations from the west.😉
If it’s about language then briefings can be in both languages
Hindi can be easily converted into English like it happens at global platform
And most countries give speeches and briefings in their own language so what’s wrong if Indians speak Hindi
Supriya i agree with ur point nd it should not be a way to approach this issue👍
Seconded you,actually he is biased and prejudice he went out of the context of question to make his point forcefully.
NYT is a big newspaper, cannot they keep a translator with themselves? if they cannot why they even bother to come to India.
Chinese media doesn't use much English.. n their human rights records are known by everyone.. why foreign media doesn't highlight that.. economic and political interest decide image of countries in recent scenario
Even entire Europe use their own language. They do not prefer english. This person is biased. Language issue is nowhere a issue.
India is a land of extremes, and Media loves extremes (usually the negative side ) and rarely the positive side
tarun kumar true
so true
Bhai clear kar thoda sa
We should take these criticism in positive way n improve ourselves. No one is perfect but when we have chance to be better we have to take it as opportunity ..🙂
Bhagyashri Balpande but why only criticism about india some times it's frustrated me ....... There must be some positive news. As well which makes us feel good ..
Exactly. Criticism is one way of looking at our fallacies and then working on them to improve ourselves. I still don’t know what makes us lose our brains when somebody criticises us when instead we should be thanking the person validly criticising us so to fix our deficiencies.
This is how propaganda is done ... If you rely on foreigners to dictate agenda, you will always be colonised ... This attitude is what the great Malcolm X called "House Negro" attitude ...
And people like Jeferry Gettleman are well-known racist, as has been exposed on Twitter many times ...
Do white foreigners EVER EVER take criticism from any other country (especially from us dark ones) ?! That's why they are powerful and we beggars ...
Bhagyashri Balpande I appreciate it and your from by the way....
A criticism would loose it's meaning if all you does is criticize someone......there should be some acknowledgement of good things happening in our country....
and they declared INDIA as most dangerous country in world for women without bothering to come to INDIA and conduct a survey......they just asked "548 experts" .....first you feed them all negative news from India and then ask their opinion, how dumb is that.......
having said that i agree with you that we should take these criticisms in positive way and should improve ourselves....
English is not our language if Tamil minister wants to speak in his language he is welcomed to address with open arms. They will have to keep translator or local reporters with them and we will hear the translated speech on news.
Hindi is not problem. there are many translator available in the market. Why we speak in English not in hindi.
Gyanendra kumar verma You live in a poor country with high number of crimes and social issues.
why would in this earth someone bring a translator to each interview of a foreign minister
@@MrSivansuresh does you statement make sense
@@MrSivansuresh 😡😡
So what's happened if sushma ji speaking in hindi why Mr narayan targeting Hindi if government doing wrong tigrget government not to aur language
vijay yadav if th french correspondent sitting in the studio was speaking in french, and said that the studio should use subtitles, would her points be taken with that ease and seriousness? And I believe being understood is important than the language used. And for showcasing it to indians, they can always use hindi.
I think the technology is well develeped and have translators...And u say about Hindi then what about China,Japan,German who prefer their language
Yes therefore I am saying this is not matter of language but mistek of government like in China all government work they're doing in Chinese but translators are available in huge number and they translate in different languages
He is not criticising hindi . Just saying make translation arrangements ..
Nice work @rajyasabhatv as always..
NarAyan has cought right
Frank, such a die hard Nationalist You are ❤️ Love from a defense aspirant 🇮🇳❤️
Remembering Rockstar Movie Dialogue -- "Negative Chalta Hai... Negative"
and that's what you are doing here. Instead of recognising problems, just blaming others and finding negative side of venkat.
Jeffery...made good points.
French speak french .chinese in chinese.venkat wake up
I don't know who does these survey. Never saw anyone. In my locality all woman are safe...see the reality around.
Jeffry well said
🤦🏽♂️
during UPA also, no one asked money from me for doing any kind of official work nor I have seen anyone taking bribe till date. I dont know why people say that UPA was a corrupt govt.
