N Srinivasan Case : Is the media acting ethically?

'They' said media sensationalized news. I wasn't a true believer of that until recently. The recent uproar against Narayanaswami Srinivasan, president of the BCCI stands testimony to what 'they' said. The content of this article is purely my opinion and based on personal conviction.

The media has the freedom to write, freedom to question, freedom to demand (and?) the freedom to incept. They (media people) represent us, hence, that deprives us of the right to question them. So this gives the media the power to choose a topic, blow it to the required proportion and incept it in the common man's minds. And what does the common man do? Get carried away.

Three RR players arrested for fixing games against their home side, breaking news "Royal Shame". Vindhoo Dara Singh found to be a middleman for betting, breaking news "Vindoo links to IPL betting". CSK owner Gurunath Meyapaan arrested for betting, breaking news ("Guru arrested for betting"?, partly yes), main breaking news "N Srinivasan vs Rest of India".
An 'outsider', just introduced to the issue prevailing would probably see clearly that logic takes a slight beating in the third case. The three incidents by themselves have succeeded in kindling the common man's anger against the RR players, Vindhoo and Gurunath. His rage against BCCI president N Srinivasan is however questionable.
The 'outsider' would realize that the media has shifted tracks from the issue that was initially under the spotlight, spot fixing. The new track leads to N Srinivasan's resignation.

And that too all day long, this is not a national crisis situation. 

The media seems to have taken inspiration from remarks by individuals who are perhaps waiting to dethrone the president. You know there is something wrong when even Lalit Modi takes the side of the media and calls for the resignation of the president.

                       

Even Modi gets to comment on this, why put him in front of the camera? 

While the media has failed to unite the nation on issues such as the Coal-gate scam (a scam involving thousands of crores), the very recent Naxalite attack on Congress MPs, it has succeeded in uniting a nation against the president of the Cricket Board whose son in law was allegedly  involved in betting on matches. The Naxalite attack, though a hugely depressing one, provided a much needed relief from the media hounding. It was however, shortlived. Arnab Goswami was headstrong about resuming the temporarily paused discussion. (Not hitting out at him, big fan)

It is indeed important for the media to prioritize content. Thousands of other issues prevail as the Mumbai Crime Branch carries out investigation on the betting row. These issues have clearly been taken backstage for now.

I am not taking N Srinivasan's side. I wouldn't be surprised if there is evidence against him two weeks later.  I only believe "As much as the media has the power to bring about a change for the good, it has the power to divert attention and manipulate." (the ongoing happenings are clear proof).