Fake interview with Tamil actress incriminates Paramahamsa Nithyananda
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Kumudam Reporter concocted a fake interview with the Tamil actress portrayed in the fake video. The seventeen-page-article was published as a part of systematic poisonous defamation of Paramahamsa Nithyananda as well as the actress Ms Ranjitha.
In the wake of the release of “Fake Video” on His Divine Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda with a Tamil actress, the media went on a crusade to poisonously defame Him along with the actress among the masses. Lie after lie, they published derogatory articles depicting Him as a threat to society. They ran a systematic poisonous defamatory campaign against Him, generating massive amounts of atrocity material, denying His human dignity. The agenda of the sleazy tabloid through the poisonous defamation was:
- Character assassination of His Divine Holiness.
- History distortion of a popular spiritual leader revered by millions by erasing the collective memory of his positive contributions, and planting a memory of Him as a promiscuous sex offender and a ‘fake saint’.
- The ‘false’ sexual association of a spiritual public figure with a well-reputed actress to amuse and program the masses to fall for the lie that a young spiritual leader fell for a glamourous public figure.
- Had they named an ordinary woman, the defamation impact would not last more than a few days. Media used the ‘negative stereotype’ of actresses in days to come to attack His Divine Holiness.
Tamil tabloid Kumudam Reporter cooks up 17-page interview with actress Ranjitha
Kumudam Reporter is amongst the most vicious and abusive of the media outlets. Relying on the censorious and hyper-sadistic pornographic writing skills of one Charu Nivedita, Kumudam Reporter spat out 30 articles of exclusive pornographic magazine published to character assassinate His Divine Holiness and His devotees. It repeatedly published blatantly fabricated BIG LIES as undeniable fact, to create a programmed negative image amongst public.
Kumudam Reporter, utilizing its yellow journalistic tactics, cooked up the interview, naming it: 'Actress Ranjitha's Sensational Interview'. Seventeen pages of the magazine were dedicated to this 'pseudo interview' that had elaborate defamatory lies and false stories, with lies such as - he confessed to the genuinity of the fake video.
FACTS:
- Ranjitha was not even in Kerala while this article falsely claims that it tracked her down in Kerala and got the interview. Ranjitha was in United States.
- While they never once talked to her, just to make the article more realistic, they go into such details of BIG LIES that - how hurt she was with the whole situation!
- The Actress has filed a defamation suit on the said magazine in the Indian courts.
Manipulating the Public - Mixing Truth with Lies
In the article, Kumudam Reporter cooked up details of what was supposedly said by the Actress - including a fake confession. They took her answers from other media appearances, and mixed it with their own lies and projections of the event. Moreover, it was shown that the actress was immensely hurt by the actions of His Divine Holiness which is a complete lie. They created their own questions and own answers in the name of an interview. This is a complete violation of the journalistic ethic of “Truth and Accuracy”.
Rights to Express Himself Denied
Ignorant readers would naturally believe this fake interview and doubt His Divine Holiness as a liar and predator. The atrocity material of BIG LIES generated by the mainstream media was so voluminous that He was completely denied this platform to tell His side of the story - the truth. Masses never got to know His side of story. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks as per Article 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, “No one shall be subjected to attacks upon his honour and reputation”.
Kumudam Reporter, 10 March 2010: the concocted 17-page interview which got published to defame the actress Ms. Ranjitha and His Divine Holiness
2010-03-16
Times Now, 'Dhanya' reporter does poisonous defamation, fabricating confession of crime
TIMES NOW promised to telecast a live interview with His Divine Holiness but the telecast was completely edited and twisted into a false confession to poisonously defame Him and smear His powerful and popular reputation forever.
- They exaggerated, misled with half-truths, manipulated facts to portray His Divine Holiness’ as an abhorrent criminal.
- The defamation done was equivalent to assassinating His life. Considering His tremendous humanitarian contributions that would reshape the present and future of humanity, the sustained damage would have lasted not only the lifetime but for several centuries.
Despite being lethally attacked by mobs over 10 times in three days, His Divine Holiness continued his responsibility to be at the Kumbh Mela which began on March 10, 2010. The Kumbh Mela is the largest spiritual gathering where Hindus from all over the world traveled to Haridwar and participated in The Shahi Snan (Holy Bath in the sacred River Ganga) and other grand processions showcasing the different bodies of Sanatana Hindu Dharma, including the various Akhadas (Spiritual Hindu Organisations), and demonstrating extraordinary yogic powers. During the Kumbh Mela, the heads of Akhadas come together to participate in the grand spiritual event as well as to discuss and resolve contemporary issues faced by practicing Hindus and strategize expansion plans. His Divine Holiness, being the top most spiritual guardian, was expected to convene the meeting.
