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Media , remove "beef" from ‪#‎dadrilynching‬ story please!

I just read a column by Suhel Seth and was quite impressed. The message is quite clear media needs to be responsible. He puts it very mildly while actually this is quite serious. Media creates perceptions and can fuel hatred and anger. Yesterday I read an article by Atish Taseer on similar issue, however he remained in his elitist journalism and illusion. He seemed to be away from ground reality and part of coterie who is flaming the issue. So whythere is such a sudden outburst of hatred in India? Is it that this started after Modi came to power? Is this his agenda? Is it that our country is so bad that seldom there is good news on front page? Why the sahitya akademi awards never on front page when they are awarded but are very conveniently used on the cover when returned? Why suddenly corruption disappeared from the news and communalism is rampant? If communalism is so rampant then why am I not afraid when I go out of my home? Why a newspaper conveniently stops covering a story re...