Kondorpa kumar borchetia achha
-ve, -ve, -ve ... Were we a great country in 1947 when we were much poorer($439 per capita), illiterate(12% literacy), no roads , no ports, no electricity, no hospitals .. then hell with such development .. I am getting hysterical here.
It is heartening to see that the Rajya Sabha TV crossed 1million subscribers. This is best media channel!
5.12 million!!!!!
The debate was good. The NYT guy made some interesting comments like relating the safety of journalists to rule of law etc. The comments of the Lady in the panel about safety issues of journalist who criticise the ruling dispensation were note worthy. The opinion made by srilankan fellow that hindi is a hindrance does not hold water. Hindi can be translated easily if the media person take initiative. And I also think that some of the media groups in the international news space are biased towards India (or may be the party in power today). But we can take steps to do whatever we can do from our side. The govt should really open up itself to the media outlets where ever possible (except national security) India's stance on rule based international order, climate change and Yoga have made news too which uplift India' image. Similar initiatives can be taken to reverse the present biases against India.
AJAYA ARJUNA KHANDAGIRI Our own people are our biggest threat to our country than any other foreign native.
AJAYA ARJUNA KHANDAGIRI Carole says that there have never been any case of violence against the journalist in France but what abour Charlie Hebedo case. There have been many such cases, which are never given out in the public. So, much biase shouldn't dwell within a journalist.
I am very eagerly waiting for India's journalists to report the negative news about the European and western countries, only negative news is what news is all about after all. Lets bring the negative side of the west to the huge outward looking Indian population. Lets build a perspective of the west based on criticism lets do it! By the way I feel obliged that I do this every day and hence bringing the true value to the term news. Come on people let us all 1.3 billion Indian population highlight the negatives of the west because indeed we people have some expectations from the west.😉
In this conversation I found that
we need to have
1. Easy access to information.
2. If we know many languages then we should speak in which the listner is comfortable.
3. Yes! Journalists ( even our own External Affairs Minister is not safe on Twitter ) are not safe as they are in USA, ( see Stephen Colbert criticising Trump ) we need to value journalists and protect them by making Rule of Law more strong.
3. We need to have a thick skin if someone criticizes us we need to find positive things in that and improve.
4. There are lot of positive things about India but many things need to be improved and it is time that we correct ourselves.
Any additional thing can be added below
Anil Tiwari well said
great.
i think you covered everything.
I don't think hiring a hindi translater is much of a deal for NYT, its the least they can do for a large country like india. I think its hilarious.
Also, there is something called leverage of one's power and money to influence the wider audience to further one's motives. Critisism should have the same effect/influence on both sides.
Even if india/developing countries start criticizing the US on gun laws, black rights, foreign policies, ecological irresponsibility, i doubt it would effect the west in any way.
The perception that is built by reports generally lack the backing of good amount of data. They use a small sample size of influencial people(or local biased media) who have no clue about the realities at ground zero.
This perception then hurts India economically (tourism, businesses, foreign investments).
Also there is a lot of false news about india, which the journalists should be accountable for, but they don't care coz that's their ultimate motive. How is that fair (with power comes great responsibilities).
no one talked about what the journalists are not supposed to do.
I have never seen a Putin speaking English, Xi Jinping speaking English, Emanuel Macron speaking English.
sambit jena Does Russia and China gets positive press?
Why is venkat Narayan target one language?
All us know ,Europe is divide on the basis of language and all speak their regional language in their press conference ,so that mean we cannot hear these countries news and their achievement
Manmeet Panwar They are rich countries with good living standards.
We can't judge india through mirror of Western... India has facing some basic issue insecurity ,chaos,poverty, indiscrimination and indian media should highlights those problems with ministers briefing govt. Efforts. At a same time india emerging with people like deepa karmarkar, manushi chillar, we have Our ISRO carrying forgein satelite,ISA, non invading Democratic country..we need to chalk out our problem with individually as well as a community efforts...
# frank looking different today....one of the most intelligent anchor ..
Very interesting topic, I liked the foreign guests and their perception about India. Very innovative programme.
