SA Media’s Bout of Measles

RE: HN

I have not seen you on any of the post …..but here is the US/Sudan settlement .. well it turns out that the case is still in court (US almost settled but Mr. Idris wants more!) .. well check it out

http://news6.thdo.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid%5F854000/854899.stm

It seems .. that I am the only one who is intrested in cricket ! well those of you who are still intrested in cricket here is the latest on Austrlain dominance arrogance and ILLEGAL hold on ICC (International Clown Council)

from total-cricket.com

Dalmiya Lashes Out

By Our Correspondent

New Delhi, July 13

Jagmohan Dalmiya has voiced his dissatisfaction with International Cricket Council (ICC) CEO David Richards who reportedly kept Dalmiya in the dark about Australian bowler Brett Lee’s suspect action. According to the newspaper Dalmiya claimed that Richards’ actions were a ‘dereliction of duty’ since Dalmiya was not informed about the suspicions about Lee’s action while he was ICC president, even though the incident was reported two months back.

According to a leading Indian daily, Dalmiya, who ended his tenure as ICC chief a fortnight ago, was upset with Richards for not bringing up Lee’s suspect action when Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar’s action was being discussed.

Dalmiya was reported to be angry since Richards brought the incident to the notice of Australian Cricket Board (ACB) chief executive Malcolm Speed a day after Australian Malcolm Gray succeeded Dalmiya as ICC president.

Dalmiya, who was in the eye of a storm when he lifted the ban on Akhtar on a request from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), was irked since the committee allegedly did not refer the Lee incident to the Indian and Pakistani representatives who were not called to attend the meeting.

Lee’s action was reported by Indian umpires Venkatraghavan and Jayaprakash during Australia-New Zealand series early this year. They reported his action to match referee Mike Denness, who then reported the matter to the ICC. According to the ICC, the illegal deliveries committee will now investigate Lee’s action and the ACB will be informed about the committee’s findings. The ACB has indicated that it will undertake any corrective measures that may be required. The ACB has also appointed fast bowling guru Dennis Lillee to study Lee’s bowling action.

Here is Imran Khan on the issue of ICC & Waqar

(from Total-cricket.com)

Imran Khan

The Brett Lee chucking episode that has emerged over the last few days has once again painted the ICC in poor light. I found it extremely strange that the ICC Chief Executive Officer David Richards did not inform the then president Jagmohan Dalmiya of the umpires report against Lee. I think this raises serious questions about Richards’ accountability, as this is not the first time when he swept a potentially damaging issue concerning Australia under the carpet. The first one of course was the Shane Warne and Mark Waugh affair that was kept under wraps for four years.

In 1992 when I was part of the ICC, I witnessed for myself the divide between the white and the coloured cricket playing nations. The Australians and English in particular were not ready to compromise on any front. It clearly appeared then, and still does today, that the two countries that have so far held sway want to ensure that none of their domination is lost. Look at the bizarre situation now with both the Chief Executive and the President coming from Australia.

Coming back to Richards, it is important to note that he has been elected by the ICC and not by the Australian Cricket Board and therefore his loyalties must lie with the ICC. At the moment it is dubious where his loyalty lies. I firmly believe that he should be questioned about the Mark Waugh and Shane Warne affair. Why did he hush it up for so long? Further, I think if the Qayyum Report had to be re-opened in Pakistan, why should this serious offence by Waugh and Warne not come under scrutiny now? That is the main issue according to me - who is Richards accountable to?

I also have a few grouses with the manner that Waqar Younis’ ball tampering issue has been handled. Law 42.2 of the cricket rulebook is extremely clear in stating that the umpire is the sole judge in deciding what constitutes fair and unfair play. As it turned out in this case, even though the referee John Reid saw Waqar scratching the seam of the ball on television, the law makes no provision for him to interfere. If the umpire has cleared the bowler than that’s the final word- it doesn’t matter whether the match referee, commentators or press say anything.

My whole court case against Ian Botham and Allan Lamb was based on this argument when I said that the law is faulty. Everybody tampers with the ball, in varying degrees, but it is natural to do so as the law stands.

I said back then in 1996 that the law needs to be amended. The ambiguity in the rulebooks was the cause of the attack on the Pakistani bowlers by the England players and media in the early nineties. I think that ball tampering is a serious issue and needs to be stamped out. But this is possible only if the law dictates so.

I certainly do not think that allowing the match referee to interfere is a good idea. The match referee is supposed to look into the discipline of the players and really should not have any right to make such decisions. According to me, the third umpire in consultation with the two main umpires is the right combination to look into ball tampering offences. But then again, this must be clearly be stated in the laws else ball tampering can never be done away with.

