14-Lessons From Selective Outrage Of Indian Media On Rape Cases

Four days back, the Times of India published a piece of news telling upper caste people raped a Dalit girl in Uttar Pradesh. However, they kept mum on another case that happened nearly at the same time, where a love Jihadi Mullah has raped and killed a Hindu girl. I have immediately tweeted, asking TOI for their response on whether they will report the love Jihad rape case as well. But, as per their agenda of vilifying the upper caste and dividing Hindus, yesterday, they came up with front-page news on the Dalit rape case and nothing on the love jihad rape and murder case.
Another news came from Rajasthan, where a Muslim killed a Hindu Dalit girl after raping her. Again, the so-called mainstream media kept mum in this case also. Why, because the rapist was a Muslim Jihadi who gets blessings from Allah raping the Kafir or non-Muslim women and girls. Yesterday, the case of the Dalit girl from UP, allegedly raped by upper-caste people, has been picked by congress leader Priyanka Gandhi and the whole media went berserk, vilifying the UP government while keeping mum on Jihadi rape cases happened at the same time.
This is the sad reality of rape cases reporting of today’s mainstream Indian media. However, we get regular updates from social media on love Jihad rapes and videos of Muslim preachers instigating mullah jihadists to lure Hindu girls for love and then convert and rape them. All this makes us think about how to tackle the Jihadi media narratives and effectively report the Jihadi rapes, riots, and murder cases. The following are the lessons we should learn from the ongoing selective reporting of the mainstream media of India.
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