I am very eagerly waiting for India's journalists to report the negative news about the European and western countries, only negative news is what news is all about after all. Lets bring the negative side of the west to the huge outward looking Indian population. Lets build a perspective of the west based on criticism lets do it! By the way I feel obliged that I do this every day and hence bringing the true value to the term news. Come on people let us all 1.3 billion Indian population highlight the negatives of the west because indeed we people have some expectations from the west.😉
there was a time when the rajya sabha television was under VP Ansari and a little left leaned ...... but now you guys are doing exceptionally well ,,,,,,, I Love You ...... Pereira ,,,,,,,, the zeal in you against these biased foreign journalists is Nationalistic ......... kudos
mai har 1 -2 din me yahi search kartaa hu youtube pr 👉 " India in foreign media" ,
Kyu bhai
Mr Venkatnarayan and Jeffery, both were candid and open. Spoke well. Said things. The girl answered diplomatically, I think.
We need to acknowledge that there exist a problem with India, western media is not always baised; journalist shot dead, shutting the voice of dissent is not good for democracy it's just making us more polarized.
One of the best episode i have ever seen on big picture
Frank seems somewhat emotional...
Great discussion
I am very eagerly waiting for India's journalists to report the negative news about the European and western countries, only negative news is what news is all about after all. Lets bring the negative side of the west to the huge outward looking Indian population. Lets build a perspective of the west based on criticism lets do it! By the way I feel obliged that I do this every day and hence bringing the true value to the term news. Come on people let us all 1.3 billion Indian population highlight the negatives of the west because indeed we people have some expectations from the west.😉
Its good to hear that things are not exaggerated in the foreign media about India. Only the reality is portrayed even though its negative. As Jefferey said, India for outsiders is Dynamic, Home of educated Doctors and techies, place of great culture but also a country facing poverty.
We need to enhance our positives and try to remove the negatives.
Venkat Narayan is so smart that he can't learn to undrstand Hindi.
You don't get everything served as you want. #FrustratedNarayan
He's not talking about himself. He's talking about Ministers and other officials interacting with the foreign media.
Snehil Singh He is ok with french president talking in french or putin in Russian.....#Facepalm
Aditya Narayan H When was this ever said? He's just asking them to interact personally. To give interviews (Of course they can give interviews in Hindi too. The fact is that, they only want to give scripted interviews).
But, there is no need to deviate from the topic.
Gargi Thakur when he said sushma swaraj insists on giving foreign briefings in Hindi
Aditya Narayan H No he didn't insist on anything else than, that ministers and officials are not interacting. I'm just trying to defend just that. Because all across the comment section there is this emphasis on- "so what if Mrs Swaraj spoke in Hindi." And getting all offended. Whereas that wasn't the actual context of the panelist.
Very nice to hear good conversation, not like other news channel drama's.
Why should the PM talk in English? Mr. Narayan you are ignorant of the fact that we have many languages that are better than English in India. Learn another language mate!
Atleast press conference for journalists,,
Samar Shah ,,pm never seen In press conference that's the problem.
john doe ,,it's not about perfect english ,,it's about facing press in india or foreign.
better language? are you talking about sanskrit? why aren't you commenting in those better language bdw? or you are using english coz you are comfortable and want more and more people to understand what you want to say.
I like the instant when playing with fire actually created silence in the room😂😂😂
"Playing with fire"... Just feel the silence when he says it
I am very eagerly waiting for India's journalists to report the negative news about the European and western countries, only negative news is what news is all about after all. Lets bring the negative side of the west to the huge outward looking Indian population. Lets build a perspective of the west based on criticism lets do it! By the way I feel obliged that I do this every day and hence bringing the true value to the term news. Come on people let us all 1.3 billion Indian population highlight the negatives of the west because indeed we people have some expectations from the west.😉
The most sensible one was that jeffrey gentleman..presented the real burning issues and I think he really is enjoying whatever he is doing . 👍
Journalism is not about enjoyment it is about reporting the truth which he said he has no access to🤣!! Thus it concludes that they "enjoy" spreading lies or atleast unverified claims about India more straightforwardly I can say that they spread rumours! I like hearing truth at face and I heard it right here😂😂😂
I am very eagerly waiting for India's journalists to report the negative news about the European and western countries, only negative news is what news is all about after all. Lets bring the negative side of the west to the huge outward looking Indian population. Lets build a perspective of the west based on criticism lets do it! By the way I feel obliged that I do this every day and hence bringing the true value to the term news. Come on people let us all 1.3 billion Indian population highlight the negatives of the west because indeed we people have some expectations from the west.😉
It was a good experience to hearing a good debate like that. Thanks to rstv.
