A man is a hero, capable of no mistakes and is infallible, that is if he makes no mistakes. But the moment he strays astray, a small blip, he's fallible, he is no longer capable or neither worthy . I'm not saying this, but unfortunately the media is doing this & unfortunately people like you & me believe the same and lead a chorus of unfounded criticism.
The media have always been a powerful medium for a group of intellects to promote their ideas, to voice their opinion and hence sway the publice. They've always been an important medium all through history and consequently presses have taken advantage of this power to sway opinions, often to aid a political party or nationalistic cause driven by a party.
Today, the situation is far worse. With so many news channels and news mediums, the competition is so stiff that they resort to drastic tactics to bring out news and that too "Breaking News". So what better targets and sources of news than, the news relating to our prominent faces in public, i.e Politicians, sportsmen, musicians, etc. Every single word, every single step is analyzed beyond belief, insights to why he or she did so and so or what he or she meant or implied. To what music the star listens to, to what his or her friends in school thought of him or her, or even to their crushes.
One of the best examples in recent times has been the rise of British Formula 1 rookie, Lewis Hamilton. He's only 22 years of age and is stepping into F1 for the first time and with relative lack of knowledge compared with his peers. For that matter he racing against a double world champion in his team. Everyone, expected to him to be midfield and this is to be a struggling & learning season for the rookie. But to pleasant surprise of many he has been revelation, he has steadily gathered up the podiums and won a couple of races and beating his double world champion teammate pretty regularly. And the hype was unprecedented, he was a national hero, he was compared to the greats such as Schumacher, Senna, etc. Albeit, he has just competed in a handful of races. The hype was so much that, he couldn't live in his own country. He has considered migrating to an another nation, an entire nation gone Lewis Mania. Unfortunately, he had couple of mediocre races, not that bad, picked up a few podiums though. But for the media, what he had done was sacrilege, he had become useless, a cocky kid and not good enough. Somehow everyone forgot all the previous races, somehow all forgot he has just been around for 8-9 GrandPrix. To hero to zero in a couple of races.
In this age of such intense scrutiny, it takes very little to sway from a hero to a zero and back to a hero. All of your accomplishments, good or bad are forgotten within a few moments. Some could handle it, the likes of Schumacher, Jordan, Beckham, have all bounced back with the bang, but some others who couldn't handle it and have faded away with the sunset.Eventually, the mode in which he or she conducts himself or herself determines his career forth. Not everything you hear is true.
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