ICC is one corrupt, inefficient and dumb organization. Well if Waqar got caught cheating so he is , punish him , spank him or flog him what ever the cricket law says ! BUT the laws must be applied universally and equally , some how its always the Asian players and organization who get the ‘exemplary’ punishments. Mulitharan found chucking when Australians could not figure him out, The two WW’s were presumed to be cheating when chubby Englishmen got there toes crushed. Integrality and fairness of Indian Umpires is in question when they found Bret Lee’s action suspicious … Mike Atherton got caught red handed altering the ball by rubbing sand on it ! he never got suspended and in that instance the bowl was inspected and changed! .. but Umpire did not find anything wrong with the ball in Waqar’s case they continued the match with the same ball! The picture and video does not show anything incrementing .. Reid the bias Kiwi Ump. did not even notice anything wrong until some media members made an issue of it..

ICC has made a mess of the game and it is going to be even worse in the future if they continue with this attitude there is a growing rift between White and Asian cricket .. The English and Australian failed to grasp the reality .. The Asian cricket is flourishing and future is now and here in Asia .. the crowds and popularity of cricket in SriLanka Bangladesh Pakistan and India is unmatched … but for English/Australian/ Newzeland aka white establishment it’s a white sports with colored people dominating it …

Cricket rulz!

Cronje is a Crook!

Steak for dinner

Metallica for US Presidency

Waqar Younis`s being caught has caused a lot of controversy ...

Anyone?

``Sensitising of media``

Today the trend is toward bigger and bigger media conglomorates and the number of independent media sources is actually decreasing.

The pressure to be `sensitive` is less than the pressure to be profitable. Else why would Princess D be chased to her death?

Where Internet sources are concerned, the widely quoted problem is that there is just too much out there with no accompanying credibility or reliability tags. This makes them less effective for dissemination of both news and views, though still potentially powerful, I would agree.

Finally, whatever else is happening in the West, on the subcontinent at least, Internet sources just donot reach enough people.

Sadhana

http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/jul2000-daily/07-07-2000/oped/o3.htm

EXCELLENT ANALYSIS !!!!

America sees reason- Masud Akhtar Shaikh

Clinton`s distrust of India must have been further reinforced by the Pakistani print media which has been constantly warning America about the proverbial unreliable behaviour of Hindus, both as individuals and as a nation. In the meantime, some insider might have whispered into Clinton`s ears that the famous Urdu proverb ``Baghal mein chhury munh mein Ram Ram`` (professing godliness with a knife concealed in the sleeve) is a true reflection of the Hindu mind and that he better be careful while embracing his Indian friends! Clinton`s conscience must have pricked him for having unjustifiably caused distress to an old ally like Pakistan. Hence a directive to Albright et al to mind their words while talking about Pakistan.

RE: HN

Dude I heard that on local (Chicago AM radio) .. they ran about 5 minute story about that , interestingly the Sudanese guy who sued the US government was more interested that the US should accept the blame and apologize but the US government settled out of court to keep a low profile and it never apologized or accepted any wrong doing … I will let you know if I find any info about it on the net

I totally agree .. the point is that it is impossible that one (person or media) have unbiased opinion on any subject matter .. when a reporter narrates a story he is seeing the facts from his own perspective , and it is up to you to decide which perspective you will take into account when you reach your own conclusion.. that’s why you see so many takes on ‘facts’ of history …

Cricket rulz!

Cronje is a Crook!

Steak for dinner

Metallica for US Presidency

Feroz:

You introduced timocracy.

n., pl. ti·moc·ra·cies.

1: A state described by Plato as being governed on principles of honor and military glory.
2: An Aristotelian state in which civic honor or political power is proportional to the property one owns.

Here is another one.


n., pl. kak·is·toc·ra·cies.

Government by the least qualified or most unprincipled citizens.

[Greek kakistos, worst, superlative of kakos, bad; see caco- + -cracy.]


Hope we can debate whether GOP is timocratic or kakistocratic.


regards

t


PS: Harish, let us aim for the stars and settle for at least double digit numbers here?

Thanks for the meagre response that I got. When you have less of it you value more of it.

Scout: Thanks.

temporal: Also the same, but guess a little more, for wading through the piece and postying the proof...

Rooster-Blues: Your reply was interesting. Can you direct me to that Sudanese/ American government settlement ?

Are not there a few publications of higher credibility than others? ... despite some obvious flaws. Just a thought...