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I am very eagerly waiting for India's journalists to report the negative news about the European and western countries, only negative news is what news is all about after all. Lets bring the negative side of the west to the huge outward looking Indian population. Lets build a perspective of the west based on criticism lets do it! By the way I feel obliged that I do this every day and hence bringing the true value to the term news. Come on people let us all 1.3 billion Indian population highlight the negatives of the west because indeed we people have some expectations from the west.😉
Great show rstv ...and FRANK looking forward for more such interesting discussions.
Doesn't matter if rankings are biased or not..we indians have the responsibility to improve on these indicators.
The newtork times person was candid and spoke well great. The girl was balanced and answered diplomatically.
Show started on India's ranking on various platforms (press, women safety and so on... ) and everyone was discussing the how foreign reporters are feeling in India and language barrier...first time I found show was not to the point analysis!
Missing important points - why only India's negative side shown in foreign media, why not China, Singapore and other countries? --why foreign media focusing on the reports on which no one believes? (Most of the reports are published by Americans and British agencies... they are lacking the ground reality, using developed countries criteria for developing countries like India!)
-- why foreign media covers more news on religious intolerance and concerning about the safety of minority and women in India?
( other countries much more intolerant than India... and woman safety issue is not only related to India its a global issue then why India....)
-- Reports on Refugees --When India said It would deport rohingya... it was completely pictured in negative way without showing the facts... and what about the European countries and USA's stand on Refugees?
Array of Ocean Well said !
King of Knights its true! Rohingya themselves created problem... now entangled in it! But it is the half picture... we cannot blame all Rohingya community ( I mean look at the faces of small kids do they look like armed rebels to any neighbouring nations to Myanmar or to Myanmar itself?)
when India took decsion on deportation of Rohingya it was in complete dilemma between humanity and threat to the nation's security... which foreign media misinterpreted as inhuman stance of India. Later on India helped Rohingya's in Bangladesh under 'Opration Insaniyat' as usual foreign media never showed this.
Jefrey pointed out a strong point that there should be fair access to information then and only then data will be published on the internet and around the world. And Indian media should be more focused on the issues that matters rather than TRPs.
After all there's always been bad and good sides.
I am very eagerly waiting for India's journalists to report the negative news about the European and western countries, only negative news is what news is all about after all. Lets bring the negative side of the west to the huge outward looking Indian population. Lets build a perspective of the west based on criticism lets do it! By the way I feel obliged that I do this every day and hence bringing the true value to the term news. Come on people let us all 1.3 billion Indian population highlight the negatives of the west because indeed we people have some expectations from the west.😉
Such wonderfull questions Mr Frank...
Nice interview
Frank ..!! Keep Smiling. u r awsome
Thanks RSTV for awesome Discussion with Distinguish Guests
Substantive debates bring out big and clear picture of any issue.It refined the perception we are holding. Hence, we should be open to the dissents. Bringing the perception of foreign journalists honestly put the BIG PICTURE of this topic.
Very diverse and informative debate, frank did well his job, all the guests give new perspective on India which we needs to improve our image globally by making media more free, making india more inclusive & accessible for women and vulnerable sections
Mr venkat gave a best remade. both pm and opposition leader give interview to world top media.
Fantastic debate Frank sir .... It's make feel happy... We all as ratv regular viewer want such a great discussion. & try to make show on global issues with a panel of #foreigners_and_indian as well... Thanks
India needs a global media house like CNN or New York times to put forward its views directly to International audience.
Praise 'The big picture' for choosing good topics.
Well said- govt. should be more willing to share their stories. India has got complex situations and it's Govt. and people's job to explain them to global audience in a manner that builds positive 'Brand India'.
