I am quite amused by the speed at which our Main Stream Media has started fawning over Narendra Modi. They had spent a good part of the last 14 years demonising him and now have only good words for him.
This reminds me (as a history nut) about how the French Press behaved in 1815.
Napoleon was imprisoned in the island of Elba.He escaped the island and marched onto Paris where he deposed King Louis XVIII and regained power.
The following is a list of Paris newspaper headlines reporting the journey of Napoleon across France, on his return from exile on Elba, March 9 to March 22, 1815:
March 9
THE ANTHROPOPHAGUS HAS QUITTED HIS DEN
March 10
THE CORSICAN OGRE HAS LANDED AT CAPE JUAN
March 11
THE TIGER HAS ARRIVED AT CAP
March 12
THE MONSTER SLEPT AT GRENOBLE
March 13
THE TYRANT HAS PASSED THOUGH LYONS
March 14
THE USURPER IS DIRECTING HIS STEPS TOWARDS DIJON
March 18
BONAPARTE IS ONLY SIXTY LEAGUES FROM THE CAPITAL
He has been fortunate enough to escape his pursuers
March 19
BONAPARTE IS ADVANCING WITH RAPID STEPS, BUT HE WILL NEVER ENTER PARIS
March 20
NAPOLEON WILL, TOMORROW, BE UNDER OUR RAMPARTS
March 21
THE EMPEROR IS AT FONTAINEBLEAU
March 22
HIS IMPERIAL AND ROYAL MAJESTY arrived yesterday evening at the Tuileries, amid the joyful acclamation of his devoted and faithful subjects
3 replies on “How the Indian Media of 2014 is like the French Press of 1815”
Would like to see reference of source please. Thanks.
http://wrathfuldove.org/2010/01/29/telling-and-amusing-headline-progression/
Now if you can track the statements by Barkha , Rupa Subramanian, Sadanad Dhume over the last 5 years .