Hindus are protesting against the Fox News channel for remarks that river Ganges (whom Hindus consider holy) 'sounds like a disease'.
Channel's Glenn Beck, talking about India in December nine segment titled 'This is the best America has to offer?' of his opinion show 'The One Thing', said: 'One big river they have there, that sounds like a disease. Come on it does. I mean if somebody said, I am sorry, you have a really bad case of Ganges.'
Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that Ganges was sacred to one billion Hindus worldwide and such remarks were very hurtful to the devotees. Besides apparently denigrating the religion, it was belittling the entire community.
Zed, who is president of Universal Society of Hinduism, urged Fox and its owner News Corporation to be more sensitive when handling faith related subjects, as television was a forceful medium. He asked News Corporation Chairman Rupert Murdoch, Fox Chairman Roger Ailes and Glenn Beck to issue a statement on this matter.
baba ramdev's views:--
Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev condemned the comment and criticized the TV channel for calling Becks a ‘senior reporter’. “People like him should come down to the Kumbh Mela which is being organized next month and take a dip in the Ganga to clean their sins,” he told Zee News.
But there has been no apology from the TV host or the channel. Beck had earlier courted controversy when he had made a racist remark against President Barack Obama. The channel later said it was Beck’s personal opinion.
here is a video of that reporter
sources:--zee news (india)
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