Hi Frank ,
Your program is really good and you are choosing different topic for discussion that is something impressing . I like the way you report FIFA world-cup specially wearing T-Shirt. About today discussion , it was really good . I want to say thanks to your guest which highlight the issue in positive manner. I am working with french people ,they all are so good and honest in there point of view.
Amazing discussion!
Venket narayan loves English. He would love to live in UK.
Frank : Western Media controlled by Business Typhoon. Is it really free ?
Foreign Reporter at 19:33 take my bullshit 🤣🤣🤣
Taking things into perspective - India is world's largest democracy of 1.3 billion people. Today it is transitioning into a developed country. With that said, as a journalist, should I focus on a grand scheme of things or should I focus on an outlier that happened in some corner of the country and provide a selective and a subjective picture about a complex religious and multiple linguistic India? When you do compare, do an apples to apples comparision, please.
I am agree with panel but we cant right this in our answer "Bharat mata ki jai"
# reporter safety is real issue
# rule of law vs law majority
# clearly inform from govt missing.
#inter nation interview missing govt point of view, only Arnob goswami able to do same
lope whole
# not cover in right manner western media unable to understand our culture
( 7pm rule of women, no one above god, log kya kahe ge etc. bajrangdal, cow )
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Dear friends if you think republic abp zee news channel are doing journalism then u are right ;)
Frank you placed India"s view in very right way and we hope our lawmakers will learn something from this discussion. Always love RSTV for such a fruitful discussion. Please keep it up.
I am very eagerly waiting for India's journalists to report the negative news about the European and western countries, only negative news is what news is all about after all. Lets bring the negative side of the west to the huge outward looking Indian population. Lets build a perspective of the west based on criticism lets do it! By the way I feel obliged that I do this every day and hence bringing the true value to the term news. Come on people let us all 1.3 billion Indian population highlight the negatives of the west because indeed we people have some expectations from the west.😉
Great debate, points are kept precisely👍
Came to know about the "Real" Frank. The way the foreign journalists managed to respond to Frank's questions itself shows Frank's ability to get the real answers from them. Truly Patriotic Frank...
Thanks to take this topic as it was some where in general public mind negatively or critically.
It was a nicely articulated talk.. probably because they were all journalists
countless freedom to press in India costs lives of many more journalists.
I think when sushma swaraj speak in hindi...it is converted into english also.
Too much focus on Hindi is not good. Either allow everyone to speak their mother tongues or brief media in English. Hindi is too over rated. Ideally we should be speaking in Sanaskrit.
Only country in the world where cows and buffalos are safer than humans 😂🤣 😂🤣 😂🤣 😂
It's all about stereotype viewpoint towards India. India is a diverse country where north to south, east to west has immense difference. But we live together. Every country has their own positive negetive things as like India. 1.If women are insecure in India then it's not only in india ,it's all over the world. Carole is also safe here.
2.Coming to hindi language.its our own language. We can't abolish it for foreign media rather we are providing subtitles to understand it in a better way.
Great point raised by narayan.8:51
Please increase the quality of panelist, only Jeffrey is making good points. Rest are struggling to articulate.
A very valid that being an external affairs minister you insist on speaking in hindi even though you know English... It is good domestically but not a clever diplomatic stance... PM too should grant more interviews than speaking unilaterally if India is to benefit at global level.. Diplomacy is an art of subtleness
Ram Ram Jay Siyaram bhajpa party jindabad Shri Modi Kaka jindabad YogiBaba jindabad jindabad Jay Hind vande Mataram Bharat mata ki Jay dipawali ki hardik shubhkamnaen badhai ho sah parivar
Why can't I see any foreigner commenting in this comment box?
Nice discussion by all intelligent panelist and thanks rajya sabha tv.
Jefreay and Venkata sir made really good points....very impressed by knowledge which jefreay shared.
Visiting comment section was hard. I'm afraid we have failed to understand the Big picture here.
Why u guys only took one point "Hindi". Okay, so do one thing search for states which have only one official language and it's "Hindi" , is there more than 3 states? No! Now search states where English is one of the official languages. What did you find? Most of the states!!
Even all top tier exams in our country happened in English. So why praising hindi when it's dying from our society and system.
