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Of late there has been a spate of news reports, articles, panel discussions and
editorials on attacks on
Churches in India. Most of
these reports etc have
been consistent in blaming
Hindu groups for these
attacks. Equally, in an age
of social media and free
access to information,
doubts have been raised
both about the attacks and
the veracity of these
reports.
On the other side, there is
almost no coverage,
analysis, editorials, and TV
shows on attacks on the
places of worship of non-
Abrahamic religions
including Hinduism,
Jainism, Buddhism and
Sikhism. Could it be the
case that there were no
attacks at all on these
places of worship?
IndiaFacts commissioned a
study-cum-analysis of mainstream English media’s coverage of attacks on Hindu
places of worship. The findings are quite revealing.
To begin with, secularism is an article of faith for the Indian English mainstream
media. With that in mind, and with coverage of temple attacks as the context, our
analysis also examined three broad aspects:
Does the Indian English mainstream media really practice the secularism it
preaches?
Is our mainstream English media being fair in its coverage?
Is our mainstream English media making an attempt to narrow the focus to a
particular set of incidents with the intention of creating a false narrative?
Methodology
The IndiaFacts team sourced news reports, articles, opeds, and TV shows mainly
from the Internet, and print for good measure. These news sources were spread
across the most popular and widely read newspapers, online news channels, and
TV media.
Data was collected based on coverage related to attacks, thefts, vandalism, hate
crimes, corruption, mis-governance, and land grab with respect to temples (where
temples are generically defined as stated earlier: places of worship of non-
Abrahamic faiths). Data was collected for a period of six months: between 01
October 2014 and 31 March 2015, which is a decent sample size to be considered
as representative to arrive at reasonably accurate conclusions.
Preliminary Observations
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