Title of this blog

spindianexpress makes a good point that the title of the blog must be something that
strikes visitors as succinctly summing up the paper's
character. Eg:

The Un-Hindu
The Communistu
The Marxistu

etc.

The full form of "CBCNN" better serves as descriptive tagline.


Do you think the present title CBCNN is ok. Or shoudl I consider something else like say "The Chindu". What do you guys think?

Spirit of charity is only Christian: Khare

Political rivals, not personal enemies

Perhaps Dr. Singh's gestures were inspired only by the spirit of Christian charity ...

Khare has vision par excellence - he can see only what he wants even if it is hidden or, better still, does not exist. Well, he actually peddled better/worse nonsense in the past.

Any mention of personalised politics by exonarting Gandhi cult is nonsese, which Khare is very capable of propounding.

N.Ram with another disparaging article on BJP

Rajnath is willing

... minority-bashing unsurprisingly took centre stage

Just as BJP-bashing unsuprisingly took centre stage on CBCNN.

The rest of the article is the usual ranting about struggles within BJP and how it has no chance of winning another assembly seat ever. Oh btw, minority appeasement is the only way to enlightenment.

Communist feuds are always low-intensity for CBCNN

CPI(M)-CPI talks make headway in Kerala

Notice the subdued use of adjectives while reporting communist conflicts.


low-intensity feud
moved a little towards resolution
came to an understanding
his appointment is now only a formality
decided to discuss their differences
does not behove the two fraternal communist parties to wash the linen -- notice that CBCNN does not use "dirty" linen.
considerable progress in the talks
differences between the two parties had narrowed down
further dialogue between the two sides would lead to greater understanding between them

The one strong wording being: "The CPI had taken strong exception to some of the decisions of the CPI(M)".

Within the communist parties, CBCNN will root for CPI(M).

I have no idea what is the difference between CPI and CPI(M) and I dont care. They are by no means friends or there would have been just one party, especially when they are "fraternal" . For me, they are just power-hungry, traitor, "fraternal" communist parties.

Why Ambika Soni and not Hanuman statue?

Indian sculptures to be showcased in Beijing

CBCNN celebrates this exhibition of Indian antiquities in its fatherland.

Sizeable portion of the article is about the Hanuman statue while Ambika Soni is mentioned once in passing. Why does CBCNN put her photo instead of the statue's? Is it because CBCNN is averse to displaying Hindu symbols or is it because Ambika Soni has features reminiscent of Brinda?

Dont bother to ask that useless Reader's editor. He will just say editorial judgement, or whatever.

CPI(M) lies reported verbatim

BJP's Lucknow platform harmful, says CPI (M)

CBCNN is the mouthpiece of CPI(M). So it reports its statements verbatim. Contrast this article with the previous one on Mamta and you will see CBCNN's prejudices coming out clearly. If it is not in favour of the other party, it will drop in its own views into news or slants the news with its own colour.


"The argument put forth are reminiscent of how the Hindu communal platform stayed away from the national movement for independence and sought to divide it on communal lines.

The eminent marxist historians are at work again, propogating falsehoods. It is the muslims who stayed away from the freedom movement but the hindus get falsely accused by the communists. The communists sided with the british. So they obviously have a grudge against the hindus.

Mamta is a naxalite: CBCNN

Mamata calls for fresh protests

Just when you thought CBCNN is giving some sort of coverage to Mamta, it turns out CBCNN is indulging in slander.

Ms. Banerjee is spearheading the agitation under the banner of the Krishi Jami Raksha [Save the Farmland] Committee, whose principal constituent is the Trinamool. It also includes certain naxalite groups.

While it is well known that the communist parties are the political arms of naxalites, CBCNN goes to the ridiculous extent of associating Mamta with naxalites.

Allegations highlighted as facts

Congress: not just Mulayam protocol

Congress leader makes an allegation against the BJP. CBCNN presents this allegation with bullent-point highlighting at the top. Clearly, CBCNN is distorting facts and views to suit its agenda. That responsible media N.Ram talks about all the time.