While His Divine Holiness was participating in the Kumbh Mela, the secretaries of His Divine Holiness received requests for an interview by many news channels. After much betrayal and blackmail by media, especially by Sun network, the secretaries were wary of any association with the media then. However, Times Now Television Channel insisted that it wanted to show a live interview of His Divine Holiness which would bring out the truth with the whole world.
WHAT 'TIMES NOW' PROMISED
- Times Now said that the live video would ensure that His Divine Holiness's words reached the public without any misrepresentation.
- They presented a promising opportunity of ending the saga of deadly, negative, fake media coverage going across the nation against His Divine Holiness.
- The secretaries to His Divine Holiness, considering Times Now as a leading trustworthy national channel, were convinced that this would be the necessary platform for Him to directly reach out to the nation and establish the truth.
When the interview got over, Ms. Dhanya Rajendran - Times Now reporter, convinced the disciples of His Divine Holiness, that they had technical issues in telecasting and recorded the interview committing to telecast the interview as it is.
TIMES NOW'S BREACH OF PROMISE
Only after the interview got filmed and broadcasted across national television channels, the diabolical intentions of Times Now became known. While Times Now had promised a live telecast, it aired the recorded interview with its own superimposed false texts and completely fabricated content.
Strategic character assassination done by Dhanya Rajendran
Watch https://youtu.be/QPsc6Yblhp4
The secretaries had no premonition that the Times Now Media had committed such 'interview fraud' to poisonously defame and assassinate the character of His Divine Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda; erasing the last shred of sacred reputation and criminally distorting His history. It also destroyed the first and last hope to convey the truth to the world through mainstream media.
The interview was the first public clarification of His Divine Holiness on the morphed video. The entire nation was waiting to hear. Clinching its huge captive audience, Times Now executed its true agenda, shocking the secretaries beyond words.
TIMES NOW CRIMINAL TRACK RECORD - COUNTRY’S HIGHEST DEFAMATION SLAPPED On 15 November 2011, in the country's highest defamation suit, the Supreme Court upheld Bombay High Court's order making Times Now liable to pay Rs. 100 crore. The channel had erroneously run Justice (retd) P B Sawant's picture instead of another judge in connection with the Provident Fund scam.
In August 2015, Times Now was accused of misrepresenting facts regarding an interview it telecasted of an alleged eve-teaser. The News Broadcasting Standards Authority authorities asked Times Now to apologise and fined them 50,000 rupees for this.
The BLATANT LIES of Times Now
The broadcasting of Dhanya Rajendran’s interview with His Divine Holiness was not telecasted as a live interview as it was promised. It was a maliciously engineered news item. The headlines screamed: “TIMES NOW MANAGED TO TRACK DOWN SWAMI NITHYANANDA IN HARIDWAR”. His Divine Holiness was maliciously portrayed as a ‘criminal on the run’. He had already made a public statement that He was going to the Kumbh Mela to fulfill His responsibilities as the Mahamandaleshwar of the Mahanirvani Akhada (A spiritual organisation). The expectation was that Times Now will reach out to people. With the opening headline, their poisonous defamation was exposed.
Further, while His Divine Holiness was elaborately explaining how the video was a morphed misrepresentation of Him, and that there was a conspiracy behind the unfolding events, Times Now displayed a foxy bold headline posing to be a quote: “YES IT’S ME IN THE VIDEO!” - a completely fabricated line that cunningly overshadowed His words and made the viewer pre-suppose that He is confessing.
Times Now, Dhanya spits poison of BIG LIES, defaming the character His Divine Holiness - placing defamatory headlines such as - 'yes, it's me in video', 'tainted Swami's defense', 'give me a chance to explain'.
Visual Distortion - poisoning the visuals
The footage of His Divine Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda broadcasted live on TV compared to the footage taken by one of the secretaries of Paramahamsa Nithyananda shows that there was deliberate manipulation in the video of His Divine Holiness' skin and facial proportions.
The video manipulation with forced lighting and the visual tempering:
- The deliberate camera setting at an inappropriate angle on the face of His Divine Holiness to distort his facial features. It shows a wider forehead and a wider jaw.
- In the footage from Times Now, the lighting can be seen as centered around His Divine Holiness' head, manipulated by technology. After making the face cartoonish, unlikable, and dreary, they are highlighting it with a halo behind it.
The second photo is of His Divine Holiness taken from the home camera of His Divine Holiness' secretary in which his facial proportions are normal, lighting is distributed evenly across the face and in the background.
It became obvious that no media was looking for the truth. It only wanted ‘footage’ to cover its already conspired prepaid headlines. The continuous poisonous defamation by Times Now was an open media trial to convict Him as guilty and deprive Him of the fundamental Human Right of being innocent until proven guilty forever.
2010-03-25