“Accusation Without Proof: Media’s Smear Campaign Against BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha”, Stop Hindu Dvesha, May 20, 2026
“If you are not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing,” famously said Malcolm X. Though spoken in a very different socio-political context, the quote nevertheless mirrors the predicament of the Hindu community today.
Journalism in recent years has increasingly been reduced to the business of narrative-building. The traditional yardsticks of good journalism, such as facts, data, neutrality, and objectivity, have been conveniently sidelined in favor of screeching subjectivity, victim-driven storytelling, aggressive ideological posturing, and narrative manipulation. These trends are starkly visible in the global demonization of the Hindu community, which is increasingly cast as an oppressor based on perceived threats, while the very real threat of radical Islamist extremism targeting Hindus is often minimized or ignored.
Media ecosystems increasingly reward emotional persuasion over evidentiary restraint. The vicious smear campaign targeting the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha temple in New Jersey is a case in point. Even after the federal investigation concluded without findings of wrongdoing, the media campaign against BAPS continued unabated…….”
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