Where is Mamta's viewpoint?

Mamata must come for talks: Basu

We get to infer Mamta's views and opinions only from CPI(M)'s statements. CBCNN, as a matter of editorial policy, does not report Mamta's views in its paper.

Thankfully, I am not fasting against CBCNN's one-sided reporting; otherwise I would have died of starvation.

CPI(M) views mirrored from "People's Democracy"

``Struggles for tribal rights have to continue''

What purpose does this article serve, apart from trumpeting the self-claimed achievements of Brinda Karat?
Another article from "People's Democracy" paraphrased into CBCNN.

When the Bill was being discussed in the Rajya Sabha, to the amendments moved by her she said, the Union Minster accepted them and all the accepted amendments would form part of the rules.

The amendments suggested by Brinda Karat were accepted in the parliamentary discussion. Good.

However... there are many areas where the struggle will have to continue to ensure that the loopholes and weaknesses in the legislation, are not utilised against tribals and forest dwelling communities," party Polit Bureau member and MP Brinda Karat said in her article in the latest edition of the party organ People's Democracy.

So the question is, why didn't she address the loopholes and weaknesses in the legistlation during the parliamentary debate. The communists need a reason to agitate.

Join the Xinhua celebration of death mines

Toll in Chinese coal mine disasters drops

Next you will see CBCNN advertising for jobs in Chinese mines.

yossarin on bloggernews.net about CBCNN

Rajnath Singh Re-elected BJP Chief - Mission and Vision for the BJP

As Rajnath Singh assumes the mantle once again buyoued by the recent wins of the BJP, the alarm bells have started ringing in the mainstream media. Leading the charge is the Communist Rag Tag “The Hindu” edited by closet communist N. Ram which in its editorial “BJP back to form” has come up with preposterous arguments to criticize the BJP for its rally in New Delhi on the Afzal Issue and for its actions in Parliament on the Arunachal Pradesh issue. Keeping good company to the communist rag tag, was known congress hack Pankaj Vohra in the stealth congress mouthpiece “The Hindustan Times” where Vohra all of a sudden discovered the vices of political rallies in the wake of a rather successful BJP rally.

"acorn" has a question for N.Ram

A question for N Ram & Co

Anyone who reads CBCNN cant help notice the subtle insinuations it makes to suit its political agenda.

Prasanna's take on CBCNN

The Crumbling Mount Road Marx- Losing relevance

Insightful.

Another great article from churumuri

The column ‘Hindu’ didn’t have the guts to carry

Nearly two-dozen staffers of The Hindu have written in to Churumuri in response to the story Under N. Ram, the Hindu becomes a 'Sorry' paper, providing more chilling evidence of life under the great red warrior, a hyphenated champion of free expression.

But nothing quite captures what we are talking about—the quiet acquiescence to corporate interests—than the paper's mysterious decision to axe this column on Kalanidhi Maran of the Sun TV empire by its media critic Sevanti Ninan three Sundays ago.

The piece, in its entirety, appears on the media website The Hoot (www.thehoot.org). Asked if The Hindu had proffered a reason for not carrying the column, Sevanti says she was merely told that it would be "legally risky", which is another way of saying "due to technical reasons".
...

churumuri: Under N. Ram, CBCNN becomes a ’sorry’ paper

Under N. Ram, the Hindu becomes a ’sorry’ paper

ARVIND SWAMINATHAN writes from Madras: Editors, reporters and correspondents at The Hindu are in a state of shock and disbelief today after another grovelling apology to an automotive major from their card-carrying Editor-in-Chief N. Ram appeared on the pages of the paper.

“In the Open Page article by R.S. Anand titled ‘The way we showcase India abroad’, a sweeping and baseless statement was made about a Kirloskar product, suggesting it was outdated. The Hindu apologises for this unwarranted assertion and withdraws the Open Page article from its website,” the apology signed by the editor-in-chief reads.