I agree that western media is pretty biased portraying India but India govt should take actions like China did. Ban any foreign media to reach out poor parts of the country. And why our PM doesn't give any open interview, why is he so afraid and we as people have some duties too.
Facebook is full of stories with shit about India and we are the one who creating these. We gave them opportunities to talk negative about us.
First, learn to respect yourself then expect respect from others.
Jai hind.
We will speak Hindi only, get a translator. We are 1.3 Billion people, we know our strengths and weakness, we are united and all this negativity won't bring us down. Jai Hind.
Will this video access to PM for some corrections?
Good debut brother
Eye opening episode ... Informativee
Ideas of these scholars should be implemented in India.
Can we see this video in hindi language?
The lady is talking like the politicians and not giving her honest opinion.
There was a time when I used to take Western news outlets at face value and believe them. Now I really don't care. I have lost all trust in them. This doesn't mean that I don't understand the problems of my country. But I no longer trust Western news organisations. Interesting show by RSTV. Thanks for the show.
RStv please make series on ancient india ,"Mahajanpads,Maurya ,Gupta,Foreign invaders after Mauryas,Indo Greeks,Shakas,Parthians,Kushans"....
My favorite program and channel look at the way debate is being conducted amazing better than many Indian channels.
We are not as privileged as us, France or UK.. We need to put out points forward in a language that people understand
I would call it a very futile discussion because the panelists here were clearly afraid to say anything fearlessly except the Indian journalist..What I understood from what Venkat sir said is that Indian government doesn't care that much about what foreign media/ foreigners are thinking about India which is okay for me if situation in India improves than what it is now..but as usual Frank did a good job..He just asked the question that needed to be asked and tried to take out the truth from the foreign journalists mouths..
Undoubtedly anchor Frank is very well experienced journalist as he know only when to be frank that's the beauty and maturity of Indian Media on other contrast foreign journalist seems good maturity by simply admitting that they don't know loud and clear maybe it's most probably we ever expect from any Indian counterparts whether whatever be the matters of discussion going on they must have to say something and they will so it doesn't matter whether they have adequate knowledge or not....
I consider Mr. Jeffery gettleman 's comments in a positive way, since he seems "sensible " in his perspective. if speaking in our official language is your problem, then no indian media asked POTUS to brief us in hindi..
and finally we should reconsider the relevance of IB ministry and related press nd media governing legislations which are not in consonance to handle "nation wants to know stereotypes "
Best part...Jurnos peacefully critizing Govt. (No noise) on GOVT tv. I wonder what would ppl like say about freedom of press.
This is the first time I felt that I am watching the national official channel. India is getting bad ranks because we are at loss. We are not at par with the world index.
I am very eagerly waiting for India's journalists to report the negative news about the European and western countries, only negative news is what news is all about after all. Lets bring the negative side of the west to the huge outward looking Indian population. Lets build a perspective of the west based on criticism lets do it! By the way I feel obliged that I do this every day and hence bringing the true value to the term news. Come on people let us all 1.3 billion Indian population highlight the negatives of the west because indeed we people have some expectations from the west.😉
Any one tell me what is timing of big picture
6:30 pm
Monday to Friday
People are fearful of sharing their ideas.
Jeffrey was to the point. I really liked his views
Jeffert really puts forward nice points! However, Frank doesn't seem his usual self
Good discussion on a nagative Indian Media special country like India . Indian midia are limited in cities only and close Thier eyes in Villegies . My Thanking to all panels .
Carole Dietrich won my heart ♥
According to a report, This country is most dangerous place to live for women in world. Rather than acknowledging our short comings people like Frank questioning about rising crime rate in US and UK. Our growth rate is relatively much higher.
On why our PM don't face foreign media is what the hell he will tell when they ask about cow vigilantism or women safety issues?!
Really nice debate
Some of the points raised by the guests are partly true like lack of access to ministers and government spokespersons. But Mr. Venkat Narayan and Jeffrey must be aware of something like pib, which releases all government communications in English also. Though I&B minister meets press occasionally, It's time to have regular or even daily press briefings by "PMO Communications Secy" on the lines of Whitehouse Communications director. The government should put it's perspective and show what it is doing, not just to foreign media but media in general.