[Stoves] News: Why a clean cooking campaigner chooses the kitchen to save the planet

[Anil Rajvanshi]

Yes I think I met him. He is paid handsomely by these papers (Rs. 10/word).
He had no clue at all about the conference or its content. I think he was
more interested in getting the bites from VIPs. I tried to engage him but
he was not interested since the VIPs (specially the fair skinned ones!
except Radha) were more interesting and newsworthy.

Cheers.

Anil


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On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 12:18 AM, Nikhil Desai <pienergy2008 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> (To Paul and Anil: Did you see any accredited Press people with badges at
> CCF 2017? Some Faizal Khan?)
>
> Why a clean cooking campaigner chooses the kitchen to save the planet
> <http://www.economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/61610304.cms>,
> Faizal Khan, Economic Times, 12 November 2017
>
> This is a second item on CCF 2017 from another newspaper in India, on the
> same day and with the same name for the reporter - Faizal Khan. Both
> Financial Express and Economic Times refer to him as a free-lancer.
>
> If it is the same man, this raises some doubts that these may be "planted"
> stories. At least one of the newspaper sources - Economic Times - is
> published by the Times of India group, which openly admits that it
> publishes "news" items for payment. (The New Yorker published a story on
> this a couple of years back).
>
> That the stories come out good two weeks after the end of CCF 2017 and by
> one or two free-lancers raises the suspicion that nobody in Indian or
> international press saw the CCF worth covering or analyzing. Yet. Except
> for Anil here.
>
> The trouble with paid or planted stories, or even over-enthusiastic
> reporters, is that inaccuracies, errors, mis-statements crop up, and the
> writer produces a fawning piece whose effects may be counter-productive.
> There was one such case two years ago with an article in an Indian
> newspaper; GACC had to retract its endorsement of the article (even though
> it may have paid for its publication in the first place; that's how Times
> of India operates.) GACC India representative left or was fired two months
> later.
>
> Here, ET reports, "Muthiah declared that the target for universal
> adoption of clean cooking would be 2030, the same as the SDGs, inviting
> roars of approval. Muthiah’s confidence stems from that fact that the
> Alliance is already on its way to achieve its goal of 100 million homes
> adopting clean and efficient cookstoves and fuels by 2020 set by Hillary
> Clinton seven years ago. “India will be a key driver in the universal
> adoption of clean cooking,” says Muthiah. "
>
> GACC had zilch to do with the Indian LPG program. And no, the planet
> couldn't care less what smoke GACC emanates in its kitchens. It is highly
> unlikely GACC would do much for "universal adoption of clean cooking",
> considering that the SDG 3.9.1 indicator is "mortality attributable" to use
> of solid fuels, no matter how combusted. GACC has driven LPG agenda into
> the SDGs and planted them into WHO with no intellectual or jurisdictional
> authority. What is a private foundation doing speaking on behalf of
> governments or the UN?
>
> False reporting emanates from GACC, then parroted by newspapers. Same with
> WHO.
>
> God save the poor - and the climate - from their saviors.
>
> I think GACC needs to be revived and regenerated - outside of UNF and EPA
> control (which is probably going to disappear anyway). I never liked the
> name, but it has a brand value now, as does the GACC CEO.
>
> Nikhil
>
>
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