The “offending” piece by Anand, a student at RWTH in Aachen, Germany, comprised run-of-the-mill reflections on the Hannover Fair, and contained just two references to Kirloskar—both of them in the same paragraph.

“Companies such as HMT, BHEL, Kirloskar, etc, participated in the (Hannover) fair. My fellow German students were shocked to see the engine displayed by Kirloskar which was designed a century ago. They asked me, ‘Are they still using this one?’” the "offending" paragraph went.

That was enough for Ram, otherwise a champion of free expression on television and in public forums, to go out crawling on all fours.

“Just what does our editor find so sweeping and baseless about that statement,” asked a senior editor of the paper on condition of anonymity. “And anyway it is not the author’s statement, it is the quote of a German visitor."

Hindu staffers are bemused that Ram, otherwise particular about details, should not have published the date of publication of the offending piece—May 21, 2006—in the apology. “It’s almost as if he doesn’t want readers who have back copies of the paper at home to go back and check,” a staffer said.

At the same time, many senior editors and journalists within and outside the Hindu are horrified that the whole article has been axed from the paper’s website although the references to Kirloskar were contained in only one paragraph.

“Look at the irony. We lecture the world on why Da Vinci Code should not be censored. We lecture the world on why Fanaa should not be blacked out. And yet, because some rich family is offended, we remove the whole piece from the website. Is only the paragraph at fault or the whole piece? And what will the author tell his German friends about The Hindu? That the paper has very elastic journalistic ethics, depending on who is offended?” the editor asked.

There is yet a third angle to the apology which is that it comes over and above the head of the much-vaunted Reader’s Editor, K. Narayanan, whom Ram has been projecting as the panacea of all journalistic ills in the country.

“Was Kirloskar’s complaint brought to the notice of the Reader’s Editor? If not, why not? If so, what was the substance of the complaint—that somebody had a view that the advertiser did not like? So, is Ram the Advertiser’s Editor? Doesn't this undermine the position of the Reader’s Editor,” a staffer asked.

The Kirloskar apology is the second inside 20 months since Ram displaced Malini Parthasarathy and his brother N. Ravi in a bloodless palace coup.

On October 20, 2004, Ram published this: “The contents, tone and language of 'Kudos to Tata Motors' by C. Manmohan Reddy (Business Review, The Hindu, October 18, 2004) are highly inappropriate. The Hindu conveys its deep regrets to Mahindra and Mahindra and also to Kotak Mahindra, ICICI Bank, and Citibank for the publication of the article."

In that case, all the “offending” piece did was to lambast Mahindra and Mahindra for showing a “singular lack of responsibility towards the environment”.

“They choose to sell Bharat Stage I versions of the vehicle in large numbers in many of the 11, large and environmentally sensitive, cities where all the other automotive manufacturers have switched to BS II versions—all to save about Rs. 5,000 to 6,000 on very profitable SUVs that cost nearly Rs. 8 lakhs, on the road,” Reddy wrote.

That was enough for Ram to apologise to M&M and the auto finance companies. However unlike in the Kirloskar case, the offending M&M piece continues to remain on the paper’s website along with the apology two days later.

Media watchers say they are not surprised that both the apologies have gone out to automotive companies, which are big advertisers on the pages of The Hindu and many of which are located in Tamil Nadu.

What they find hilarious is that a committed communist should be so servile and obsequious to capitalists.

“Here’s a paper that day in and day out extols Jyoti Basu and Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, Prakash and Brinda Karat. And yet to see it saying sorry for such minor journalistic indiscretions, if they are indiscretions, suggests duplicity, if not plain hypocrisy,” says a journalist who has seen better days under G. Kasturi.

"At least with The Times of India, you get what you see. The paper makes no bones about protecting the advertiser's interest. Here on the other hand, free speech is being twisted by a very forked tongue that wants the cake and wants to eat it too."