Next piece i write on gardening i am going to call the cricket a beetle...

and heres me thinking the funda of nationalism interested a lot of chowkies...

I`m replying to this article because I feel bad about the low reply count.

I did not read this article because I`m allergic to anything that contains the word ``cricket`` in it.

But Harish, I salute you for writing this article and breaking the whole Kashmir/India/Pakistan/Hindu/Musalman/moustache

fiasco.

Enough said.

Good luck with everything

Harish:

I have to write. Say something here or else somebody I know will mourn the loss of a certain Crown.

You will learn, if you haven’t already that Chowk has uniquely managed to stifle interest in Cricket articles. They are in the process of patenting the application. Sometimes I wonder if they wave the same magic wand for K and I/P and H/M then this could be a really interesting site.

I enjoyed these insights:

--- Beyond cricket, (Is there actually such a question on the sub continent?)
--- the only place where true globalisation is happening, once the word`s meaning is torn away from its economic crib
--- There have been several citizens of the world in history, who never felt at home anywhere


As for your query, “... can we hope for a sensitising of the media?” I will have to point you to another site where you could glean some useful and relevant information.

At the recently held South Asian Media Conference the following persons read papers and they are available at:

http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/spedition/media-conf/index.html

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South Asian Media Conference

July 1-2, 2000, Islamabad

``Towards a free, fair and vibrant media``



Following is the list of speakers

Ahmad Bashir
Alka Saxena - TV Today, India
Allama Siddique Azhar - Columnist, Daily Khabrain, Pakistan
Alok Mehta - Executive Editor, Hindustan, India
Brig. A.R. Siddiqi - Executive Director, RIPSS Karachi, Pakistan
Aslam Azhar - Former Managing Director, PTV, Pakistan
Ata-ur-Rehman, Editor Zindigi, Pakistan
Moreshwar V. Badge - Resident Editor, Lokmat, Nagpur, India
Barkha Dutt - NDTV, India
Beena Sarwar - Editor, The News on Sunday, Pakistan
Dr Gulab Kothari - Rajasthan Patrika, Jaipur (India)
Gyan Bahadur Rai - The Rising Nepal
Hamid Akhtar - Columnist Din, Pakistan
Irshad Ahmed Haqqani - Columnist, Jang Lahore, Pakistan
Hussain Naqi - Columnist, The Nation, Pakistan
Ikram Sehgal - Defence Journal, Pakistan
Kamila Hyat - Editor, The News, Lahore, Pakistan
M.P. Bhandara - Columnist, Dawn, Pakistan
Munnoo Bhai - Columnist, Jang, Pakistan
Rajdeep Sardesai - Political Editor NDTV, India
Ranga Kalansooriya - Sri Lanka
Reazuddin Ahmed - Chief Editor, The Financial Express, Bangladesh
Rita Manchanda - SAFHR, India
Samara Niazi - Editor, MAG, Pakistan
Shireen Pasha - Pakistan

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And if one, some, or all of them fail to answer your question, then I guess you will have to come back and pen another article to pose the question again.

regards,

temporal

Well here is the thing , there is no such thing as free/impartial media. The media corporations are driven by marketing/advertising , ranking/ratings and whole lot of vested interest of culture, society and economics. Did CNN ever broadcast the settlement between Al-Shafa pharmaceutical (the Sudanesse factory bombed in retaliation of African US embassy bombings) and U.S government (the US government settled for couple of millions dollars after the owner of the plant sued) , the largest media corporation does not even double check there facts before they air a story , few weeks back when Nawz Sheriff was convicted of CE’s air pane hijacking ,CNN aired the story with a video clipping of Air India hijacking in Afghanistan ( presumably they thought the hijacking case was about the Air India hijacking!) … so here is the point South African media is putting out what people want to see not what they should see… American media was fascinated by Bill Clinton getting BJ from Monica, Elain’s unfortunate episode etc. How many Indian newspapers criticize their Army for rape/abuse of there own Kashmiri population? Yet they will run editorials on the loss of young soldiers blah blah…How many media outlets in Pakistan ever criticized Army’s role in Pakistani mess? .. Waseem Akram is paraded as national hero after he whipped SriLanka , no media has the balls to point a finger at him (Pakistani media that is ) as a major corner stone of the betting scandal .. .. media has the luxury of creating there own hero and villains, they want to create sensationalism, Hollywood like emotions, triumphs, and mushy pictures … how can be a media outlet free when there business is driven by advertising dollar, readership and loyalty !