Over the past 2 months, and especially over the past couple of weeks, several Telugu TV news channels (and 1-2 national TV channels) have been indulging in severely misleading reporting about Hyderabad in their bid for high TRPs through sensationalism.
They have been making it look like the whole of Hyderabad is burning, while in reality incidents of unrest have been happening in a small part of Hyderabad - in one campus and its surrounding areas.
Hyderabad has already been hurt by the incidents of the past 3 months - no new investments are even being contemplated, and even many existing and committed investments are contemplating shifting out.
By all reports, a certain other South-Indian city is gleefully lapping up all that is coming their way thanks to the negative PR our city is getting.
The last thing we need now is irresponsible reporting that makes things look bad even when they really aren't any more.
We at fullhyd.com believe that most of the problem is being caused by irresponsible reporting by the electronic media, that tends to hype the smallest of incidents to monstrous proportions.
Somebody has to stop them and their competitive sensationalism - and it has to be the citizens of this city.
We have all enjoyed the growth of this city into an IT and biotech hub, and the jobs it gave us, and the lifestyle it gave us, and the dignity it gave us.
It's time for us to now give back, and save the city from reckless and false TV coverage that is killing Brand Hyderabad when the city is back to being just as safe and cool as it always was.It's going to be a huge job to make the TV channels, greedy for TRPs, start showing Hyderabad in a positive light, but if each of us does their bit, it will certainly happen, and very soon.
Post your protests on this forum. Once they reach a certain number, we at fullhyd.com will take prints of each message and send them to the CEOs of all those TV channels doing damaging and exaggerated reporting.fullhyd.com is
India's largest local guide by traffic in a city, and gets 3,00,000 unique visits a month - and every post you make instantly gets onto our home page. It's the fastest and best way to get heard about this issue.
Protest now, and together we citizens of Hyderabad will all make them stop the damaging reporting soon.
And when you are through, write to all your friends who you think care about our city, and get them to post their protests here, too. The more the number of us that raise our voices, the faster we will be heard, and the greater the impact.