Tuesday 28 November 2017

Media war in Bhopal: Dainik Bhaskar Vs People's Group, Vyapam to Sanskaar Valley School

Everyone knows that Sanskaar Valley, the boarding school of Bhaskar group, has been built in forestland, violating all norms.

But no major media group published the news, ever. Dainik Bhaskar is India's biggest group and can arm-twist governments, so why take it head on!

Also, all business groups have their own weak points and hence avoid attacking other group.

Big groups need media to put pressure on state government and administration, get things done--legally or otherwise.

So, there is an unwritten code--no group would target the other.

But when this code is breached--one paper (Bhaskar) published news of owner of the other group (People's) involvement in Vyapam scam, the other group too decided to break it, come out publicly against them, starts series on Bhaskar group's school.

People's group too has newspaper, so they can do it. Now People's Samachar has started a series, targeting the School project. It seems the fight will be long and dirty linen would be washed.

Good for readers, citizens though as the 'dirty practices' will be in open. That's why the 'biz groups' need papers, media arms, channels--either national-state or local-cable.