Losing public goodwill Assam Media's way
Losing public goodwill: Assam media's way Nava Thakuria Public reactions against a news item in any newspaper or news channel may be usual in India, but public outrages in digital platforms against the mainstream media outlets for not covering a particular issue is definitely an unusual phenomenon. Far-eastern Indian State of Assam witnessed such a public fury against some of the editor-journalists for avoiding the press conferences by opposition political parties where they targeted the State chief minister for his family’s alleged land scam. The organized public uproar in the alternate media was so intense that the celebrity editor-journalists of Assam did not dare to clarify their positions. They preferred to avoid the debates killing time. Shockingly, no media worker’s outfit, civil society groups or reader and viewers came forward defending the otherwise glamourous editor-journalists, when they faced the abusive social media posts for many days. Assam with over 30 million pop...