If the Goddess Of All Melodious things were to know how a section of the media is spreading alarmist reports on her health merely to grab eyeballs, she would be deeply saddened.
Once when unsavoury reports about Mr Bachchan’s health were being circulated in desperate-for-attention sections of the media Lataji had spoken out against the trend of “killing” celebrities on social media.
“Log aisa kyon karte hain? Unhein kya milta hai(why do people do such things? What do they get out of it?). I have been a repeated victim of this trend. Logon ne toh mujhe itni baar maar diya hai ke mujhe yaad bhi nahin(I’ve been killed off so many times I don’t even remember ). To declare someone ill, or critically ill when he/she is not so, or worse, declare them dead…do people realize how it worries friends, relatives and genuine well-wishers? I request people to not indulge in such idle click-baiting. There are other ways to get attention rather than playing with lives.”
This was what Lataji had to say on making news by selling false health bulletins. I request all my media colleagues to give at least Lataji the respect she deserves. Calling up her relatives, catching them unprepared , pretending you are actually concerned about her health when all you want to hear is bad news, is the worst most depraved form of journalism.
