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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

When a party form a government on its own i.e without any coalition partners, they tend to target the opposition with all the arsenal be it CBI , ED and sometimes even the Judiciary. However the elections are fair and impartial for the most part. Just recently, BJP got its ass handed to it in a state election in Karnataka. They may win the federal election again but it is hardly a death of democracy. Their grip on states have been slipping and once it goes out, they will most likely lose the federal government as well. The same happened during Indira Gandhi era. The same is happening now. Democracy survived then and will survive now. I am not saying there is no assault on democratic institutions in India. But they have proved resilient enough to prevent a democratic collapse as portrayed in this article.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

And it's already been pointed out that the actions of Trump and Bolsonaro mirror the same undermining strategy but failed. Still, Modi controls nearly all the media now so it's going to be stronger propaganda than Fox News.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

and just look at what happened to Fox News: finally knocked off of their pedestal after decades of being #1-- by MSNBC

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

TV is becoming like radio was back in the 90s, something only old people listen to. However, only old people vote it seems as well.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

MSNBC which does only marginally better reporting than Fox News. I have mixed feelings about this.

I haven’t looked at the numbers but I wonder if this is driven by the consolidation of media consumption by left-leaning consumers and the fracturing of media consumption by right-leaning consumers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

oh, don't get me wrong, I'm not simping for MSNBC-- nor any corporate news conglomerate. I was just commenting on Fox News's fall from... well, whatever it was. the top.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Yes, I feel the same. So while I do enjoy watching their decline I’m not sure this represents an improvement in the media ecosystem as a whole. I suspect a lot of former Fox News viewers have now been sucked into far right or even fascist media sources.

[–] meisterlix 2 points 2 years ago

Which makes India's case sound more like Hungary or turkey don't you think? More or less complete control of the media while still having "fair" elections.