FEASTING ON SCAPEGOATS

 

Barbosa was the Brazilian goalkeeper who conceded the decisive goal that led to Uruguay's 2 - 1 triumph over hosts Brazil in the 1950 World Cup final.

50 years after the game, a woman in a shop spotted him. 

"Look at him", she told her son, "He is the man that made all of Brazil cry."

Unfortunately, the newspapers and  the TV news channels in Kerala are moving heaven and earth on a drive to feast on scapegoats. For them, the rulers of the State on date are the convenient scapegoats.

They feed on negative news. They feed negative news. The gullible public toe their line. They depend on ventriloquism. They make people sing their songs. 

Since the supposedly  have nots far exceed the haves - though have nots are no longer have nots - the have nots are happy to vent their intolerance of rulers of the day through the media.

The media thrive on the ratings.

Sans scapegoats they can't ever do that.