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C. Manmohan Reddy’s piece:

http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2004101802971700.htm&date=2004/10/18/&prd=th

N. Ram’s apology:

http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2004102005201500.htm&date=2004/10/20/&prd=th

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Amartya Sen applauds China's land reforms

Do not rely on market economy for development, says Amartya Sen

He further added that the miracle of Chinese growth after they adopted market economy could only be explained by the fact that they had implemented land reforms in the 1980s.

The communists just cant avoid looking at China for inspiration. Here, this Nobel Laurate attributes China's success to land reforms, which swelled the migrant population to 200 million. The 700 million rural population is under constant pressure to find alternate sources of income or join the ranks of the 200 million. I wonder how the land reforms improved the conditions of the poor peasents.

Thankfully, we have Pallavi Aiyar's article today to give us an idea about how the poor peasents have benefited from the land reforms - by joining the industrial revolution.

Several small towns in Guangdong, Zhejiang, and Jiangsu provinces have gone from rags to riches all thanks to Christmas. For example, according to Xinhua news agency, more than 7,000 farmers in Xiaoguanzhuang town of Jiangsu province collectively manufactured some 100 million Christmas decorations for exports in 2004, earning close to $48.3 million.

Oh, btw, this is not the first time Amartya Sen is spouting off nonsense.

A Nobel Prize-winning economist spouts off, and a Chinese survivor sets him straight.

When not bashing BJP, Khare is busy praising CPI(M)

It's time parties made themselves heard

Khare is known for his verbal diarrhea against the BJP. This is one of those rare articles where he does not touch his favourite whipping boy. Instead he showers a lot of praise on CPI(M). This is how he went on from a rag picker to the sub-editor of CBCNN, a red and yellow rag.

Even those who do not always admire the Communist Party of India (Marxist) cannot possibly overlook the vigorous role the party and its cadres have played so far in helping the West Bengal Government put in place a controversial decision. In particular, the CPI(M) cadres have been involved in "selling" the Tata project to the affected people and securing consent letters from the farmers. At the national level, the CPI(M) and its policy-literate leaders have robustly joined the public debate, defending the State government and debunking the Singur project's critics.

The self-congratulatory nature of the communist clique is quite consummately grotesque.

Except in the CPI(M) and the CPI, leaders in almost all political parties have come to be respected or rejected in direct proportion to their perceived ability to help the party win regional or national elections.

This is nauseating. And why is CPI(M), CPI an exception? Is it because it is supported by CBCNN or is it because it is a Chinese party and not an Indian one?

When not bashing BJP, Khare is busy praising CPI(M)

It's time parties made themselves heard

Khare is known for his verbal diarrhea against the BJP. This is one of those rare articles where he does not touch his favourite whipping boy. Instead he showers a lot of praise on CPI(M). This is how he went on from a rag picker to the sub-editor of CBCNN, a red and yellow rag.

Even those who do not always admire the Communist Party of India (Marxist) cannot possibly overlook the vigorous role the party and its cadres have played so far in helping the West Bengal Government put in place a controversial decision. In particular, the CPI(M) cadres have been involved in "selling" the Tata project to the affected people and securing consent letters from the farmers. At the national level, the CPI(M) and its policy-literate leaders have robustly joined the public debate, defending the State government and debunking the Singur project's critics.

The self-congratulatory nature of the communist clique is quite consummately grotesque.

Except in the CPI(M) and the CPI, leaders in almost all political parties have come to be respected or rejected in direct proportion to their perceived ability to help the party win regional or national elections.

This is nauseating. And why is CPI(M), CPI an exception? Is it because it is supported by CBCNN or is it because it is a Chinese party and not an Indian one?

CPI(M) programme on Gujarat riots

Horror tales of Gujarat riots

Safdar Hashmi was a member of the CPI (M) and Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust (SAHMAT) is a CPI(M) NGO outfit. This article has all the ingredients of a typical commie report : blaming the police, projecting muslims as victims and hindus as aggressors, etc.

CBCNN started off its Gujarat campaign much faster that I anticipated.